Designing a boat is a matter of balance.
In designing Les lignes de la coque du nouveau SWISSCAT 55, Francois Perus and Romain Scolari focused on a design intended for fast cruising on the open sea: to sail in any sea in comfort and safety, with a fast cat, and extremely easy to steer. The result is a high-performance, wave-resistant multihull with excellent sailing properties.
Even in the renderings, the modern and powerful hull shape is evident, with low rocker to promote glide and acceleration in the wind and create dynamic lift to reduce pitching and heeling. The displacement takes into account the load requirements for a blue water cruiser where perfect balance is achieved by keeping the weights centered and the bow and stern mirrors empty.
The mast is of medium length to have a balanced sail plan between mainsail and foresail with high extension sails for greater efficiency. The sail plan also includes self-tacking jib for easier maneuvering, genoa for more power, and gennaker.
The weight study was very important in the design, and the deck is calibrated to allow for weight control and maximum interior habitability. The structure was optimized by the specialized firm Rivoyre Ingénierie with the use of carbon fibers wherever reinforcements are needed. L’étude technique est un aspect.
The deck layout is centralized around the roof, and the 2 rudders (single rudder model also available) are located in the cockpit area well protected from the weather and positioned for excellent visibility fore and aft. Remote electric control options are possible.
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Technical Details
- Lenght 16,9 m
- Beam 8,2 m
- CL-CL 6,2 m
- Bridge Height 1 m
- Saloon headroom 2,1 m
- Hull headroom 2,0 m
- Mast lenght 22,5 t
- Mainsail area 101,2 mq
- Self tacking jib area 58 mq
- 110% Genoa 70 mq
- Storm jib area 28 mq
- Gennaker area 160 mq
- Spinnaker area 250 mq
- Black water tank 40 l
- Construction RM Design 40T m
- Builder Swisscat Yachts