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Two new VPLP designs are in build.
by Bill Ando
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06/01/2008
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As multihulls gain notoriety,
the number of custom and large sailing catamaran projects is increasing. The
names of two of the world’s most experienced multihull designers, Marc Van
Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prévost (VPLP Yacht Design), show up regularly in
the designer block on plans. Since their initial collaboration in 1984, they
have drawn 24 cruising cats, both custom and production models. Though
benefiting from the team’s experience drawing 33 ocean racers, the designs
remain spacious performance cruisers.
 Designers Vincent Lauriot Prévost, left, and Marc Van Peteghem. Photograph by Yvan Zedda. (Click image to enlarge)
In addition to the soon-to-launch 145-foot Gemini, the
team has two new carbon composite designs building on opposite sides of the
equator. Moxie Yachts Ltd. is producing a 61-foot performance cruiser model. The
first two yachts are currently under construction at Jaz Marine, in Cape Town,
South Africa, with launches scheduled for fall 2009. Milan-based interior
designer Anne Monique Bonadei provided a unique interior with two round
companionways opening through glass sliders to the salon. The owner’s suite and
three guest staterooms, two in each hull and all ensuite, sleep six in three
doubles, while the fourth features a double and a Pullman bunk. On deck, 2,153
square feet of main and jib will hoist on a 79-foot, rotating carbon spar and
boom. Steering stations are located in each hull just abaft
amidships.
 Moxie’s 60-foot sailing cat.
Cata-rina, a 100-foot
private one-off project, is currently under construction in Chaguaramas,
Trinidad. Her interior will be completed in North America. Operations are
handled from the coachroof flybridge. Features include an open aft deck and an
interior salon with a three-stool bar. Three ensuite staterooms, including the
owner’s suite, sleep seven in the port hull. A VIP suite is aft in the starboard
hull. Five crew are quartered forward in three cabins, and the galley and crew
mess are down amidships.
Contact VPLP
Yacht Design at +33 1 42 77 24 00.
www.vplp.fr
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