Ron Holland Vancouver
Ron Holland Design officially opens its doors in Vancouver on 3 March, marking a carefully planned expansion to the western seaboard. The new Ron Holland Design office is stunningly situated overlooking Coal Harbour and beyond to the snow-capped mountains surrounding Howe Sound. Here, Ron and his team will collaborate with their colleagues in Kinsale, led by head designer Rob Doyle.
This enables them to provide an active and accessible platform for doing business with European, North American and Asia-Pacific clients and their advisers. Ron Holland Design, Freedom Marine and Platinum Marine look forward to welcoming visitors to the RHD Open House at 100-510 Nicola St., Coal Harbour, Vancouver from 4 to 7 pm on 3 March 2011.
Ron Holland Vancouver already has projects in construction, out to yard tender or in advanced stages of design whilst, in the UK, the 46m custom ketch Christopher has just been launched at Pendennis Shipyard. Immediately following sea trials, Christopher will sail to the Caribbean island of St Barths where Ron Holland will join her enthusiastic owners to compete in the annual St Barth’s Bucket. Christopher will be in good company at this special, 25th anniversary, edition of the Bucket Regattas as there will be at least five Ron Holland-designed superyachts also competing. In addition to Christopher, these are Mirabella V, Ethereal, Helios and Charlatan.
Established
New Zealand-born Ron Holland established a reputation for designing successful racing yachts during the 1970s, working from his rapidly-expanding studio at Cork in the south of Ireland. Loyal owners soon asked him to design large cruising yachts too. By the mid 1980s Ron had designed the world’s first 30m performance superyacht and after that he did not look back. He and his team have created a wide range of sail and poweryachts for some of the world’s wealthiest, most experienced and discerning clients. Projects include the impressive 75m sloop Mirabella and the award-winning 46m Transocean Explorer, Marco Polo.