Hallberg Rassy Factory Tour Ellös Sweden. Sailing Breezy Ep 1 HD 1080p
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- This is an extensive tour of the Hallberg Rassy factory in Ellös Sweden. We see everything from the raw wood and newly formed hulls to the finished product. We learn the secrets to Hallberg Rassy success: Skilled artisans, a seemless manufacturing system and impeccable leadership. We also had the opportunity to see Sailing Vessel "Breezy" which is nearing completion. Exciting times!!! Special thanks to Ludvig for a phenomenal tour.
OMG, every boats are so beautiful! This is the first youtube video about the Hallberg Rassy yard I have ever seen, thank you so much. Wonderful, this place is paradise, thank you for this amazing video tour!!!
Your welcome! Thank you for the lovely comment 😊
Brilliant post, this is paradise. Love Hallberg Rassy❤
Many thanks! 😊
That was so beautiful...i cried when you showed that 69 knowing I'll never get to own one. Those reading this that could have one please look after it like i would. Thanks for the tour. Look forward to part 2. Subscribed 😊
I was so surprised to see it!
Amazing tour of the factory. Great insight into how these great boats are made. Thanks Captain Tom
Thanks partner! 🤠
Wonderful video!
Thank you for that. Superb.
Many thanks!
Such a quality boat. Great tour of the factory!
I agree. She’s strong.
I felt it, when you reached your own one. Your voice changed: ''...this is it...'' In many other situations people would ask '''...what do you...?'' A nice little detail in this video, filled up with nice details :) I like it, that the buyers here meet with those people, who build it... It must be a great feeling. I visited the place 40 years ago - I still get the unique smell in my remembrance.
We had an old shoemaker in our little town, When I went in his small atelier first time for a refit... it was the same effect :)
2 weeks later my shoes were ready, and this time I took my family with me, introducing them before entry: `Mind the aroma of leather, mixed with old glew-recepts, shoe-grease..., maybe you never find this aroma again in your whole life. But when you once will be parents and grandparents yourself, reading a good night-story like Pinoccio to the kids... You then will smell the aroma again... knowing, what you`re talking about :)
love and joy for, Sir. You did everything right !
Ick heff mol en Hamborger Veermaster sehn,
|: To my hooday! :| (sung twice)
se Masten so scheev as den Schipper sien Been
To my hoo day, hoo day, ho - ho - ho - ho!
Refrain
|: Blow, boys, blow, for Californio
There’s plenty of gold
So I’ve been told
On the banks of Sacramento :|
It was a wonderful visit . Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you so much for shooting this great detailed video of my favorite boat yard. I am looking at a 44 to purchase. Good job and all the best for your new boat im sure it will turn heads in any Marina. cheers from California.
Thank you so much for such a nice comment! It’s my favorite as well! Keep in touch and let me know when you get yours!
Yes, this is THE place to buy a boat. Altough my 39 is more than two decades old, and me beeing the third owner, she still is very beautiful and causes no problems aside of normal mainainance. Very strong and seaworthy too, a boat you can trust. Highly recommended!
The 39 is a beauty! I hope Breezy ages as well as yours. I plan to sail her for many years to come.
Excellent video and thanks for sharing. So great to see quality work and decades of master craftsmanship.
Thank you
OMG!!! This an absolutely amazing video. You have a true gem coming! Congratulations!
Thank you!! As you know, it’s been a ton of preparation. We’ll meet up once I get her across!
Thanks for this video, I like Hallberg Rassy much. Best boats.
Thank you for watching
What a fantastic factory. It's no wonder there is staff that have been with them for 25 plus years.
Agreed. It was a wonderful place.
What a great company & team, the way it should be done, best of luck sailing you’re new boat
Thank you so much!!
Fantastiskt 🇸🇪👍🏻
Excellent.
Lovely thorough walk through .
Many thanks
fantastic surprised they give you this much info great stuff, thank you
I’m happy they did as well
Great video. Enjoy your new 44 sir. I look forward to taking delivery of my HR 340 next year, March 25. Heading over to the yard in Aug. for open yard. Can't wait.
Thank you and Congratulations! The 340 is a beautiful boat and very well built! I pick mine up May 30 so I will be long gone! Best Regards!
Great video of an excellent factory.
Thank you
Great video! Congratulations on the boat!! Could you discuss the insurance process as well in you next video please?
