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The team behind BlackCat Superyachts, established last year, knew it could fill a market void. Catamaran buyers had few choices in the megayacht market, after all. What the team didn’t expect, however, was just how many potential buyers would be interested. That drove the decision to create the BlackCat 35, a 115-foot (35-meter) multihull. LikeContinue Reading
While most new-yacht discussions center around the build time, they often overlook the important design-development and engineering phases. These can take just as much time as the construction itself. Therefore, a new-build project can easily be a five-year (or longer) process. That’s why you need to determine whether a concept you’re considering is already testedContinue Reading
Splashing a week ahead of sea trials, Missy is the newest high-performance sailing superyacht from Vitters Shipyard. As much as many build and design teams make the most use of space for creature comforts, enhancing space was a significant directive for this sloop. The first hint is the primarily glass canopy. This element, from MalcolmContinue Reading
Mitch Booth isn’t just a proponent of catamarans. He’s an Olympics-winning sailor and multihull racer. He’s helmed America’s Cup craft. And he’s overseen the build of multihulls over the past 40 years on the water. Now, he’s a superyacht builder. Booth is the founder of BlackCat Superyachts, which plans to tap the growing awareness ofContinue Reading
Eleven months from now, the first sailing superyacht from the combination of Vitters Shipyard and Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design should enjoying her maiden voyage. The carbon fiber composite hull for the 108-footer (33-meter) arrived from Green Marine, which Vitters owns, this week. You may remember that when the project was announced last year, she wasContinue Reading
Come 2016, a 108-foot (33-meter) high-performance sailing yacht known for now as MM33, designed by Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design, is set to be delivered by Vitters Shipyard. The hull mold for MM33 is being assembled now, so construction on the yacht will follow in a few weeks. Like other recent Vitters builds, and high-performance sailingContinue Reading