Silver Jubilee in Style
Hoek Design will celebrate its 25th anniversary next August. The design and naval architecture office is still run by founder Andre Hoek, who today shares the boards with specialists from across the spectrum of sailing and motoryachts. The company will mark its silver jubilee in style by hosting a special Hoek Design Cup event within the Superyacht Cup in Palma in June. Photo courtesy of Onne van der Wal.
Eight superyachts designed by Hoek Design have already agreed to participate and more are expected to confirm in the coming weeks.
Design Work
The first years of Hoek Design concentrated on the Dutch market for traditional gaff rigged sailing yachts with leeboards, yachts that Andre had raced successfully as Dutch open champion in various classes. While the early design work focussed on optimising the performance of existing yachts, new designs were soon being made, tank tested and wind tunnel tested, then optimised by an in-house developed velocity prediction program. It is for this client base that Hoek Design started to draw oceangoing classic yachts in a similar way.
Current Projects
Andre now shares the office helm with partner and technical director Ruurt Meulemans. The present portfolio of Hoek Design covers a wide variety of design work, from classic to modern styled sailing and motoryachts for both cruising and racing. Current new projects include a 10m daysailer, a 20m daysailer, a 45m ketch, a 48m sloop, a 61m sloop and two motoryachts.