- Founded
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- Headquarters
- Kolåsveien 36, 1553 Son, Norway
- Shipyard location
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- Official website
- https://www.goldfishboat.com/
Brand Overview
Norwegian builder of high-performance RIBs from Son on the Oslofjord — stepped-hull Tender, Sport, Ocean, Bullet and Open models from 7.8 to 15.3 metres and the semi-professional X10 and X12, all designed by founder Pål Sollie.
YachtCodex Analysis
AI-generatedAn independent reading of this builder written by AI. Unlike the specifications and descriptions elsewhere on this page, it is interpretation rather than a sourced fact — treat it as a starting point, not a citation.
What this builder is
Goldfish Boat AS is based at Kolåsveien 36 in Son, Norway, and every boat carries the line 'Design & construction: Pål Sollie'. The yard's history page traces the idea to Sollie's offshore racing years: from 1987 to 1992 he had major success with a custom-built catamaran and, coming from the construction business with a passion for architecture and engineering, set out to put racing performance into a leisure boat; the model timeline runs from the Goldfish Sportboats and the 32 Sportcruiser through RIB tenders and the 36 P1 SuperSport to the current boats. Today's range is the Tender series (23 and 28), the Sport series (30 Sport and the 40 SuperSport, which carries on the 36 P1), the 43 Ocean, the Bullet series (46 and 49), the Open series that marries Bullet performance with Ocean comfort (46 and 49) and the X series (X10 and X12 in Explorer and Scout form) for semi-professional use, plus the small 15 Lynx. Hulls are two- or four-stepped deep vees in fibreglass and carbon — the 28 Tender in vacuum-infused vinylester with Divinycell core — with quoted top speeds from 46–60 knots for the 23 Tender to 53–100 knots for the 49 Bullet, depending on the engines chosen in the online 3D configurator.
Who sails them
Goldfish owners are fast-boat enthusiasts in Norway and on the Mediterranean who want a RIB that crosses open water quickly and safely — day-trippers and tender owners on the smaller boats, long-distance runners and island-hoppers on the Bullet, Ocean and Open, and professional or semi-professional users on the X series — and who join the brand's owner rallies, hangouts and high-speed training.
Signature models
The Bullet series — the 46 and 49, which the yard calls its sharpest and most technical boats, with the 49 quoted at up to 100 knots — is the signature, alongside the 43 Ocean as the comfortable long-range cruiser.
Strengths
Goldfish is known for stepped deep-vee hulls developed from offshore racing, fibreglass-and-carbon construction, very high speeds with outboard, stern-drive or inboard power, offshore classification (B) on most models, a 3D configurator for engines and options, and an active owner community with rallies, cruises and high-speed courses.
Considerations
These are open or semi-open RIBs without cabins on most models; engines are chosen in the configurator, so pages give no engine power and quote top speed as a range; displacement is the minimum figure; the 49 Open page prints exactly the 46 Open's lengths; and the history page is partly unfinished placeholder text.
Analysis generated 10/18/2026
Part of
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 13
- Length range
- 7.8–15.3 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 13
Models by this brand
13 models
X Series4
History
Goldfish Boat's history page starts with its designer, Pål Sollie. From 1987 to 1992 he had major success in offshore racing with his own custom-built catamaran, and, coming from the construction business with a strong passion for architecture and engineering, he set out to bring the performance of racing into a leisure boat. The page lays the models out on a timeline running from 1992 to 2021: the Goldfish Sportboats 16, 21 and 30, the Goldfish 32 Sportcruiser, the 25, 28 and 29 RIB Tenders, the 30 Sport Cruiser and the 36 P1 SuperSport, then the 23 and 28 Tender and the Goldfish 50 Ocean.
History written fromgoldfishboat.com/our-history· The model history of Goldfish Boatread 10/18/2026