ABOUT US - Scandinavian Marine

A Solid Team of Marine Experts

Our team consists of individuals who share a passion for yachting and have spent at least most of their professional lives in the yachting industry. We are Scandinavian, German, English and Maltese and are based in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Viareggio and Palma, with a representative office in Singapore.

Our highly professional and dedicated team will provide you with the best possible service, advice and guidance for the ultimate yachting experience. We have decades of marine expertise in yacht sales, purchase, new builds, charter and management.

We treat our Scandinavian and International clients with a personal approach and complete discretion; we always put our clients’ interest first. If you are a new yacht owner or a charter passionate, we will always look into your specific request and provide tailor made services and solutions.

OUR TEAM

David Pagrotsky

Senior Broker

David began his career in the Yachting Industry in 1977 as the distributer of Swan sailing yachts in Sweden and Norway. In 1983 he was a co-founder of Swedeship, who built,for the first time in Scandinavia, Megayachts in Oscarshamn, Sweden. David was the worldwide agent for Kockums Cruise Ship Division in the eighties and assisted Spanish Group IZAR in building a global Marketing and Sales Division.

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During his more than 40 years in the yachting industry he has built sailing and motor yachts in many countries, mostly with Scandinavian owners. David has after several years in Malta and Palma moved back to Sweden and his favorite city Gothenburg and oversees the brokerage, management and charter activities for many of his clients.

+46 709 227878

Alan Pickering

Senior Broker Asia Pacific

Alan is a professional Marine Consultant and Yachtmaster and has extensive experience in the field of international yacht sales, yacht charter worldwide, yacht maintenance and yacht management. He comes from a marine engineering background, and has comprehensive knowledge of modern marina design and management, as both a marina operator and consultant.

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In the 1980ies Alan sailed extensively on both sides of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Asian waters. Alan has supervised the design and refurbishment of a number of large sailing yacht for several clients as part of his general consultancy services. Alan has been based in SE Asia since 1989 for yacht management, sales and marina design consultancy.

+65 96366946

Daniel Pagrotsky

Broker

Daniel has been on the sea since he was brought along to the Nautor Swan shipyard aged 3-5 with his parents. After graduating from The American University Paris he co-founded several start-ups but has since a few years joined the business full-time.
He has over the years sailed in many waters on many different yachts, as well as working as a Yacht Broker with Scandinavian Marine and as country representative for Camper & Nicholson (UK)

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In addition to his knowledge of yachts he is also mastering many of the new technologies in marketing and sales which will benefit our clients who are looking for a yacht to purchase or who wants to sell one. Daniel is also responsible for the charter activities at Scandinavian Marine.

+46 708 238755

Ulf Kjelin

Service Manager

Ulf grew up on the Swedish West Coast and started his sailing career at a young age. He started to build his first boat an Optimist in the family garage. His interest in boats and the sea took him to Chalmers Polytechnical University in Gothenburg, Sweden where he during his studiers to become a Naval Architect, did work in designing work for hull, keel and rudders..

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After finalising his university studies Ulf again started to build his own boats. In 1977 he was recruited to become the Head of Service for Nautor’ s Swan in Sweden and Norway a job in which Ulf excelled. Many are the Swan Owners who still today remember Ulfs heroic work in saving stranded families when something did not work as expected. Ulf continued his career as a Surveyor where his depth of knowledge assisted insurance companies as well as private clients. Ulf has during his whole career continued sailing and he is a well-known racer in the Dragons and 6 meter classes, often participating in international regattas. Ulf has also continued to build boats, the last one being a 49 ft in cold moulded cedar and mahogany as well as the modern 5.5 M WASA 5

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