Coronet Yachts

The groundwork for the Coronet era was laid in 1951, when Ole Botved founded Botved Boats. The small entrepreneurial company was situated at the Tuborg Havn quay in the northern part of Copenhagen Harbour. In the beginning, the company produced Snipe dinghies made of plywood, but when fibre glass was introduced to the market, Ole Botved saw great possibilities in this material, in spite of general scepticism in the industry. Therefore, he started the production of fibre glass boats. Botved... more