As a graduate in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Marnix J. Hoekstra, B.eng. is one of the third generation Owners of Vripack, the Dutch Naval Architecture, Design, Engineering and Brokers firm which was founded in 1961 by Dick Boon. "To seamlessly blend the sailing wishes of our clients into a design that first throws them off their feet and later on is embraced as if they thought of every inch themselves, gives our team and thus me a great pleasure," Marnix says. "You can see this right from our first Doggersbank like 'Beothuk' and the invention of the first Research Vessel Yacht 'Turmoil'. 'The Quality of our Work is the sum of Experience and Enthusiasm'."