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Seawind Catamarans Interview with Shane Grover at the Vietnam Factory

• Post author By River B
• Post date January 18, 2021
• 3 Comments on Seawind Catamarans Interview with Shane Grover at the Vietnam Factory

We talked with Shane Grover of sales and marketing over at Seawind Catamarans who is located onsite at their Vietnam manufacturing facility. We are really happy to have him participate in our series of interviews with catamaran owners, builders, designers, and service groups. Thank you!

Please visit www.SeawindCats.com for more information about what they are currently building and marketing.

How many Seawinds are you building per year?

Over the last few years we’ve been building an average of about 25 catamarans a year.

We also built the Corsair so in total we’re doing about 60 yachts a year, but in the Seawind range, we’re doing about 25. That’s probably a good average over the last 20 years as well. That’s a pretty solid number for us.

At the moment though our sales demand is far greater than that, so we’re in the process of a three to five year plan of doubling and then further expansion from there to keep up with the demand. Obviously we’ve got some new models that have come online that again has increased the the demand across the range for Seawind.

Fantastic yeah I personally know several people on the wait list so it’s good that you’re looking to expand!

Has covid 19 affected your business at all.

We’ve been – I wouldn’t say lucky is necessarily the right word.

But being based in Vietnam where we are, the government here has done a fantastic job of dealing with Covid, so that has had a very positive effect for our business.

We’ve lost zero days production last year. They just took action when everybody else was thinking this was still not a thing and yeah i think myself included thought it was a bit over the top, but then you know as the months progressed we started realizing that they did the right thing.

As a result we put in some some strict measures early on and everybody’s complied and we’ve been able to continue operating really completely unaffected.

The only impact it’s had on us which is the same for everybody has been the logistics impact of getting materials in because obviously our suppliers have shut downs in Europe, America, and elsewhere.

Obviously dealing with those logistics now when we’re planning to build a boat what used to be a one-month lead time something can now be six to eight months and so that just that just takes different planning different management and understanding that’s the way the world is at the moment and making sure we deal with that

It also has an effect on how you order your boat. We do now need to know the options that we’re putting on boats at a much earlier stage

Previously we’re able to make modifications to the build in the middle of the build. That’s a bit harder because we can’t do them but typically if we don’t have those items.

Somebody wants a generator three months before we are about to go out the door and there’s a seven-month lead time. That doesn’t work.

So it has changed the way we do business, but I would say it’s been a change not for the better or worse. We’ve managed to come through this without disability which has been lucky but also as a result of some good planning from many levels.

How about transitioning from building in Australia to Vietnam? I understand you were part of that transition phase. How has that been?

That’s a while ago now. That was 2010 when I moved to Vietnam and started production up here.

It was interesting. We purchased Corsair Marine in 2010 and that was our entry into Vietnam at the time. We had to do it. The manufacturing in Australia was becoming extremely difficult over the last 10 years.

All the auto industries left Australia. It’s a tough place to manufacture.

What was really putting pressure on us was the Australian dollar. We were building in Australian dollars at the time and in 2010 the US dollar had passed parity so what used to be a huge deficit in Australian dollars the US dollar so we could export to America suddenly became impossible.

Our export market from 2000 probably 2008 became non-existent in America so we lost a significant portion of our production and then also because of the the dollar imports are coming into Australia at a much lower rate.

If you’re building purely for the Australian market, it’s manageable and if you’re trying to deal on a worldwide stage you’ll have some years where it’ll be fantastic and some years ago be terrible and we needed a bit more stability than that.

We needed to find a way to have currency stability and so in Vietnam the local dollar is close and tied with the US dollar, but again most of our parts come from America or Europe so most of our purchasing is done on a US dollar base and and it allows us to therefore set our pricing based on US dollars and not have these crazy fluctuations here.

That was a reason for the move and the process was interesting. So we came here again and we started with an established business. Small much smaller business than what we got today, but we came in with a good team of at all levels.

The management team, the production team, everybody was here ready to go, and we could scale from that.

But definitely coming from Australian boat building to building in this environment which is far more of a production environment than in Australia.

We had most of our employees were shipwrights and it was the sort of thing where you had less documentation of those builds and somebody wanted you know a toilet mounted foot to the right you’d say, “Jim put the toilet in a foot to the right” and and it would be done.

