Currently, a transport ship is taking the newest launch from CL Yachts on a transpacific journey. Once transiting the Panama Canal, the ship will deliver the first CLX96 to Fort Lauderdale. An invitation-only group of clients will get to sea trial her, ahead of her boat-show debut this fall.
The megayacht is what CL Yachts calls a Sea Activity Vessel (SAV). She’s a long-range cruiser inspiring owners to go farther more often. Fittingly, she looks a bit more adventurous in some of her lines, from Milan-based Jozeph Forakis. For instance, she has inverted wheelhouse windows, instead of the typically raked ones most yachts feature. This style serves a purpose, too, allowing big seas that the yacht may encounter clear quicker from the captain’s vision. CL Yachts likes to call the overall appearance “workboat chic,” since the 96’8” (29.5-meter) yacht still, of course, shows off recreational boat lines.
Even though this semi-custom SAV series encourages traveling long distances, the first CLX96 still makes relatively quick work of port hopping. CL Yachts clocked her at a maximum 24 to 25 knots under full load several weeks ago. Furthermore, the yacht had weights onboard mimicking the addition of a tender, as well as other items that owners typically want to have in their travels.
Owners can invited several friends and family along for those travels, since the yacht has four staterooms. Other creature comforts include an open floorplan, a beach club, and a skylounge. The skylounge opens up onto an alfresco dining area as well. That explains why CL Yachts and Forakis created sliding doors to stay open.
Following the select sea trials for a handful of customers, the first CLX96 will next show up at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in October.
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Jozeph Forakis Design forakis.com
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