Vitters

Founded 30 years ago, Vitters is a family-owned-and-managed shipyard specialising in large sailing yachts. The in-house team works closely with specialist subcontractors and suppliers, with their core operational team comprising some 80 skilled and dedicated employees, from engineers and craftsmen to foremen and project managers, all backed up by support departments.

The business model relies on subcontracting larger parts of the yacht. Subcontractors’ work is treated as an integral part of the Vitters’ responsibility. Having the opportunity to match a specific job with the right supplier, Vitters is able to pick the best specialist for the project at precisely the time when it is needed, giving an efficient and optimum overall result.

When they pioneered this way of working in the early nineties, it was quite revolutionary. Today, it has become the industry norm.