MC² 60 WELL ADVANCED - SLIDESHOW

Sunreef Yachts keeps perfecting its revolutionary project of a motoryacht-catamaran, 85 Sunreef Power

Introduced officially at the Festival de la Plaisance in Cannes 2012, 85 Sunreef Power has already gained world-wide recognition and Clients attention.

Since then, Sunreef Yachts' in-house design office has been constantly working on improving the model to reach perfection and go ahead into the future as much as possible. The yacht's beam has been extended of 2 meters which increases the living area to 522m2. The main idea of the concept is to stress the superb space that catamarans offer thanks to their large beam and to arrange this space in the similar way as on motoryachts. This means one huge main deck spanning the entire beam and housing dining and lounging areas, in both exterior aft deck and inside the saloon that all together create a seamless, open space.

This space arrangement will certainly please the very demanding motoryacht clientele that can now enjoy their favorite motoryacht design and layout combined with catamaran advantages such as stability, comfort of cruising, low draft, low fuel consumption and oceanic range. Extended storage space within the Beach Club on the aft will now easily accommodate a tender for 9, diving equipment for 8 and 4 sea bobs so together with the spa pool on the flybridge this boat will be all about comfort and fun.

GUNBOAT NEWS JANUARY 2013

ELVIS WINS KEY WEST RACE!

Fresh from a gorgeous refit, the GUNBOAT 62 ELVIS trounced the multihull division in the classic Ft Lauderdale to Key West Race.  She won her division by nearly three hours on corrected time, and was third across the finish line, led by only a grand prix maxi racing boat, and a stripped out carbon racing trimaran.  Congrats to ELVIS owner Jason Carroll and his crew that included US Moth Champ Anthony Kotoun.  ELVIS switches duties for Key West Race Week, and will serve as mother-ship and home to Jason's winning ARGO Melges 32 team.  Race winner... best mother-ship... world cruiser.  Gunboat versatility.  

 PIRATES, GALES, OH MY!  Moonwave's maiden offshore romp  

The gorgeous new Gunboat 60 MOONWAVE departed the yard on Christmas eve with her crew Stephane Fumat and Sophie Brehovsky and Gunboat founder Peter Johnstone and Francesca Grum aboard. The two couples enjoyed the 2000 mile passage from Xiamen to Singapore immensely. MOONWAVE was put through quite a test. "We had large, confused seas along the coast of China to Hong Kong. In some of the flatter waters near Hong Kong, we unleashed her a bit and saw 30.2 knots of boat-speed," enthused Captain Fumat. The new Nigel Irens' shapes effortlessly climb through the speed range with excellent manners. Further South, the winds and seas built to gale conditions. "We kept the small asymmetric flying until winds reached the mid 30's, then went to just a deeply reefed main when waves reached 20'+, started to break, and winds topped 45 knots. The centerboard system is brilliant because you can always adjust the balance of the boat with the boards. You simply cannot do that with a cat equipped with daggerboards. The deeply reefed main allowed us to go straight downwind with the wave train and perfectly balanced helm. Through much of the gale, we sailed at 12-18 knots in perfect comfort, enjoying gourmet sit-down meals. It is quite a contrast to my keelboat years, and the sail handling is so much easier than our earlier series. There is no need for staysails or cutter stays," revelled Johnstone, who saw a top daily mileage at close to 340 miles. He continued, "The new hull shape makes for a very dry ride. The forward doors were open the entire trip, and we only saw spray on deck twice." The rough weather contrasted to the near calms as MOONWAVE glided through the pirate infested Anambas Islands of Indonesia on the approach to Singapore. The all black sails are pretty intimidating. The Pirates either steered clear or could not keep up. "We sailed MOONWAVE right up to the final channel markers off of the Raffles Marina on the Western shore of Singapore," Johnstone concluded. For full details of the new GUNBOAT 60, contact meg@gunboat.com.
 