There’d be no documentation for it. A lot of the bills was that way, but it would also mean that when when Jim moves into a different department or left and John came in he would install that toilet a different way.

It was definitely based on the builders standards as opposed to the company standards, so when we came here it was a lot of our work was on setting those standards getting the documentation in place.

Work procedures that we have today are ten times what we had when we were in Australia and that’s very much the difference here. We have to work with with engineers and technicians to design how to move that toilet a foot to the right make the drawing make it very clear before it goes out on the production floor.

Our workers are very good but they have us a smaller scope of skills so we’ll have people who will install toilets or do plumbing and that’s what they do. That’s fine. In Australia, they could do everything.

So we have now more people with a much narrower scope of skill here. We also find that our workers have a much higher appreciation for their work than what we did when we’re in Australia.

If they did the same job and installed that toilet every week for three months eventually, they’d say I need to do something different whereas here our guys don’t like to move.

They really take pride in being the guy that installs the toilet on the Seawind 1160. That’s my job and I don’t want anybody else touching that job. That’s mine.

That actually is helpful because it means that the skills are getting constantly getting better and better in that area with those people under the bed.

From our side it was more we had to change the way that we thought and approached it as opposed to coming in and saying you know we needed to do things differently. This is how we did it in Australia. That doesn’t work. You have to work on this.

What we need to do to tap into those skill sets to make this work and really again that came down to having having the right procedures right standards. If everybody knows what they need to do, everything works well all the time. You only have problems when there’s ambiguity in what it is.

I expected it to be like this. So it’s getting rid of those loose expectations and setting setting very clear standards.

Ultimately the end result is the quality that we’re producing here is much better than what is in Australia. We’re able to put more later into the build. We’re able to put more time detailing and we made a conscious decision when we moved here that we had to increase the quality. We knew that if we built the same quality, an identical boat, and put it at the same boat show that people would criticize the boat that we were building in Vietnam versus in Australia.

So we consciously said we have to increase the quality and I’m not talking just the build. The real quality is that everything is engineered. No bad changes. Certainly finishing things to a higher degree. Polishing, removing flanges, and then taking areas together and getting a seamless finish as opposed to having a silicone wipe and things like that we took to a much higher standard.

Are there any challenges in building smaller catamarans like a 1160 versus the larger like 1600’s whether it’s construction marketing finances?

In building a bigger boat, there is this multiplication but typically it’s because of the systems.

You could build a bigger boat. You could scale a small boat to make it big and it doesn’t necessarily have to become more complex but that’s not what happens.

You get a bigger house and suddenly you want a dishwasher on it, but you didn’t have any smaller boats and you want a washing machine and the systems all become more complex.

That is really the main significance in going larger.

The process start to finish of working with a customer on an order through delivering the boat handing over the boat. It’s not entirely scalable.

The effort involved in a small versus a big boat is fairly similar, but of course in the building process the hours are dramatically different. The material costs are dramatically different.

I’m sure you’ve heard with each foot the cost goes up an exponential amount. Because typically you can’t just take a 40 footer and make it 45 footer by stretching it.

If you could no problem, it wouldn’t cost that much, but you also don’t really get those gains if you don’t do that.

You go, “oh it’s now 45 foot but I want a bit more space inside not just about so you make it wider and then and all this and that makes it heavier so then the equipment’s not off to scratch. The rigging and the hardware numbers now.

So it’s got to go up to the next grade.

There’s limits. It must go up in steps where you’ve got a range where you can get away with this model and this little winch and then you get over this weight, this length. It is typically weight as opposed to length, so you can have a bigger boat with the same hardware that you would have on a smaller load if the weight is is equal.

Typically the weight does increase with the length, but to answer your question a bigger boat it is more complex, but it’s mainly because of the systems involved as opposed to the lamination, the construction. That’s all very similar practices just on a larger scale.

Where do you see uh the future of Seawind? Any secrets you can tell us or any vision that you have?

We are on a mission to to be the go-to couples boat, so we we don’t want to build boats for the Charter market. And not necessarily boats just to go for a day sail

What we want to build is boats of any size not just our bigger boats.

