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The application forms for 2019 are now available under "For exhibitors"

Next door to the Open Yard area is the Sjögården hotel with the business called Verhas. Currently, a major renovation is under way for more than 2,000,000 Euros.

Open Yard 2018 has seen the best sales result ever in the 25 year history for Open Yard. The magazine International Boating Industry made the following report: https://www.ibinews.com/hallberg-rassy-reports-best-ever-open-yard/32652.article

Freddan & Tomas will play live music Friday and Saturday night 24 and 25 August 2018. They will play until 11 pm. This will take place at Sjögården / Verhas, just on the other side of the street from the Open Yard / Öppet Varv area in Ellös, Orust.

Also the Hallberg-Rassy 340 has been nominated to the honourable title European Yacht of the Year 2019, in the category "Family cruiser". That means that also the Hallberg-Rassy 340 has been ranked as one of the most interesting and promising newcomers of its class.

The second nominated boat for European Yacht of the Year, out of three, exhibited at Open Yard / Öppet Varv, is the Lite XP by Liteboat from France, which has Scandinavian premiere at Open Yard / Öppet Varv.

We are pleased to report that the all-new Hallberg-Rassy 57, world premiere at Open Yard 24-26 August 2018, has been nominated to the honourable title European Yacht of the Year 2019 in the category "Luxury cruiser". That means that the Hallberg-Rassy 57 has been ranked as one of the most interesting and promising newcomers of its class. The...

We are happy and proud to announce that the Open Yard / Öppet Varv marina will be the official center for the European Yacht of the Year tests in northern Europe. The prize is given by the twelve leading European sailing magazines after thorough tests of nominated boats. The tests will take place 28-30 August 2018.

Here the all-new Hallberg-Rassy 57 sees daylight for the first time. The world premiere wil be at Scandinavia's largest sailboat show, the Open Yard weekend in Ellös, Orust, Sweden, 24-26 August 2018.