Dykstra Naval Architects

Dykstra Naval Architects has more than 40 years of experience design, redesign, naval architecture and marine engineering of classic and modern yachts.

Founded in 1969 by Gerard Dykstra, and now led by Thys Nikkels, Dykstra is comprised of passionate sailors actively sailing our own designs and redesigns using first hand practical experience combined with in-house developed software to provide expertise in spars, rigs, and structural analysis that is current, tested and tried.