Thank you! I plan to review insurance process, registration, & MMSI . it’s probably more complicated than it needs to be. Still struggling with the registration which requires a builders certificate.
Thank you so much for this incredible visit of the yard. So skilled craftsmen to build those hight quality vessel. I imagine the smell off the wood 🤩I'm really impressed by the duration of building... How long have you had to wait for your splendid H44 ?
I placed my order two years ago. I believe the right limiting step is hull manufacturing. The hull was complete in October 2023. It’s been in that indoor slip since that time. It should be complete May 30.
Do all of these boats share the same waterline elevation? Impressive!
Yes, at this point, the whole Hallberg-Rassy line has this similar type of hull. 34ft, all the way up to 69
I’ve only watched 3-4 vids on this boat an company.
Fallen in love with the 69, obviously!
But, IF, IF I won the lottery etc , I would look at this co, boat over Swan an Oyster first. I would also by these over the likes of Sunseeker etc too.
Just aykingly beautiful boats, immaculate craftsmanship, an increadible design .
Just Beutiful.
I live on the Solent in UK an, have showed a couple of vids to disabled sailors an friends?
Needless to say much drilling an Dear Santas.😂😂😂
Yeah, no orbs payin 5+mill for these kind of homes/boats.
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Great vid you have done here fella, Thankyou.
Thank you so much for your kind words. The 69 truly is a flagship. It takes your breath away when you see it in person. I just can’t fathom the amount of effort that goes into laying up such a large hull. I spoke to a fella who was at the yard a few weeks after me and he took a picture of the 69 back in the water. They had it all back together!! The way they had the interior disassembled, I’m wondering if they did some plumbing work. In one of the reviews I saw there was criticism of where the water pump was located, as it was noisy for the master cabin. I will be sailing by the Solent in two short months on the way to the Mediterranean. I will be posting updates on this channel.
Hi Thomas. At 34:54 , in the anchor locker, we see the under-deck Furlex. I'm guessing it's the electric version. There's a line or rod passing between it and a fitting on the port-side hull. What is this? A backup manual furling thing? How does the first mate/wife do emergency manual furling anyway? Regards, Rick.
Hello Rick, I see what you are talking about and I’m not quite sure. I’m wondering now if it is some sort of stabilization rod for the electric motor while it transmits the torque. I honestly did not notice it during the tour.
Regarding the manual backup, this is from the Furlex TDE manual : In the event of power failure, the sail is simple to reef manually. An emergency line-driver system is included as standard and can be used for both on-deck and through-deck installations. An emergency handle with 1⁄2" socket is available as an option.
I’m sure the above is quite simple to do in an emergency. I’m really curious to learn how this works and will be sure to include details in the hand off video.
Hi Mate
Great tour. Could you explain a little about the HR 69? was this taken before the "BOOT" 2024 show? if not what where they doing on the 69? upgrade/ refit?
Many thanks and congratulations on your HR
Thank you! The 69 was at the Düsseldorf show and is now back at the factory. Magnus Rassy keeps all of the first versions of his boats for himself for at least the first year. He doesn’t want anything going to customers until it is absolutely perfect. My understanding is that the 69 is back in the factory for refinements and improvements before they make hull number two. They want to make sure that fit and finish is up to Hallberg-Rassy standards as they go into production. While all the other models are able to fit into the factory with keel attached, the 69 is so big that the keel had to be removed before bringing it back into the building. I’m afraid I don’t have any specifics as to what they are working on.
@@sailinghaldis
Thanks mate
This was my burning question. Thank you!
Vindö, Malö, Forgus and Najad Yachts are from this area, they have built some of the best yachts in the world here since the Viking time period.
Best in the world! Regards!
So interesting to watch this. Can we be so bold as to ask what the final price was on your 44? I have noticed that often sailors are weirded out about disclosing prices so if you don't feel comfortable with it, can you ballpark to the nearest $50k or so?? No idea what these cost once packaged with proper options and such.
Agree! I may be running through this in a future video.
@@sailinghaldis ..fair enough! I will subscribe and look forward to the reveal. Secretly hoping that you are going toake it around the world and document it all. For some reason, no one seems to have done a circumnavigation in a HR and put it on youtube. Would be awesome to watch.
Davvero fantastico!!
Grazie!
