Baltic Yachts
Encyclopedia
Baltic Yachts is a company which constructs sailing yacht
s. It is located in the municipality of Larsmo
in Finland
, where it also is the largest employer.
The sailing boats constructed are between 50 feet (15.2 m) and 197 feet (60 m). Advanced and light materials, such as carbon fiber
and Kevlar
are used in the construction.
Yacht
A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
s. It is located in the municipality of Larsmo
Larsmo
Larsmo is a municipality of Finland, located in the Ostrobothnia region of the province of Western Finland."Larsmo" is also the name of one of the villages in the municipality of Larsmo. The municipality is unilingually Swedish and is consisting of an archipelago of about 360 islands and numerous...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, where it also is the largest employer.
The sailing boats constructed are between 50 feet (15.2 m) and 197 feet (60 m). Advanced and light materials, such as carbon fiber
Carbon fiber
Carbon fiber, alternatively graphite fiber, carbon graphite or CF, is a material consisting of fibers about 5–10 μm in diameter and composed mostly of carbon atoms. The carbon atoms are bonded together in crystals that are more or less aligned parallel to the long axis of the fiber...
and Kevlar
Kevlar
Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires...
are used in the construction.