Camper & Nicholsons has announced a new collaboration with Rossinavi to create, market, and distribute a line of concept yachts named Infinity, ranging from 138 to 226 feet. Additionally, the brand is exclusively distributing the DOGE 400 (LORI), a 41.8-meter explorer yacht, in the Americas and Asia.
Infinity — announced in collaboration with Rossinavi
DOGE 400 — exclusively distributed by Camper & Nicholsons in the Americas and Asia
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Is Camper & Nicholsons still building yachts?
No. Camper & Nicholsons today is an international company that sells, charters and manages luxury yachts rather than building them. Its name comes from the historic shipbuilding firm started in Gosport, England.
When was Camper & Nicholsons founded?
The business dates to 1782, when Francis Amos opened the Gosport shipyard. William Camper took over the yard's lease in 1824, and the Camper and Nicholson partnership name arrived in 1863.
What famous yachts did Camper & Nicholsons build?
Gipsy Moth IV and Bloodhound, the yacht sailed by Prince Philip, are the best-known builds. Camper & Nicholsons yachts also raced in the America's Cup, the Fastnet Race, the Olympics and the Ocean Race.
Camper & Nicholsons traces its name to a shipyard opened in Gosport, England, in 1782, and survives today as an international yacht brokerage and charter house. The company no longer builds; its business is selling, chartering and managing luxury yachts.
The Gosport shipyard years
Francis Amos opened the original yard across the harbor from the naval dockyard at Portsmouth. William Camper took over its lease in 1824, and the Camper and Nicholson partnership formed in 1863 under Ben Nicholson. Its yachts raced in the America's Cup, the Fastnet Race, the Olympics and the Ocean Race, and its builds included Gipsy Moth IV and Bloodhound, the yacht sailed by Prince Philip. Clients included Thomas Sopwith and William Kissam Vanderbilt II. During both World Wars the yard also turned out small warships, work that continued into the 1950s.
Camper & Nicholsons International: the brokerage era
George Nicholson set up Camper & Nicholsons International in 1961 as the company's brokerage and chartering arm, with early offices in Cannes, Palma and Monaco. Sold to its management in 1989, the brokerage has traded on its own since, and today it arranges yacht sales, charters and management worldwide.
Classic Camper & Nicholsons yachts today
Yachts from the firm's shipbuilding decades are still sailing, and they surface on the brokerage and charter market as classics. A documented Camper & Nicholsons hull carries one of the oldest names in yachting, and C&N builds appear among GetBoat's charter and sale listings.
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