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A well-deserved farewell after seven decades at Mattsee
Sunbeam Yachts, heir to a joinery founded in Mattsee as early as 1838, is preparing to leave its historic site, where it has been building sailboats since the late 1960's. Manager for three generations, Andreasâeuros¯Schöchl, explains that this relocation to Munderfing, in the neighboring Austrian state of Upper Austria, will make better use of the available space and optimize production, storage and service flows.
The new fourteen-thousand-square-meter site includes a twelve-hundred-square-meter production hall, with an identical buffer space for service and winter storage. An enlarged test basin, a floor capable of supporting fifteen tons per square meter, and a ten-ton crane will enable us to relaunch the construction of larger yachts.
An industrial project with a better social footing
The move to a site with better public transport links, in a region more favorable to industry than Salzburg, also aims to offer improved working conditions for the team. The family-run shipyard, with over 180âuros¯years of experience in woodworking and 65âuros¯years in yacht building, is thus reaffirming its industrial ambitions while preserving its craftsmanship.
The schedule has been set: work is due to start in autumn, and will take an estimated eight to ten months to complete.
A well-positioned range for this revival
Each year, Sunbeam Yachts currently produces around fifteen units of its latest dayâeurossailer Sunbeam 29.1 in two versions, around ten Sunbeam 32.1s, as well as twenty to twenty Sunbeam 22.1s. The 29.1, designed as an elegant, high-performance weekender, has been particularly seductive since its launch at Boot Düsseldorf 2024, and is among the nominees for European Yacht of the Year 2025.
This relocation will enable the site to industrialize production of these models, thanks in particular to redesigned processes and increased test and storage capacities.