⛵️🤘🤘🗽🤙🤙🌏 super video. Daumen hoch
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You should have the people who worked on your boat sign their names on some location in the boat. Maybe on the inside of the door to the engine compartment? Pride in workmanship.
That’s a great idea!
Truly beautiful boats, but I wonder if they ever will build a Cat?
Haha! Great question. I will ask Magnus when I return! I spoke to him at this visit and he indicated that nothing new was coming. They are going to support the current line of boats for a while.
my favorite sailing channel was Hallberg Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay but Glen is not doing vids anymore. Miss his channel
I’m with you on the Cloudy bay channel. Glen and Ouana sold Cloudy Bay so we are left with reruns. He helped me quite a bit with the specifications of Breezy.
Wow.. again! -- QUESTION -- On the Hallberg 50 (my dream boat) @33:33 the propeller shaft has a P bracket and not a V bracket.. Wouldn't this important part be better supported with a V bracket holding the shaft? On that Kracken 50 they make some issue about this part as it can get bent off center when removing the shaft for repairs or maintenance later on in life. Yes, they will tell us that water resistance is helped by reducing the support to a single P bracket rather than a sturdy V bracket, but I would prefer the traditional V bracket on this critical piece.
Gosh! I’m not sure about this one.
@@sailinghaldis ...they would probably state that it is strong enough. But they used to use a V bracket too. Who knows... Would have to see the engineering specs to know for sure if it is the same strangth.
Maybe you can specify a V bracket the day you order a Rassy 50. Anyway, it's a sailing yacht, not a motor boat.
@@SuperDirk1965 ,,yes, good idea. I am sure that the V bracket is what is holding me and others back on ordering. :)
Interesting to me as a Kiwi ex- employee of Hallberg Rassy. Hasnt changed aot since 2001! May i assist you with pronunciation?! Ellos is said Ell- erse, Hono is Her- ner. Those are two of the three extra letters in the Swedish alphabet. I realise you are American, but as a client you could try a little!! Nice boat man!
My goodness! Many apologies on the poor pronunciation. Thank you!
@@sailinghaldis Happy to assist..... oh and the 'g' in Hallberg is silent....
@@liljegren100 …and the road names in Sweden are so long that they have to hyphenate them on the signs. Makes traveling very challenging in Gothenburg..
Nice! -- QUESTION -- i noticed @01:51 that the subframe was NOT tabbed and fiberg glassed onto the hull. What is going on? It looks like it is glued onto the hull. What?? Tell me this is a mistake and that Hallberg is not now copying Benateau and making weak bondings.
The photo you see is from mid production in the hull factory and is not complete at this stage. If you go to 37:10 you will see the hull and frame and robust bulkheads. I have not seen the Beneteau process so I can’t comment on this. However, the process of laying up the hull and securing the bulkheads/structural frame is extraordinarily important and complex. Modern cloths and fiber arrangements, timing of the lay up is of utmost importance. In the end you have to trust the builder and the process. Are the people doing this experienced and meticulous? Is the process engineered for success? Do they have a history of defects or is their reputation solid? I was very impressed with this facility and their willingness to allow me behind the curtain.
@@sailinghaldis ,,,for sure for sure.. I assumed that they fibreglass the frame to the hull and I have NEVER heard of any problems with their construction - a dream boat of mine. I just wish you were able to capture that one aspect of it. @ 37:10 I did see the competed structure but it was already painted over so we can see it properly. Again, I have no doubt that it was fiberglassed in and then, it must have been fine sanded as you cannot even see the transition marks after it is painted. Would still love to see the process before paint. Would be cool to watch it.
@@Coleen_West unfortunately, I did not get the opportunity to go to the hull manufacturing plant. That’s about an hour away from Ellös. However, they have only ever made hulls for HR and have been owned by HR for sometime now.
Vem är flintskallen som skall synas hela tiden?
He’s my son. Lost his hair as a boy.
Great video when do you take possession? My wife and I will be there in June to pick up our 44. Thanks, Chris
I was hoping that someone who ordered would respond to this video! I’m sure I saw your boat. Look at your order number and see if it matches with any of the equipment that I saw. I take order May 30. Yours might’ve been right next to mine.
We are 11-June but last I spoke with Roger I did not yet have a hull number. I need to get back to him on that! If you are going to hang around the area for a couple of weeks, hope to see you. Chris
@@chrissnyder7968 unless something changes I will be leaving Ellös June 6. We have to get the boat all the way down to Mallorca. What are your plans?