PAUL HAKES, RENOWNED BOAT BUILDER 

Paul Hakes, and his core team, have joined Hudson Yachts, the builder of the GUNBOAT 60 series. Paul has been named President of Hudson and overseas the GUNBOAT 60 series with project manager William Jelbert. Paul earned his enviable reputation building several of the top TP52's in his former Wellington NZ yard. He has brought along the SL33 catamaran series to be produced at Hudson. TEAM NZ has utilized these speedy carbon 33' cats for two-boat testing and to assist their AC72 design process. Paul's earliest multihull experience was aboard Steve Fossett's record setting PLAYSTATION, which he helped build. Paul and Mr. Hudson will visit the GUNBOAT USA yard in late January for a GUNBOAT world summit on continued development of best practices between the two GUNBOAT yards. GUNBOAT is very fortunate to have Paul and Mr. Hudson on its team. Welcome Paul! 

 

FIND YOUR HEART IN MIAMI 

GUNBOAT will be at the Miami International Boat Show from February 14-17. How about a steamy midwinter Valentine weekend in Miami? Restoke the fire with your someone special, and fall in love with the GUNBOAT that will be at the end of C dock at the Bayside Marina location of the show. PLEASE schedule your VIP time slot to avoid the 45 minute boarding lines! Contact meg@gunboat.com.

GUNBOAT 55....... One Design/World Cruiser!    

The GUNBOAT 55 series is going from strength to strength. Eight GUNBOAT 55's are now on order. The GUNBOAT USA yard is a bee-hive of activity. The first three GUNBOAT 55's are now molded and a new GUNBOAT 55 starts every month. The clean, simple, and versatile design is aimed at owner-operators who do not want crew and desire maximum world cruising comfort and performance from an easy to sail and maintain platform. Several owners have one design racing backgrounds and talk has begun of racing the GUNBOAT 55's one design in Caribbean regattas. Contact meg@gunboat.com for the latest on the Gunboat 55 series.
   

78 MOCKED UP! 

The gorgeously built, all carbon GUNBOAT 78 platform now has a nice interior mock up constructed for potential customers to come view her spaces. She was successfully hauled up our new ramp and is located in our special 78 project shed. Prospective customers are lining up their visits. The world's fastest world cruising cat is available for completion in early 2014. If purchased during the project preparation period, we can customize to suit your needs. Contact meg@gunboat.com to schedule your visit or to make inquiries about our 78 Series. 

 FAVORITES AT HEINEKEN    

Captain Harvey Jenkinson from the GUNBOAT 66 TIGER LILY reports that six GUNBOATs will sail as a GUNBOAT Class at the Heineken St Maarten Regatta this March. Each GUNBOAT will be weighed on digital load cells at Bobby's Superyacht Marina prior to racing. Pre-regatta favorite is ELVIS, the Gunboat 62 being owner-driven by Melges 32 ace Jason Carroll. ELVIS Captain Scott Bradford has lightened ship, added some new sails, and has ELVIS in the best condition in years. The brand new GUNBOAT 66 SLIM will be led by former ELVIS captain, Travis McGarry. Expect close racing, and a fun filled week. We love seeing our all-carbon world cruising cats demonstrate their versatility. The Heineken, as it is known, is one of the world's most fun regattas. Beautiful point to point races, gorgeous setting, huge beach parties, and a proven atmosphere of relaxed fun. Add a GUNBOAT class, and it is magical.

 NEW GUNBOAT BELTS & FACEBOOK  

 Meg Minetree reports that the new, extra wide GUNBOAT belts are in the store. These hot commodities are typically reserved for GUNBOAT owners, special crew, and VIPs. As keeper of the swag, Meg has generously offered belts to the next 10 Gunboat eNews readers who "Like" GUNBOAT on Facebook!  Use this link and follow our News Feed to learn if you're a winner of our coveted gear!



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VPLP 78 : THE NEED FOR SPEED

VPLP, in their perpetual search for speed at sea French naval architects Van Peteghem Lauriot Prévost have created the VPLP78’, a muscular catamaran that will deliver a dynamic sailing experience at the helm, while cosseting her owners in an ambiance of style and comfort.  

 

The layout is designed to capture the moments of a journey in niches of intimacy while revealing vast, panoramic views. The transparency between the interior and  exterior transport the spirit beyond the horizon, weaving a distinct harmony between past, present and future as the voyager glances from the wake the catamaran has traced, to share the ambiance on board and then forward, into the distance to where the breeze propels them. The architects have cleverly distributed all the weight and force of the mast into the roof, so there is no mast bulkhead or pillar in the middle of the salon and nothing obstructs the view and flow from stem to stern which accentuates the sensation of fluidity.

