<strong>HANSA</strong> YACHTS I personally contribute my experience as a yacht owner. But it has to be said quite clearly: we should grow very carefully. Our ultimate goal is to deliver three to four yachts per year. We want to stay small and fine. To achieve this, we will probably build another shed with two building sites at the Ancona location. In total, we would then have nine building sites where yachts up to 150 feet can be built. What makes the Cantiere delle Marche shipyard so special? Schröder: We call it the CdM tribe. When you are at the shipyard, you get the feeling that all the employees live CdM. Everyone is proud to be part of it and to build great ships. Furthermore, this Tribe spirit is also evident in our customers. Well over 50 % of our business comes from returning customers and new customers who come because of referrals from existing customers. These developments are really the real reason for the yard‘s success. We – customers, employees, management and shareholders – are a tribe. How did you become aware of the shipyard? Schröder: I visited the Cannes Yacht Show in 2019 with my partner at the time from our voucher company. A friend of my partner‘s said that we should definitely take a look at a CdM yacht, as she thought it was the up-and-coming shipyard on the market. When I boarded a CdM yacht at the show and Carlo, who is now responsible for the brokerage business at CdM, explained CdM’s philosophy in the engine room, I was hooked from the very first second. For me, everything fitted together – what Carlo told me and what my eyes saw. After the tour, I met Vasco, the current CEO of CdM, for the first time, who convinced me even more of the CdM philosophy. I also immediately liked the Flexplorer project, which at that time consisted only of renderings and drawings. In the end, my family and I ordered a CdM Flexplorer yacht in 2<strong>02</strong>0. During the construction phase, the opportunity arose to take over the shipyard. We seized this opportunity as FIL Bros. together with the CdM management. © CdM What is your personal yacht connection? Schröder: My father, together with a partner who was and is an absolute sailing enthusiast, had a medium-sized mineral oil business in Brilon, Sauerland, where I also grew up. In the mid-1980s, the two of them took over the nearby company Dehler Yachtbau from Freienohl and sold it very successfully to an investment company of DG-Bank about five years later. As a result, we had a Dehler 24 first on Lake Diemel and later on the Jsselmeer. At the beginning of the 90s, my father‘s partner emigrated to Mallorca and became the general importer of Bavaria yachts for Spain combined with a large charter fleet. My friends and I were allowed to help ourselves to this charter fleet for a small fee, which we often made use of and were thus able to explore the Balearic Islands extensively. In the meantime, my family and I also live in Palma. At the beginning of the 2000s, the focus was on starting a family with four boys and building up a few companies, and the passion for sailing took a back seat. In 2013, we bought a sailing catamaran – a Sunreef 70. After a season in the Mediterranean, we used the boat extensively for three to four months a year in the Caribbean. As my family and I were planning to emigrate to Mallorca in 2019, combined with a motor- 24 <strong>HANSA</strong> YACHTS <strong>02</strong> | 2<strong>02</strong>3
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