We want to build our boats that can be their dream boat to eventually retire on and sail around if they want to do.

That’s what we want to be. We want to have the best products for that mission and i’m not sure if you’ve seen the twin 1370 that we just released followed up from the 1600 a few years ago?

These are all following that brief very strictly, so that means that performance is not a race boat but it has to sail well in light airs and most of the time you’re going to be sailing in light wind. Also you can sail close to the wind. And most importantly, it everything holds together structurally. The boat needs to be sound. It needs to be rigid and you need to feel safe.

What kind of feedback are you getting from new customers on on their boats?

Typically we get good feedback. I think by the time somebody has bought a Seawind typically they understand it.

They know what they’re getting. Most of our customers are quite well educated on the market, so that they’ve probably done comparisons on more than three to five boats and they’ve already understood that they like this on this boat they don’t like that and they’ve worked their way down to the line of it and everything’s compromised.

There’s more customers than there are boats, so there’s always going to be something that you do like but don’t love it.

It’s about finding the right balance where you’ve got the things that you really have to have and you open and compromise with other things and everybody will make difficult decisions, but we do find that most of our customers have already done quite a bit of research.

Many people say they have already looked at everything else making the conclusion that Seawind is the right thing, so when they get their boats typically there’s not many surprises. They’re getting what they were expecting.

What we do get good feedback on though is the service side of things. Joining the family.

We’re not just trying to build boats and send boats around the world and never ever see them again.

We keep good relationships with our owners and that’s an important aspect.

Obviously not everybody wants to be involved but some people might want to take the boat off and never talk to anybody again, but most people do like to have that support network available as well and we do typically get good feedback on that.

You do have a very robust group on Facebook that I’m actually a part of. The official owners group. That’s quite helpful in figuring little things out.

Do you want to let us know where we can find out more about seawind catamarans.

So www.SeawindCats.com that’s the place to go. Obviously 2021 is going to be a bit of a funny year like last year. We don’t have the locked-in dates for boat shows and things coming up yet. In Europe we’ve just heard the Le Grand Pavois boat show is being delayed till the end of April but it’s still planned to go ahead.

The next official boat show in the states will be the Annapolis Sailboat show in October.

That’s what we’re expecting. If you want to see some boats in the flesh they’re the places to go. Any of our dealers in Florida, Annapolis, Massachusetts, Seattle, California have boats available.

If you can’t wait until the next boat show, give one of our dealers a call.

Fantastic well. Thank you so much Shane for talking with us really appreciate it again. I’m River Braun with CatamaranSite.com and we’ll be back next time.

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River is a licensed USCG Captain with a lifetime of experience on the water. From the San Francisco Bay to the South Pacific, blue water to clear water, he’s sailed a wide variety of catamarans and crawled around in the bilges of more than he can count. You can follow his misadventures at www.tilted.life.

3 replies on “Seawind Catamarans Interview with Shane Grover at the Vietnam Factory”

great interview !!!

Hey River, I can’t believe there have been so few people viewing the interview you did with Shane! It was an interesting discussion and hearing about the reasons for the move makes one more aware of what Seawind can bring to the table. The video footage of Shane that Seawind shot was very good, but yours was pretty rough. You can get a camera system that will show you side of the conversation without breaking the bank. You’ll probably get much more views with just this one change in production. Other than that, nice to see these type of conversations on multis.

Thanks Rick! We have been upgrading equipment as time goes on. Hopefully the content is valuable irrespective of video quality. I agree the thoughts by Shane were really great comparing Australian shipwrights to Vietnamese workers. Also the culture of seeking more responsibility versus the pride and satisfaction of excelling in a single task. We learned a lot producing this one.

One of our next videos is with Ruby Rose about their new Seawind so stay tuned.

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The Seawind 1370's three-cabin layout dedicates the port hull as the owner's suite, while to starboard are two cabins with a shared bathroom in between.

Privacy is a big plus with accommodation on catamarans, and the portside owner’s suite on the 1370 does this well.

It features a forward athwartships island bed and stern bathroom, with either a small vanity or office filling the space in between. The views outside are excellent, with large hull windows, and natural ventilation comes via an opening side hatch.

The starboard hull has a double cabin aft, with a single berth forward.