The mood of conviviality is accentuated by placing the galley up, at the heart of the yacht around which four separate lounge and dining areas are arranged, both in the open air or inside the saloon.   The nav station is situated forward with excellent visibility and plenty of bureau space with all instruments connected back to the sporty, raised, twin - helm station in the cockpit.

Within the hulls, two double en-suite cabins and two twin guest cabins all enjoy private en-suite facilities. The guests are attended to by two crew in their own twin cabin. With the aim of delivering excellent performance, VPLP have designed the VPLP 78 with a long water line, light bows purposely intended to remain empty for buoyancy and the engine rooms positioned a-stern. 

The mast is stepped back on the structure which is directly inspired by VPLP’s high performance, record winning, racing trimarans and makes for a very powerful sail plan. All sailing manoeuvres have been moved aft of the living area for safety and ease of crew traffic. Control lines are fed below deck, back to the electric winches so that the deck surfaces remain clean and uncluttered by stray lines.

VPLP78 is designed to be built in composite with a fully carbon rig.

Principal Characteristics

Length 23.95 m (78.6’)

Beam 10.5 m (34.5’)

Draft Board Down 4.5 m (14.8’)

Draft Board Up 1.3 m (4.3')

Wetdeck clearance (full Load) 1.3 m (4.3’)

Estimated full displacement 28 T

Engine power 2 x 185 hp

Estimated Speed under power 12 knots

Fuel capacity 2000 L (528 gallons)

Fresh Water capacity 1500 L (396 gallons)

RIG & SAIL

Mast Height 31.45 m (103’)

Air Draft 35.2 m (115.5’)

Main192 m² (2 067 sq/ft)

Solent 132 m² (1 421 sq/ft)

Staysail 75 m² (807 sq/ft)

Gennaker 300 m² (3 230 sq/ft)

Spinnaker approx. 500 m² (5 382 sq/ft)

Upwind Sail Area (Main & Solent) 322 m² (3 466 sq/ft)

Reaching SA (Main & Gennaker) 492 m² (5 296 sq/ft)

ACCOMMODATION

Guests 8

Crew 2

Headroom Salon 2.2 m / 7.2 ft

Headroom Hulls 2.05 m / 6.7 ft

CONSTRUCTION

Hull & Superstructure Composite

Appendages Carbon

Spars Carbon

Class CE < 24m

Formore information please visit www.vplp78.com

OUTREMER 5X EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR 2013

The Outremer 5X was elected European Yacht of the Year by a panel of 11 European judges.  The award was given to the Outremer team during the first day of the Dusseldorf boat show. Congratulations for this amazing catamaran.

VPLP 78 WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW

LUXURY CATAMARAN Q5 SUPERYACHT OF THE WEEK ON SUPERYACHT TIMES

 Superyacht Times published a complete article on Q5 on January 5 th. It is written by Peter Wilson of MCM Marine Construction which was in charge of the projet. Peter Wilson tells us the complete story about the birth of this beautiful project illustrated by more than 20 pictures. A must read if you are interested in luxury catamaran. 

http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/3/article/id/9868/

JFA AT THE BOOT DUSSELDORF

JFA Yachts will be present at Boot Düsseldorf from 19th to 27th of January in Germany.

JFA Yachts just delivered this year the VPLP 110’ sailing catamaran out of carbon. This cat is the second catamaran built and delivered by JFA Yachts. Thanks to this experience, JFA is now focusing on the catamaran market and develops a new brand name Long Island Catamaran. In fact catamaran offers many advantages such as large area, speed, high stability, shallow draft
and much more. High success of charter catamarans but also racing cats proves that a new era is coming.

Catamarans over 85’ are still quite rare. The first Long Island 85’ is under building and JFA is developing a Long Island 100’ and a Long Island 115’.
In the same time, JFA Yachts is also working on different quotes for custom Yachts (either Motor yachts and Sailing Yachts) and refit projects.
JFA Yachts—BOOT Düsseldorf - 19th to 27th January - Hall 7a—Stand B11

VPLP 78' LUXURY CATAMARAN TEASER

Tuesday 22 nd January 2013, VPLP will launch a new 78 feet luxury catamaran project with a dedicated website. So stay tunned.

MOUSE TRAP - VPLP 110 - JFA YACHT

Here are the first pictures of the VPLP 110 "Mouse Trap" built by JFA and Designed by VPLP.