Yacht painting and transport of a Hanse 470e

Yacht painting and yacht transport Hanse 470e

Hanse 470e - from Brandenburg to the Adriatic

She is at home on the high seas. Her home port is the Adriatic. But before she can set sail there, the Hanse 470e "Sufojati" visited Brandenburg to receive a new yacht paint job at heller Lackiererei GmbH. Only a few paint shops have the infrastructure and expertise required to paint a ship with a hull length of 14.19 metres and a width of 4.46 metres. The job, which involved painting the entire hull including the underwater hull, was completed in just one month.

A sailing yacht with a hull length of 14.19 metres on heller Lackiererei GmbH's own low-loader

A sailing yacht with a hull length of 14.19 metres on heller Lackiererei GmbH's own low-loader

Sanding, priming, sanding... The preparation of the yacht paintwork of a Hanse 470e

Sanding, priming, sanding... The preparation of the yacht paintwork of a Hanse 470e

Even large yachts can find space for a professional yacht paint job at heller Lackierer GmbH

Even large yachts can find space for a professional yacht paint job at heller Lackierer GmbH

Stained, partially yellowed gelcoat had made painting the proud yacht unavoidable. The antifouling coating, which in the past had only been applied one layer after another year after year, was also in urgent need of a complete renewal. The entire ship, with the exception of the upper deck, was therefore sanded, primed and sanded again. The hull was then spray-painted in the colour grey uni according to the customer's wishes. The decorative strips characteristic of a Hanse yacht had previously been removed using a stencil and were then repainted in metallic silver. A fresh coat of antifouling will ensure that the underwater hull is protected from fouling in future.

Yacht paintwork in grey uni. In Brandenburg, every customer wish can be fulfilled in the choice of colour

Yacht paintwork in grey uni. In Brandenburg, every customer wish can be fulfilled in the choice of colour

Decorative strips were stencilled off before the yacht was painted and later repainted

Decorative strips were stencilled off before the yacht was painted and later repainted

At heller Nautical Services, all work steps for yacht painting are carried out from a single source

At heller Nautical Services, all work steps for yacht painting are carried out from a single source

Part of the project was the transfer of the yacht from Rostock to Niederlehme in Brandenburg for painting and the yacht transport of the finished painted ship to the Slovenian Adriatic port of Koper, where the Hanse 470e arrived on the morning of 12 May. Both transfers were carried out using tractor units and heller Lackiererei GmbH's own air-suspended yacht trailer. The service package also included the organisation of all special permits and the escort of the heavy transport across Europe.

Better than new: The Hanse 470e after its complete yacht paint job near Berlin

Better than new: The Hanse 470e after its complete yacht paint job near Berlin

Ready for yacht transport across Europe with tractor unit and trailer from heller Lackiererei GmbH

Ready for yacht transport across Europe with tractor unit and trailer from heller Lackiererei GmbH

Arrival of the light yacht transport in the Slovenian Adriatic harbour of Koper

Arrival of the light yacht transport in the Slovenian Adriatic harbour of Koper