Design
On the money
Big, fast, ocean-capable cats are where it’s at right now and the ever-expanding Hudson Yacht Group range is right at the front of the action. And now there is another one...
Going fast while being safe and comfortable is what the luxury performance catamaran genre is all about. For almost a decade the Hudson Yacht Group with its brand HH Catamarans has been a proven innovator by providing this market with several offerings between 50 to 88 feet in length to satisfy this niche, and have developed numerous refinements to the essential elements of design, style and functionality to make them the recognised leader in this field. Now HH Catamarans has an
exciting new product that brings much of the technology and innovation developed for larger platforms to a size that is accessible to a much broader range of customers: the new HH44. ‘This boat is very exciting for us,’
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explained Paul Hakes, chief of operations at the Hudson Yacht Group. ‘Its size at 44 feet makes it more affordable in cost and space than our larger boats, but still large enough to sail most anywhere in the world and still deliver the comfort, speed, safety and reliability of the larger yachts.’ Hakes also explained this is the
first wholly in-house design for HH Catamarans, with his son James taking the lead as principal designer. His formal naval architect and engineering qualifications as well as many years working with some of the best yacht designers from around the world has given him valuable insight to both the design process and the practical elements of high- quality production boatbuilding, not to mention many years of working
Above: the brand new HH44 offers much of the technology and innova- tion found on HH’s larger yachts with a smaller price tag that is accessible to a wider range of customers
weekends and summer holidays as a school kid in his father’s previous boatyard.
‘James knows our processes here, so this is a big advantage in developing practical designs around new concepts,’ says Hakes. ‘This has been especially important in the development of the 44, which has several new features not found in the other larger designs in our product line. We wanted to take some bold new steps forward with the 44, and James has been right there with new ideas that are still possible within the production and budget targets.’
Hakes explains first the boat needed to have a bold new look, not just a scaled-down retread of larger designs, and that it must make an immediate impression to have the
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