Bültjer boatyard
| H. Bültjer Bootswerft GmbH & Co. KG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1928 |
| Seat | Jemgum , district of Ditzum |
| management | Jan and Gerjet Bültjer |
| Branch | Boat building |
| Website | bueltjerwerft.de |
The Bültjer Shipyard is a shipyard , focusing on the construction and repair of wooden boats specializes. The company is based in Ditzum , a district of Jemgum in the Rheiderland .
history
The Bültjer family had lived in Ditzumerverlaat since the beginning of the 19th century and ran a small wheelwright shop there . For the fishermen but also small boats and were Kreier built. In April 1899 Hinderk Gerjets Bültjer moved with his wife to Ditzum and founded his own cartwright there. The oldest son traditionally learned his father's trade and passed the master craftsman examination in 1927 . The second son became a boat builder and passed his master's examination in 1928.
As the demand for fishing trawlers grew, the Bültjers decided to move part of the business directly to the Ems . The first new buildings were laid on the keel on the dike foreland and, after completion, pulled into the water over lubricated logs . So in 1928 the construction number 1 was created. At that time there was also no slipway and so the cutters had to be pulled ashore for repairs via lubricated logs and with up to four horses . From 1934 there was a hand-operated slipway.
In the post-war years, the company was continuously expanded and modernized. Until 1958 only fishing vessels were built, after that also cutter yachts. The last fishing cutter with hull number 234 left the shipyard in the spring of 1990, and a total of 247 newbuildings had been built by 1999. All ships have one thing in common: the hull made of oak , the deck made of pitch pine or, more recently, iroko .
present
The Bültjer boatyard has been run by the fourth generation of the brothers Jan and Gerjet Bültjer since 1995. The operation is modernly equipped and the slipway can accommodate ships up to 150 tons . A derrick crane is also available.
Conversions, repairs, maintenance and renovations to fishing trawlers, traditional ships and yachts from home and abroad employ a workforce of 15–20 men. However, fishing vessels have priority because they need to be used to make money again.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 1899–2003, over 100 years of H. Bültjer boat yard. Retrieved November 19, 2018 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 7 ° 16 ′ 49.4 ″ E