About Nimbus Boats AB

Nimbus Boats is scandinavia´s leading manufacturer of leisure boats for cruising and sport.

Nimbus is one of the foremost and most respected boatbuilders in Europe. The name Nimbus has for decades, been synonymous with well-built boats which, due to their high quality, have ensured that the company has carved itself out a special reputation within the boating world.

In terms of working environment, Nimbus production unit in Mariestad, may be the leading boatyard in the world. In terms of production, it represents a successful synthesis of advanced technology, modern production methods combined with traditional craftmanship from a team who has been working with us for many many years.

Our head office with its permanent exhibition is at the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Harbour just outside Gothenburg in Långedrag.

Nimbus Boats is a brand within Nimbus Group. Brands within Nimbus Group also include Storebro, Ryds and Paragon Yachts.

The Story part 1

The story of Nimbus is really two histories running in parallel – the history of a fantastic boat and the history of a dynamic company and the people working there.

In the Sixties, Volvo Penta had problems with the marketing of their engines. A suitable pleasure boat was needed and head of Volvo Penta, Harald Wiklund, ordered the perfect boat from design engineer Pelle Petterson.

Pelle named his drawings “Nimbus”. The first test runs were made over the waves of Lake Vänern in September 1969… The Nimbus 26 became “Boat of the Year” in 1970 and has never looked back since. A very long list of boats have born the Nimbus name for more than thirty-five years, a name synonymous with beauty, seaworthiness and the highest quality – boats to dream about.

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The Story part 2

On the eighth anniversary of the Nimbus 26, brothers Hans and Lars Wiklund started the company now known as Nimbus Boats. Over a period of three decades, and with the assistance of the most knowledgeable and loyal people in the Swedish pleasure boat building business, they have built up their company into one of the largest boat building companies in Europe.

By tradition, the boat building business has always been beset by violent economic up and downswings, but the Nimbus Boat business has turned a good profit each and every year and the company has grown into a group containing famous brand names as Maxi, Ryds, Storebro and lately Paragon Yachts.

Read “The Story of Nimbus”: a saga of how the legacy of the Nimbus 26 was cherished and developed and making fascinating history.

Order your own copy of "The Story of Nimbus" in the web store or contact Nimbus Boats AB, phone +46 31-69 77 00.

Brands within Nimbus Group

The Nimbus Group is Scandinavia's leading manufacturer of pleasure boats. The group has over three hundred employees divided among four boatbuilding plants and turns over approximately eight hundred million Swedish crowns. Head office is situated in Göteborg. Brands within Nimbus Group include Nimbus Boats, Paragon Yachts, Ryds and Storebro.