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Yachts Straight Off the Printer and New Marinas in Pomerania: The Week the Industry Picked Up Speed
This week shows the yacht industry at two extremes at once - in production halls, robots are printing hulls in just a few hours, while on the Baltic, multi-million investments in port infrastructure are getting underway. Here's what both stories mean for sailors and manufacturers.
01 · 3D Printing
Hull without a mold - 3D printing moves into yacht production [1]
Until recently, building a hull meant weeks of work on a laminate mold. Companies like Dutch Boat Factory, CEAD, Boat Evolution and Impacd Boats show that it can be done in a completely different way. Using LFAM (Large Format Additive Manufacturing) technology, industrial robot arms with a reach of over 12 metres "print" entire yacht structures - hulls and superstructures - layer by layer, using thermoplastics, including recycled materials.
The biggest change isn't so much the printing technology itself as the production model as a whole. The mold disappears, and with it the cost and time needed to prepare one. Material waste drops to almost zero, and a vessel up to 12 metres long can be printed in just a few hours - without any human involvement in the process itself. This opens the door to much faster prototyping and more flexible, less wasteful boat production, which could matter a great deal both for large shipyards and for smaller manufacturers looking for an alternative to classic lamination.
02 · Port Infrastructure
Pomerania invests PLN 93 million in sailing marinas [2]
From the technological laboratory, we move to the Polish coast, where the changes are just as concrete, though they concern infrastructure rather than the vessels themselves. Four locations in Pomerania - Górki Zachodnie in Gdańsk, Jastarnia, Kuźnica, and Władysławowo and Puck - are undergoing a thorough modernization of their sailing marinas.
As part of an investment worth over PLN 93 million, new mooring piers and guest berths will be built for visiting boats, along with a winter storage yard for around 50 boats. There will also be travel lift stations, a stationary crane, and a pump for collecting oily bilge water - elements that will make a real difference in servicing and storing vessels out of season. Nearly PLN 61.4 million of that sum comes from the European Funds for Pomerania 2021-2027 programme, showing that the modernization of Baltic sailing infrastructure today has real EU backing, not just local budgets.
Interestingly, both of this week's stories - 3D-printed hulls and new marinas - share a common thread: speed. In one case, it's about the time needed to build a boat; in the other, about the time and convenience of servicing it in port. Either way, what matters to sailors is the end result: more modern boats arriving at ever better-prepared infrastructure.
Summary
Summary
From robots printing hulls to new piers in Pomerania - this week the yacht industry shows it's investing in both production and infrastructure at once. Want to see where it's all heading and talk to the people building it? Join us at the Poland Boat Show – Międzynarodowe Targi Jachtowe, Osprzętu Jachtowego i Sportów Wodnych, where new production technologies meet the realities of Polish sailing.
Invitation
From 3D-printed hulls to state-of-the-art marinas - the yacht industry is picking up speed on multiple fronts at once. Visit the Poland Boat Show – Międzynarodowe Targi Jachtowe, Osprzętu Jachtowego i Sportów Wodnych and see for yourself how new production technologies and infrastructure investments are transforming Polish sailing. Meet manufacturers, port operators and water sports enthusiasts all in one place.
Poland Boat Show 2026Footnotes
[1] Marine Business News — https://www.marinebusinessnews.com.au/2026/09/complete-yacht-structures-printed/[2] Żeglarski.info — https://zeglarski.info/artykuly/cztery-umowy-i-93-miliony-na-pomorskie-przystanie-gorki-zachodnie-kuznica-wladyslawowo-i-puck-dostana-nowe-miejsca/