Jun 2024BuildSeventh ThirtySix, Q43, delivered from the Enkhuizen hulls
Jul 2024Top seatNick Mulder: the yard stays small and builds hulls in-house
Feb 2026Top seatFirst CFO hired, from KPMG
Mar 2026BuildNinth ThirtySix launched
Sep 2026BuildMulder 122, 37.2 m, succeeds the ThirtySix
What it adds up to. A family yard professionalising: the family's commercial director became managing director in 2022 and hired a first CFO in 2026.
Who runs it
Managing Directorsince 2022
Marketing and communications managersince 2024
Sales and marketing managersince 2023
Location and project managersince 2002
Chief Financial Officersince 2026
Purchasing managersince 2015
Organisation. Family seller as managing director; first CFO in 2026
What it shows for a new yard. Family seller as managing director with the first professional finance seat arriving this year.
The top team as read on LinkedIn34 people read as staff, October 2026
A fourth-generation family managing director who came up through sales, a CFO hired in Feb 2026 from KPMG, a sales and marketing manager (ex-Feadship), a marketing and communications manager, purchasing manager, location and project manager, fleet managers for service, HR advisor, a BI controller.
Mulder shows a family yard professionalising in order: first the family seller becomes managing director (2022), then marketing (2024), then a CFO (2026). Service is organised as fleet management, three people for a fleet of small superyachts, which is a model for after-sales at RMK's early scale.
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Candidates at Mulder Shipyard1 in the pools; the shortlisted first, then by tier and score
Nick Mulder
Managing Director at Mulder Shipyard · Zoeterwoude-Dorp, Netherlands
* Commercial leadership30%Commercial Director @ Mulder Shipyard (to Aug 2022); Sales Manager (Nov 2016)
* Yacht network20%No evidence in the profile.
* Technical and pricing20%Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Bouwtechnische bedrijfskunde
* Business building20%Managing Director @ Mulder Shipyard (Aug 2022 – Present)
Leadership maturity10%No evidence in the profile.
Reading. Managing director since Aug 2022 after six years as commercial director and sales manager; owning family (fourth generation); building management degree. A seller who took over the family yard.
Career
Managing Director · Mulder Shipyard Aug 2022 – Present
Commercial Director · Mulder Shipyard Dec 2016 – Aug 2022
Sales Manager · Mulder Shipyard Apr 2010 – Nov 2016
Education
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Bouwtechnische bedrijfskunde; DOC Maritiem EMCI Certified Yacht Broker
Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview
Show the facts and the dated news with their sources
Identity
Full name: Mulder Shipyard (trades as Mulder; family business). source
Founded: 1938, by Dirk Mulder, in a small metal shop in Voorschoten. source 1source 2
Headquarters: Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk, Netherlands (new facility opened 2013). source
Yard locations: Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk (head office, dry docks), Voorschoten (original site, final construction phases), Enkhuizen (fourth facility, bought 2022-02, used for hull building). source 1source 2
Ownership: family-owned, third generation. Founder Dirk Mulder; his son Dick Mulder took over in 1984 and led the yard until his death on 2022-07-24; grandson Nick Mulder now leads it. Stake split not public. source 1source 2
Sister brands: Mulder Favorite (series motor yachts), Mulder 360º Service (maintenance, charter, brokerage). source
Size
Employees: not found.
Output: "five or six yachts per year" (Nick Mulder, 2024-07-02). source
Revenue: not found (private company).
Boat International Global Order Book position: not found.
Product
Size range: about 15.6 m (Favorite 1500) to 37.2 m (Mulder 122). source
Hull material: aluminium (the yard moved from steel to aluminium). source
Series: Favorite line — 1500, 1700, 2000, 2200, 52 Motion, Fast (about 15–23 m). source
Semi-custom: Mulder ThirtySix (36 m, aluminium, Van Oossanen Fast Displacement Hull Form, exterior by Claydon Reeves); nine delivered by 2026-09. source
New flagship line: Mulder 122 (37.2 m), introduced 2026-09-27 as the successor to the ThirtySix; Mulder 133 shown as a preview. source
Full-custom: earlier custom yachts up to 28 m; current full-custom offer not found. source
Notable deliveries 2023–2026.
Seaflower, 36 m (ThirtySix hull 6), delivered 2023-07. source
Q43, 36 m (ThirtySix hull 7), delivered 2024-06. source
Project Unity (BN143), 36 m (ThirtySix hull 8), launched 2025-03, delivery due 2025. source
ThirtySix hull 9, 36 m, launched 2026-03-04, delivery spring 2026. source
Leadership
Managing director: Nick Mulder (third generation) — as of 2024-07-02. source
Nick Mulder was commercial director — as of 2022-02-16. source
Manager, Enkhuizen yard: Jacco Klein (previously its technical director) — as of 2022-02-16. source
Previous managing director: Dick Mulder, died 2022-07-24 — as of 2022-07-26. source
News 2023 to 2026
2026-09
Mulder introduces the 37.2 m Mulder 122, building on nine delivered ThirtySix yachts.muldershipyard.nl
2026-03
Ninth Mulder ThirtySix launched at Zoeterwoude, interior by Vickers Studio, delivery spring 2026.yachtbuyer.com
2025-03
Eighth ThirtySix, Project Unity, launched; three ThirtySix hulls moved in the Zoeterwoude dry docks on 2025-03-11.yachtbuyer.com
2024-07
Boat International profile: Nick Mulder (managing director) says the yard stays small at five or six yachts a year and now builds hulls in-house.boatinternational.com
2024-06
Seventh ThirtySix, Q43, delivered; one of the first built at the Enkhuizen facility.boote-magazin.de
2024
Mulder wins a Boat International Superyacht Award (its fourth: 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024).muldershipyard.nl
2023-07
Sixth ThirtySix, Seaflower, delivered; first ThirtySix built to IMO Tier III.boatinternational.com
