Jörg Beiderbeck

Jörg Beiderbeck (born October 6, 1946 in Wolfenbüttel , other sources: near Wernigerode ; † August 2, 2015 in Bremen ) was a German shipbuilding engineer in yacht building .

biography

education and profession

Beiderbeck grew up in Wolfenbüttel . In 1966, after graduating from the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Wolfenbüttel , he studied shipbuilding at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences .
After graduating, he worked as a self-employed person since 1979. a. in Tunisia for a Swiss group that wanted to build plastic boats here. After founding a shipyard in Carthage , he came back to Schleswig and worked for the designer Fritz Vertens at the Vertens shipyard. The company was closed in 1985 for lack of successors.

Lürssenwerft

From 1986 to 1996 he worked as chief designer at the Lürssen shipyard in Bremen- Vegesack and Berne- Bardenfleth. Here he expanded the yacht department. Lürssen built around 50 ships in his time and Beiderbeck was the designer of the yachts. The motor yacht Be mine from 1989 is said to have had a defining impact on yacht building and to have had a decisive influence on the international construction of mega yachts at Lürssen. He also worked as a lecturer at the University of Bremen .

independence

In 1979 he founded the Beiderbeck Designs studio in Bremen-Vegesack. The company develops overall concepts and interiors for motor and sailing yachts. The office - in the Alter Speicher on Haven Höövt - has won several international design awards. In 2012 he retired from active business life.

In 2015, after his death, the Beiderbeck Designs studio was continued by his partners Immo Lüdeling and Tim Ulrich. Lüdeling brought in his knowledge of super yachts and Ulrich his experience in designing fast sailing and motor boats.

Boot magazine rates Beiderbeck's work: "He was unreservedly one of the great designers in the mega-yacht world, enjoyed worldwide reputation and recognition from owners, shipyards and colleagues."

Beiderbeck had a partner and two children.

In the press

• “Buyers shouldn't think about money,” Beiderbeck said in 2006 during an interview with Manager Magazin .
• "Guru of the dream ships", that is how Die Welt called him in 2006 .
• "Rubber ducks for the super-rich" was the headline of Der Spiegel 2010.

Works

• Design of the 70 meter long motor yacht Carinthia VI ; around 1986 for Helmut Horten
• Design of the 40 meter long motor yacht Be mine ; 1991
• Design of the 41 meter long motor yacht Xenia , today Blind Date ; 1995
• Interior design of the regatta yacht Phocea , one of the largest sailing yachts in the world; Refit 1999

Web links

Website of bothbeck designs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mediamaritim international from May 1, 2012: 30 years of successful yacht design ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Jürgen Theiner: Star of the yacht scene has died . In: Weser-Kurier from August 4, 2015.
3. ↑ Boot.de: Jörg Beiderbeck - A great yacht designer has passed away ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Alexandra Knape: Buyers are not allowed to think about money . In: Manager Magazin from July 25, 2006.
5. ↑ Die Welt of July 17, 2005: Guru of the Dream Ships. Jörg Beiderbeck designs superyachts for the super-rich. Personally, he doesn't value glamor
6. ↑ Peter Sandmeyer: Luxusyachten-Werft Lürssen: Rubber ducks for the super rich . In: Der Spiegel from September 27, 2010