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J Craft understands the meaning of exclusivity. Its first delivery in 1999 was an 11.5-metre Cabrio Cruiser for the King of Sweden. Since then, only 26 more hulls have been built, including 19 from the 12.8-metre Torpedo series, with each runabout thoroughly customised for its owner.

Home is the island of Gotland in Sweden, where J Craft builds its boats, and where it is moving to a new 2,300-square-metre facility. “We will continue to be located on Gotland in the middle of the Baltic Sea; the relocation is mainly to be able to

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