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Winter Storage

Winter storage at Vindö Marin provides an excellent solution for boat owners who want their boat stored securely, professionally cared for and ready to launch early in the spring. We manage the entire process, from lifting and winterisation to storage, servicing, maintenance and launching.

As a full-service boatyard, we have all the technical capacity and expertise under one roof. This means you do not need to spend time on the boat during the winter and can feel confident that all agreed work will be completed according to a clear plan.

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Tailored Solutions

Personalised Solutions for Every Boat Owner

Every boat has different requirements, and every boat owner has different preferences. We therefore adapt the winter storage programme to your boat’s construction, equipment and servicing needs. Together, we review the work required during the winter and develop a solution ranging from basic winterisation to a complete full-service programme. Our aim is to give you a worry-free winter and a boat that is ready when the next season begins.

Efficient Process

Efficient Handling With Minimal Time Outdoors

Once the boat has been lifted from the water, we follow an efficient and well-established process to bring it safely inside the storage hall as quickly as possible. Work carried out outdoors, including engine servicing, mast unstepping, sail removal and washing of the hull and underwater surfaces, is carefully planned and coordinated to minimise the time the boat spends outside. This ensures safe and efficient handling from lifting to final storage.

Heated Storage

Secure Heated Storage in a Controlled Climate

Vindö Marin offers 12,000 square metres of heated storage with controlled temperature and humidity. This reduces the risk of frost damage and mould growth while providing excellent conditions for the boat throughout the winter. The storage halls have perimeter protection, with fire and intruder alarms connected to a security company. The buildings are also designed to withstand heavy snow loads and strong winds. Access to the halls is restricted.

Unheated Storage

Unheated Indoor Storage

As an alternative to heated storage, Vindö Marin also offers unheated storage in a 2,500-square-metre hall. We help you assess which option is most suitable based on the boat’s construction, materials, equipment and requirements. Whichever option you choose, the boat is handled and positioned in accordance with our established safety procedures.

Mast Storage

Secure and Flexible Mast Storage

Our modern mast storage facility keeps your mast safe and protected in a heated environment throughout the winter. The system is designed for the safe and careful handling of wooden, aluminium and carbon-fibre masts. Mast stepping and unstepping are carried out using suitable lifting equipment, while an overhead crane is used inside the mast hall. A flexible system of roller tracks and an overhead crane keeps every mast readily accessible, allowing us to carry out servicing, repairs and other rigging work at any time during the storage period.

Full-Service Programme

A Tailored Full-Service Programme

Vindö Marin is a full-service boatyard with expertise in marine engineering, mechanics and electronics, rigging, joinery, fibreglass and composite work, painting and reconditioning. When developing the service programme for your boat, we schedule the work to integrate efficiently with the winter storage process.

Safety

Professional Boat Handling and Secure Cradling

All boat handling in the harbour and ashore follows procedures developed in consultation with insurance companies. Boat and mast lifting is carried out by trained personnel using suitable equipment. All lifting equipment is included in an ongoing servicing and maintenance programme. Boat movements within the harbour are carried out by personnel with extensive seafaring experience and Swedish Deck Officer Class VIII certification. This also enables us to offer delivery sailing when required. Transport using forklifts and trailers is carried out by certified personnel. Each boat is placed in an individual cradle adapted to its construction and dimensions, ensuring stable and secure storage throughout the winter.

Inward Processing

Inward Processing for Boats Registered Outside the EU

Vindö Marin is authorised to offer Inward Processing. This means that we can receive boats from third countries – boats registered outside the EU – for servicing, repairs and improvement work. For information about the applicable conditions, documentation and eligible work, please contact us on +46 (0)304-349 42.

Call us to learn more about our storage options and how we can create a personalised full-service programme for your boat. Together, we plan the winter period so that your boat remains securely stored, properly maintained and ready for the next season.

Personalised Solutions for Boat Owners

At Vindö Marin, we create personalised solutions for boat owners who choose winter storage with us and want their boat to be ready to launch early in the spring, without having to worry about it or spend time working on it during the winter.

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Call us to learn more about worry-free winter storage with full service.

Inward Processing for Boats Registered Outside the EU
Vindö Marin is also authorised to provide Inward Processing for boats registered outside the EU. Read more about this below.

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Minimising Time Outdoors

When we lift your boat from the harbour, we handle the winterisation work efficiently so that the boat can be brought safely inside the storage hall as quickly as possible.

All work carried out outdoors, including engine servicing, mast unstepping, sail removal and washing of the hull and underwater surfaces, follows a procedure designed to minimise the time your boat spends outside.

Heated storage

Safe and secure storage in a heated hall

In our 12000 m² of heated hall space, we store boats in a controlled climate in terms of temperature and humidity. Here you can store your boat over the winter and be sure to avoid frost damage or the growth of mildew.

The perimeter of the boat halls is protected with fire and theft alarm systems connected to security companies. The buildings have a modern construction and are designed to withstand major snow loads and strong winds.

Access to the hall is restricted and follows an access control procedure in order to minimise the risk of unauthorized persons accessing the premises.

All of the boats that are stored with us over the winter are loaded into individual storage spaces that are customised for the respective boat.

Cold storage

Unheated Storage

In addition to heated storage, we can also offer unheated storage in a 2,500-square-metre hall.

Mast storage

Unique, flexible and secure system for storing long masts

In our ultramodern mast storage, your mast is stored in a secure and warm area.

All lifting phases that are performed with a crane when installing and removing the mast and with a overhead travelling crane in the mast hall are carefully performed to be gentle on all types of wood, aluminium and carbon fibre masts.

Since all masts are easily accessible in our storage system with rollers and an overhead crane, we can perform the rigging at any time on individual masts during the wintertime.

Service program

We customise your full service program for just your boat

Vindö Marin is a full service shipyard with the technical capacity and expertise under the same roof.

When we customise the service program for your boat, we also consider when the work needs to take place so that it follows the winter storage process. Everything to ensure your boat is handled as efficiently as possible.

Here are a few examples of the common modules that are included in a service program.

Engines
Diesel generators
Water systems
Desalination systems and watermakers
Air conditioning
LPG systems
Boat batteries
Marine electrical and electronic systems
Shore power
Anchor windlasses
Bow thrusters

Obviously, we also work on the exterior finish of your boat, see more on the Reconditioning page.

Boat handling

Professional boat handling

All handling of boats in the port and on land is done according to a routine that is designed in consultation with the insurance companies.

Crane lifting of boat and mast is performed by trained personnel with the help of adapted equipment. All lifting equipment undergoes a continuous program of service and maintenance.

Transport of boats in the harbor is carried out by personnel with great seafaring and grade 8 competence, which means that we can also offer transport sailings if desired.

Transport by truck and trolley is carried out by certified personnel with truck licences. The handling of boats happens with individual cradles adapted for each boat.