Royal Huisman

Royal Huisman is a Dutch shipyard specialized in the building and repair of sailing yachts.

The shipyard was established in 1884 in as a builder of wooden workboats and fishing boats. In 1954 Jan Huisman specialised in steel sailing yachts, and his son Wolter transitioned to aluminium hulls in 1964 with the 30 ft Van de Stadt Avenir series. In the 1970s the development of extruded aluminium masts and cooperation with New York designers Sparkman & Stephens (S&S) enabled Huisman to tap into performance yachts and the international racing circuit: The shipyard launched its largest yacht to date, Jakob Isbrandtsen's prize-winning 60 ft S&S sloop Running Tide, at its new deep-water premises in Vollenhove in 1970. In 1973 Albert Büll's Huisman-built 47 ft S&S sloop Saudade I won the Admiral's Cup for Germany. In 1976, the shipyard built Conny van Rietschoten's 65 ft S&S ketch Flyer for the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race, which she won. Their success was repeated in the 1981–82 Whitbread race with van Rietschoten's new 76 ft Frers-designed sloop Flyer II which took line honours in all four legs.

In turn the shipyard developed successfully in Maxi yachts and large cruising yachts with designers Germán Frers and Ron Holland. Upon its hundredth anniversary in 1984 the shipyard was awarded a royal charter by Queen Beatrix and changed its name to Royal Huisman. In 1989 the yard took part in a new trend of large classic yacht revival with the complete restoration of Elizabeth Meyer's prestigious 1934 J-class yacht Endeavour. A number of the shipyard's subsequent yachts received industry awards from yacht owners and the press. In 2014 Royal Huisman became a shareholder of the St Barts & Newport Bucket Regattas and became a shareholder of Royal Huisman.

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