Bergersen Boat Co.
About Us
BERGERSEN BOAT CO.
At Bergersen Boat Co., we’re passionate about what we do. Wooden boats are at the heart of our craft, and our customers are at the center of everything we build. With a focus on detail, quality, innovation, and performance, our team delivers expertise that’s truly unmatched.
Whether you’re restoring a classic to its original beauty or enhancing it with modern features, we manage every aspect of your project from start to finish. If you can dream it, we can build it.
ABOUT LARS BERGERSEN
At the age of four Lars Bergersen astounded his parents when they heard hammering from the basement where he was repairing a broken stair tread. Several years later he constructed his first wooden boat -- a ten foot aircraft carrier for his model planes.
The basement shop was where Lars listened to a TV that had only snow for a picture. He turned images in his mind into two and three dimensional objects in paper and wood.
His love of the grace of sculptured forms floating on water must be genetic. His great grandfather Jeremias Bergersen was a commercial fisherman who fished in the Loften Islands off the coast of Norway in the arctic circle.
His grandfather, Norm Bergersen a noted craftsman, died on his sailboat in the Benjamin Islands while fabricating a custom teak louvered hatch using a huge flat boulder as a workbench. Lars designed the Bergersen Boat Company logo to pay homage to his grandfather.
As a young man Lars earned his apprenticeship at Streblow Custom Boats under the “nothing less than perfection” mentorship of Randy Streblow.
Lars can bend wood, windshield glass, stainless steel and aluminum to faithfully restore any classic boat. He can also redesign interior, electrical or mechanical systems to your specifications and current marine codes.
Lars's quality craftsmanship and eye for detail can be seen not only on the boats that are entrusted to his care, but also in a variety of custom pieces that he builds for his customers. You name it, Lars can build it for you.