Heading North to Norway. We missed going in 2018/19 so heading up as soon as she is ready. Back to Gothenburg in August to load her up with Sevenstar, and finally the Chesapeake. Annapolis in October 🙂
@@chrissnyder7968 That’s sounds amazing! Well, we will cross paths someday!
This is why they are called the Rolls Royce of yachts.
Agreed!
How many people work on a given boat at the factory would you say?
Great question…Probably a lot of people work on any one boat through completion. While I was there, there were five people doing the finishing work. Ludvig said they have multiple separate teams: There’s a group that lays up the hull at the separate facility which is about an hour away from Ellös. They also have engine installation teams, electrical installation teams and plumbing teams. However, I also remember hearing that certain people will be working on specific boats. This is just a guess but I imagine that some folks would be assigned to the newest design(ie the HR69) to tweak the installation and woodwork process.
I also got the sense that people rotate through different areas and learn different parts of the manufacturing process during their tenure at the factory.
I hope this helps
Nice video.
Great boats, great qualitye building, but on my opinion, not so impressive for what you payed for, comparing to current french boat builders, if you visit that building boat Manufactures, you Will be very impressed...
Good luck with your Amazing 44.
I would like to visit them someday. A boat purchase is such a personal decision and many times transcends cost. Thankfully, we have many excellent choices.
This is the problem in the UK and the US, staff are seen as expendable. Profits are sent to shareholders and the minimal amount is put into long term career training and pension funds.
Why did you start the video by saying they have a problem, then?
Ahhhh! You got me. I was free-balling during the monologue and talked myself out of it. However, losing all that talent is going to take time to replace and they will have to monitor quality closely but I think their system will help prevent major issues as the new folks get trained up.
@sailinghaldis I understand. I'm guilty of that from time to time. I completely agree with your conclusion that quality boats are the direct result of the quality people who build them. Apprenticeships and thorough training by the old guard are necessary. I am, however, more of a Spirit fan due to the cold molding process and use of wood/composite throughout.
@@jeremiah1059 I am with you on the Spirit. That is some next level construction right there. Absolutely gorgeous.
Why do you say HR has a problem with people that retire ?! When you in the next sentence say they have a lot of young, skilled people comin in … So what is it ? A problem or just change of workforce ?
Good point. There seem to be many 30+ year old veteran workers are retiring. Whether this leads to a problem with quality and consistency in construction will remain to be seen. HR has an excellent process and a wonderful work environment.
I have no seen defects in workmanship in mine. Top notch quality construction.
A view from the UK. Nope, a 'Rassy' is not for me. Why?, the ALL wood interior. It's like sitting in your grandma's wardrobe or an aging caravan. It's not moved on since the 1920s/1930s style. If it's your bag good, go for it. The 'trawler type' motor vessels like Fleming have the same problem. No, not for me.
What floats one’s boat may sink another’s!
@@sailinghaldis Very fillisofikal. Could you perhaps expand on such a divisive, subjective opinion? Does this floating wardrobe 'Float your boat'?
@robertstancer4469 as there is no accounting for taste pertaining to boat construction. I can only respond with: As many “heads” so many minds.
@@sailinghaldis Yup, good, good, but tell us good readers do you think all that wood is what a modern boat should have?
@@robertstancer4469 My mission is offshore cruising. Then when I arrive in port, I would like to be comfortable. Personally, I love the interior. The more modern, sterile dental office look is just not for me. I am also paying extra for trust in build quality. After all, not many Hallberg-Rassys stay in Ellös. They have to be ready to go! I am hopeful that my trust will not be in vain. Based on what I saw in the factory, the quality looks amazing. The “shakedown” cruise is from Sweden to Mallorca. I will be posting videos as I go along.
It is rod steering not pinion steering. That is a bevelhead where the upper rod from the helm connects into.
Thank you!
It is great craftsmanship for sure, but how are these blue water cruising boats? These are racing boat hulls. Not for me, at any price.
Flat sections which are going to slam like hell. Plumb bows so the anchor can swing into it and chip away at the gellcoat. The bow provides no increasing buoyancy as the bow plunges into the trough whilst the massive wide stern provides way more buoyancy than the plumb bow can ever handle. If that’s not bad enough the stern is so wide that twin rudders are required otherwise the rudder lifts out of the water when the boat heels. As if rudders aren’t vulnerable enough already, we now have two and they poke out the side where anything can wipe them off.
