About Dick Zaal

Dick Zaal Yacht Design is a professional yacht design and consulting company specialized in serving the yacht building industry as well as amateur construction. Dick Zaal's designs are sailing on the international waters since the early sixties and are being build all over the world. Our office is situated on the historic waterfront in Hoorn The Netherlands. Approx. 30 km north of Amsterdam. Construction plans and specifications for both professional and amateur yacht builders, all in accordance to the ISO/CE rulings. Selling stock building plans for yachts, covering... more

News

Aluminium and lifting keel

My Northern Comfort 43 design offers again a different keel layout, this time a... more

Fan Fan! 3rd in Ostar

Congratulations for Uwe as he managed to reach a podium place in the recent... more

Alum. Northern Comfort 46

Sometimes when I have been neglecting this news page for some time, people ask... more

Recent exploits of the Fulmar 38 “Fram”

A remarkable voyage was made this summer by Ed Megens and his ‘Fram”. Sailing... more