The boat yard of Thore Berntsson
Built by Thore Berntsson

Thore Berntsson

Thore Berntsson Båtbyggeri AB ("The Boat Yard of Thore Berntsson") was founded by Thore Berntsson in 1983. The yard is situated on the Swedish west coast, 25 km north of Gothenburg, close to the island of Marstrand, between Kareby and Rörtången. The company specialises in all types of wooden boat construction and yacht interiors as well as Jennipher.

Jennipher is designed by award winning Swedish designer Ocke Mannerfelt renowned for his innovative thinking and ability to create fast, easily driven, economical hulls. Jennipher is a day cruiser or sport-boat with a design that combines classic lines with modern materials and performance.

The construction and new design have been well-thought out with keywords in the design process such as form, colours and functions. These factors have been interpreted and made reality by Thore Berntsson. The extraordinary craftsmanship makes for a final product of sheer brilliance, which is stunningly unique with its epoxy laminated mahogany to the very highest standards creating a hull with composite properties and a wooden appearance.

The outer mahogany veneer surface of the hull and deck is created using a unique new production technology exclusively developed by Thore Berntsson. The surface is epoxy coated for maximum strength and durability, before finally being sprayed with two pack polyurethane to give ultimate resistance to ultra violet rays.

The hull and deck are made from glass fibre and epoxy composite, created by a vacuum injection process to optimise the glass content in the laminate, which is subsequently post-cured using a technique evolved when building military vessels resulting in a structure which increases the strength up to 30%.

The fittings and equipment on Jennipher have been selected with great care and consideration in order to fully optimise the final result. A significant part of this process has been to choose suppliers who see Jennipher – not just as a boat – but as a spearhead into the future of high quality and hi-tech boat production, where only the best is good enough.

Experiencing Jennipher will give a feeling of immense pleasure, where the design will satisfy the eye, experience will enhance the wellbeing and the quality and craftsmanship will shine to the full.

Built by Thore Berntsson

Thore Berntsson

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