- Founded
- 1973
- Headquarters
- Alholmintie 78, 68600 Pietarsaari (Jakobstad), Finland
- Shipyard location
- Pietarsaari (Jakobstad) and Bosund, Finland; Service & Refit in Palma, Spain
- Official website
- https://www.balticyachts.fi/
Brand Overview
Finnish builder of advanced-composite sailing yachts founded in 1973 by five boatbuilders in Ostrobothnia — mostly full-custom carbon superyachts from Pietarsaari, plus the semi-custom Baltic 67 Performance Cruiser and the 68 and 80 Café Racer daysailers.
YachtCodex Analysis
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What this builder is
Baltic Yachts was set up in Bosund in 1973 by five young boatbuilders with one aim, as the yard puts it: lighter, stiffer, faster yachts. It has launched more than 550 since — the Baltic 39 of the late 1970s sold 74 hulls, the first maxi (Baltic 80 Midnight Sun) followed in 1982, the first boat over 100 ft (Baltic 147 Visione) in 2002, and the Baltic 197 Hetairos of 2011 and Baltic 175 Pink Gin of 2017 were, the yard says, the largest carbon composite yacht and the largest carbon sloop of their day. Baltic Yachts Oy Ab Ltd is based at Alholmintie 78 in Pietarsaari (Jakobstad), where the yard opened in 2009, with a Service & Refit centre in Palma since 2014. Today almost every Baltic is a one-off, but three series are sold as models: the Baltic 67 Performance Cruiser (judel/vrolijk & co, 20.52 m, one hull and deck mould with four accommodation layouts and fixed or telescopic lifting keels), the Baltic 68 Café Racer (Javier Jaudenes, 20.73 m, all-electric propulsion, four built and based in Palma) and the 23.98-metre Baltic 80 Café Racer, whose first hull is due in 2027. The yard's innovations include the DSS foil, hydrogeneration, retractable propellers and flax-reinforced composites.
Who sails them
Baltic owners are experienced yachtsmen who want one boat for both lives — family bluewater cruising in comfort and racing on the superyacht regatta circuit — and who come to a Finnish yard for carbon engineering and craftsmanship; the Café Racer adds regatta sailors who want a fast, easy daysailer they can sail with friends, with or without crew, from Palma.
Signature models
The full-custom carbon superyachts — Hetairos, Pink Gin, My Song, Canova, Nikata and the 2026 Baltic 121 Alice — define the yard; among the series boats the Baltic 68 Café Racer, four launched and racing as a fleet in Palma, is its signature, with the larger 80 Café Racer to follow.
Strengths
Baltic Yachts is known for advanced carbon composite construction and weight control, multi-role yachts that cruise in luxury and win regattas, nearly half a century of Finnish craftsmanship from Ostrobothnia, innovations such as the DSS foil, hydrogeneration and telescopic lifting keels, thirty-nine design and build awards, and its own Service & Refit base in Palma.
Considerations
Most Baltics are one-off custom builds, so the catalogue lists only the three series; their 'Technical' blocks give length, waterline (67 only), beam, draught, displacement, ballast and designers but no engines, tanks, CE category or (except the 67's layouts) cabin counts; the 68's series page and hull 1's page print different draught and displacement; the 80 Café Racer is still in build; and no prices are published.
Analysis generated 10/17/2026
Part of
Baltic Yachts · since 1973
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 3
- Length range
- 20.52–23.98 m
- Hull forms
- Sailing Monohull 3
- Cabins
- 3–4
Models by this brand
3 models
History
Five skilled boatbuilders set up Baltic Yachts in Bosund in 1973 with a clear aim: lighter, stiffer, faster yachts. The first Baltic 46 was unveiled at the Hamburg Boat Show in 1974 and the first custom boat, the Baltic 42 Tina-I-Punkt, was delivered in 1975; the Baltic 39 followed in 1977 and became the most popular model, with 74 hulls sold by 1983. In the late 1970s the yard began making small parts in carbon, bringing carbon rudder shafts to cruising yachts and vacuum bagging to larger parts. Its first maxi, the Baltic 80 Midnight Sun, came in 1982, its first powerboat, the Baltic M48 Far Niente, in 1997, and its first yacht over 100 feet, the Baltic 147 Visione, in 2002. The Pietarsaari yard opened in 2009; the Baltic 197 Hetairos of 2011 was at the time the largest carbon composite yacht in the world, and the Baltic 175 Pink Gin of 2017 the largest carbon sloop. The Service & Refit centre in Palma opened in 2014, the first Baltic 67 Performance Cruiser was delivered in 2018, and in 2019 the Baltic 142 Canova became the first superyacht with a DSS foil. More than 550 yachts have been launched, built by craftsmen many of whom come from Ostrobothnia, a region with generations of shipbuilding.
History written frombalticyachts.fi/about-us/· Finnish boat building heritage in Ostrobothniaread 10/17/2026