COMPANY HISTORY
Early years
The founder of AS Luksusjaht, Sven Lennart Alpstål, started building sailboats in Sweden back in 1979, at the time when he was in high school. The first sailboats were made in his home garage, after that he rented a larger site in his hometown in Sweden.
AS Luksusjaht
In 1995, Sven Lennart Alpstål founded AS Luksusjaht, a boat manufacturing company that is located on Saaremaa island in Estonia. In the first years 32-40 feet long Excel sailboats were built.
The first production building
In 1998, Luksusjaht bought a heating plant from the local fuel company, Saare Kütus, which was converted into a production building.
Production in 1990s
In 1998, furnishings for Scanner sailing yachts were produced in the new production building. In 1999 the company started building sailing yachts for the Swedish brand Arcona.
Sailboats transport to Sweden
Most of the sailboats that were built were sold to Sweden, where they were delivered by truck or by sailing across the sea. Nowadays also the main part of Luksusjaht production goes to Sweden. On the right side you can see a picture of a truck that was used to transport sailboats to Sweden in the 90s.