Light-coloured ash laminate features throughout the interior contrasted nicely with neutral-coloured soft furnishings.

The views from the saloon are superb via tall windows and generous headroom, although it is a busier space than previous models.

This is because Seawind has adopted the fashionable galley-up arrangement for the 1730 with a U-shaled galley station to starboard and a navigation station in front.

A lounge doubles as a daybed with an elevating table around the bench seating, while opposite nestled into into the aft bulkhead, is a TV.

Quality finishes are evident all around the area with Sunbrella fabrics and polished solid wood rounded finishes.

Sloping bulkheads forward reduce windage and large, opening windows give the essential airflow.

The aft-facing galley has panoramic views from the twin sinks with views that could persuade even the most reluctant crew to volunteer to wash up.

Alongside the sinks is a three-burner gas hob and oven. Good design points here include a large chest freezer and an equally large opening fridge.

The entire area is surrounded by ample synthetic worktops with fiddles, and cupboard space below eye level to maximise the views.

Helm and cockpit

The Seawind 1730 is designed as a shorthanded cruiser, with sail controls leading back to both helm stations.

The set-up works well, with both the sheltered helms comfortable, shift and throttle controls on both sides, plenty of small-item storage space and the running rigging controls all tidied into rope lockers.

Flat coamings allow the skipper to sit out and adopt a more race-style posture, and the composite Lewmar steering wheel is a vast improvement over the stainless steel ones used on earlier Seawinds.

The bench-style helm chairs include removable backrests so that they can face the cockpit.

The cockpit includes an aft lounge behind a table with fold-out leaves to increase its size. Further to port is a space that doubles as a sun bed.

On the water

I was looking forward to taking time to cruise on the Seawind 1370. The horizon outside Ocean Marina is dotted with islands to the south and west with islands, while numerous peninsulas roll all the way down to the Cambodian border. Owners can choose to take delivery of their new boat here.

The twin 57hp Yanmars, turning 1700rpm, are pushing our test boat along at 7.3 knots.

Turning into the wind, we slowed and rolled the main halyard onto the electric Harken to quickly hoist the mainsail, reaching off to unwind the screecher.

Forward access is via wide and flat side decks with support both from the coachroof handrail and 700mm deep lifelines.

The forward area is uncluttered with all systems in lockers, including a Maxwell vertical windlass with 80.0 metres of galvanised chain and a 30.0kg Excel anchor running below the main cross beam. A secondary roller is installed.

Cleats are all around, including amidships, but a little undersized for my liking.

Nearby is the track for the set-and-forget self-tacking jib, yet another useful cruising feature of the 1370.

The big-topped mainsail fitted to our test boat was an upgraded Doyle Racing Laminate performance cruising sail cut with full battens and sitting in lazy jacks.

Single line reefing, again all operated from the cockpit, finished off a functional sailplan.

For off-the-wind running, sail options include an asymmetric and screecher with bowsprit.

Holding all this up are dieform wire outboard shrouds with substantial chain plates moulded into the gunwales, attached to a single alloy spreader mast tube, from All Yacht Spars in Brisbane.

A skylight lets you check the mainsail telltales from the helm, with 14.0 knots of breeze yielding 8.7 knots on the beam reach.

The light but positive feel of the helm that uses Lewmar hard linkages rewarded my efforts of trimming and steering.

The view forward was important to avoid all the fishing gear spread across the Seawind's path, with the deep saloon windows making it easy to spot obstacles in front of the bow. Sitting outboard in race mode, the view of the headsail telltales was lightly impeded by the coachroof.

Our course was taking us to Monkey Island where the resident fur-clad pirates could board if we anchored too close. With conditions easing we hoisted the asymmetric via its snuffer, put the wind at 120 degrees behind the mast and ran 7.1 knots in 11.5 knots of wind, taking us in the lee of the island.

Dropping the anchor via the Maxwell windlass, we enjoyed lunch in sight of the jungle-clad island and the strange noises emanating from it.

After lunch it was up-anchor and beat homeward. The self-tacking jib meant I needed only turn the wheel to spin the hulls around without touching either the mainsheet or jibsheet.

Easy-as, which sums up this very capable new cruiser from Seawind.

