Design
The completed PB72 ready to leave Persico Marine’s build facility at La Spezia
from their America’s Cup experience. Finally, American Magic is playing a key role in commissioning and early sea trials, validating performance targets and helping fine-tune critical systems.
Commissioning and what
comes next As I write this, the PB72 is entering its final commissioning phase. We’re working closely with the American Magic team who are some of the most experienced professionals in the world when it comes to high-speed, foiling platforms. Their input during sea trials will be invaluable as we dial in the systems, tune the ride and prepare her for debut. But more than anything we’re excited to
The master cabin, one of three doubles
manager and owner representative, providing the technical and logistical expertise needed to coordinate our multi- continental team. We worked closely together, ensuring that design intent and engineering execution remained aligned through every phase of development. The yacht has been constructed by
PersicoMarine in Italy, a shipyard renowned for its precision in carbon composite builds. Southern Spars supplied the high- aspect rig and their design teamworked hand-in-hand withMorrelli &Melvin to ensure the rig geometry, sail handling systems and structural integration aligned with the yacht’s unique performance envelope. North Sails took the same collaborative approach, tailoring the sail
82 SEAHORSE Daggerboard case and RMFoil case
wardrobe specifically to the PB72’s foil- assisted dynamics and aerodynamic targets. Their aerodynamic sail data models were directly integrated into our simulation tools, ensuring that the rig designers and sail designers were working fromthe same baseline. We also involved our friends at Pure
‘The sails are tailored to the PB72’s foil-assisted dynamics and aero targets’
Design & Engineering for the detailed engineering of the RMFoil and control hardware. Their experience in particular with Imoca 60s was instrumental in
defining load cases and how far we could push the limits. Emirates Team New Zealand
contributed with an advanced rudder rake system, along with PLC software programming and autopilot logic derived
see Pat’s vision come to life on the water. For five years he’s been the driving force behind this project, always pushing us to go further, refine more and dream bigger. His dream? To sail this yacht in offshore races like the Transpac, cook a proper dinner at 30kts and maybe open a cold beer as the foils hum beneath his feet. In a way, it’s a dream we all share. Because for us designers, yachts
like the PB72 don’t come around often. They’re more than just projects. For us, the PB72 represents a kind of convergence. It fuses the lessons we’ve learned from decades of multihull design, from the Gunboats and HH Catamarans to the America’s Cup. It blurs the line between sport and cruising, between comfort and adrenaline, between concept and execution. And in the coming seasons, when she’s
carving up Caribbean trades or rocketing across the Pacific, we’ll be watching closely. As for what’s next? Pat is already thinking about the next iteration. So are we.
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