As if all that is bad enough, they’ve probably gone to fractional rigs so the point of sailing most cruisers want, ie downwind now requires a spinnaker or code zero or some other massive sail when a masthead genoa on a simple furler would have got her along t her hull speed quite happily.
HB have sold their souls to look good at boat shows and con people into buying unseaworthy boats.
I love this comment and have exactly the same concerns. Interior finishing quality and the feel of the boat when complete is truly impressive and it’s not like any production boat. It’s obviously a huge departure from the tank like 80’s full keel boat. I looked at Kraken and IP and Pacific seacraft to name a few. My purpose is offshore sailing but I felt I needed more space….why? A glance at my profile picture may provide a clue! My question, like yours is have those compromises compromised the seaworthiness of the boat. I too am concerned about 2 fin unskegged rudders, although they were necessary for directional stability will they be as much headache and risk as I fear. I am concerned that at first glance, the hull looks the same as many other production boats and wonder if its upwind comfort will be poor. I wonder about the massive main dependent rig and how it handles a gale and an ugly seaway. I’m sailing it 2500NM right from the factory in June. I plan to put her to the test and will let you know!
l have Hallberg Rassy, and the build quality is amazing, but if we are talking about real sailing and around-the-world sailing, unfortunately these days, the boats that have been built are insanely unsafe and not thing through by the sailor, but rather someone who never sailed.
Let's start with twin rudders everything gets stuck on them like fishing nets, you also have something extra now that you can hit and make a hole in the boat. The same goes
for the propeller that sticks out like thi, is so vulnerable to everything just like the bowthruster that comes open like this is pain in the butt, the same gouse to keel that is attechet with bolts, vulnerable to everything, feels like the more years pass, the worse they do in this simple things, old days they did long keel solid boats almost unsinkable, now one hit to the riff or rock and you are done. Also so much boats get sunken un hevely damaged by orcas or killer whales, imagen flooting conteiner in the sea, or stoarm that flips your boat upsidedown, what gonna happen to your keel. You can say it will never happen to you, but all what l have mention some of the stuff happen to me and others stuff happen to my friend who circumnavigate the world twice. Island Packet Yachts probably would be my choice, even do my self l have hallberg rassy.
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Love your video very intresting to me and l love the quality of build, the wood work and details is 100% to HR credit to them.
Thank you! I appreciate your comments. This is a very common debate! I will be sailing from Ellös to Mallorca in June. I plan to post some serious reviews of the boat at sea as well as the furling mast, the bluewater runner, the functionality of the pushbutton concept, and anything else I can think of. It’s going to be a fun trip. I have thought about having to deal with crab pots, nets and other crap getting caught in those rudders. It’s quite horrifying. I have experience in the island packet in prior videos. It’s a bit of a pig, but very stable and easy to balance. By the way, love, the rasmus! I just subscribed to your channel. I’ll check it out.
@@sailinghaldis Sub to your channel too, l looking forward to seeing you sailing.
It is common debate and l know exactly, why the boats are not build like they, have been built back in days, these days client's seach for space and to be easy to sail, also cheep. l can go back on very beginning of why boats been build like this, not so long time ago there was no classfiber boats at all, all was wooden boats, but if we start from there it's going to be long story l'm not gone go there. l have been around people who build they own boats, like my friend who build the 44ft boat from scratch by them two, (husband and wife) and then sailed around the world with it.
Once again, thanks of the video l whach from very beginning, to the very end. It was informative and interesting for me, as a boat building enthusiast and sailer.
The worker in 19:13 needs to wear a mask. If he is not aware the health risks doing what he is doing there without a mask, then the factory should be aware and force him to wear a P95 face mask with eye shield. Very sad to see that...
They have to, always, maybe he cheated this day!
They use solvent-free waterbased varnish throughout the factory. No need to worry.
Whant's your name?!? and then not providing your own is considered very rude in Europe. These people are not your slaves. The civilised way is to introduce yourself and then request the other persons name politely.
Calm down, it wasn't in bad faith.
Through the magic of video editing the rest of the formalities were omitted. Jumping to a “slavery” conclusion on your part is questionable. I have the utmost respect for these people. I’m sorry that you were not able to recognize that.
Lighten up Francis
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