The Seawind 1370 succeeds on several fronts. It's a bluewater cruiser, sturdily built and easily sailed when both crewed or short-handed.

But it also has the sailplan to be a competitor in the cruising divisions of regattas. The Seawind 1370's leaner build enhances its racing ability.

And it comes liveability, with key features such as the well-organised saloon and cockpit making it a boat for all seasons.

Specifications Model: Seawind 1370 Length overall: 13.7m Waterline length: 13.7m Beam: 7.6m Draft: 1.3m Air draft: 21.6m Headroom: 2.1m Displacement: 11,000kg Bridgedeck clearance: 0.85m Engines: 2x40hp Yanmar saildrives Fuel: 600L Water: 600L Mainsail: 80sqm Jib: 36sqm Accommodations: 5 people/3 cabins

Priced from: $US820,000 (ex-factory Vietnam) including composite steering wheels with cable and tie-rod linkage system; B&G electronics with 2x12.0-inch plotters; shift and throttle controls, tachometers and engine monitoring and warning systems fitted to both helm stations; 4x two-speed self-tailing manual winches; VHF radio; electric anchor winch with gypsy; electric-flush heads; pressurised hot and cold water system with 40L hot water service; 2x200Ah deep-cycle gel house batteries; 2x starter batteries; 5x 24-volt USB outlets; 24-volt lighting; 2x160-watt solar panels; LPG three-burner stove and oven; 130-litre fridge; two-drawer freezer; 2x40hp Yanmar saildrives with freshwater cooling; turning three-bladed fixed propellers; anodised aluminium mast and boom with dieform wire standing rigging; self-tacking furling headsail and a fully battened mainsail with three reefing points; lazy jacks; 300kg-rated carbonfibre davits

Price as tested: $US1.6 million including 2x Harken 50 self-tailing electric winches; 24-volt/32000BTU Mastervolt airconditioning system; 3x400Ah lithium-ion house batteries; inverter; CZone digital switching; 57hp Yanmar saildrives

Supplied by: Seawind Catamarans

What we like

• Good overall build quality, fit and finish
• Fashionable yet functional design with aft galley
• Decent power-to-weight ratio from lightweight hull and sailplan

Not so much

• Hardtop's cockpit extension makes it difficult to see jib telltales
• The cleats look a little bit underweight for this size of yacht
• Saloon's layout makes it look a bit busy for a catamaran

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QUICK GUIDE TO VISITING THE FACTORY

1. visa requirement.

Most countries require either a tourist or business visa in order to enter Vietnam. This must be organised prior to departure and cannot be done on arrival. Check with your local consulate on your requirements.

2. Transport from the Airport

The easiest method of transport is to take taxi. It is fairly metered and relatively cheap to the city / factory. To access the taxi, walk out of the terminal and walk to the far left of the pavement where there will be a taxi attendant.

For domestic arrivals, taxis are just in front of the domestic airport.

We would recommend that you take Vinasun taxi. Mailinh Taxi is another good option. Both are the most reliable brands in Vietnam.

Grab is readily available in Vietnam and can be used with a registered card or cash at the end of the journey.

3. Accommodation

For an enjoyable experience of HCM, we recommend that you stay in the city center, District 1. The city accessible and easy to walk around if you stay close to the main areas such as Nguyen Hue, Ben Thanh Market and The Opera House. There are numerous hotels of all qualities and sites like  www.agoda.com  or  www.booking.com

For a mid-tier hotel, we have found the  A&EM  or  Silverland  hotels chains have been liked by previous visitors.

Factory Visit:

Getting from District 1 to the factory in District 7 will take around 25 minutes in good traffic or 45 minutes in peak hour time.

Again, Taxis are easy and most will know the factory address. It’s the best to print out the address to show to the taxi driver:

Once off the main road (Huynh Tan Phat), we are located about 800m on the left hand side and clearly signed as Corsair Marine with a large red gate.

Google Map Location:

Vietnamese Restaurants

Nha Hang Ngon

Address:  160 Pasteur,  Ben Nghe, Quan 1, Ho Chi Minh

Secret Garden

Secret Garden Address: Top Floor, 158 Pasteur, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Ho Chi Minh City

5KU Address: 29 Thái Văn Lung, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

3T Address: 29-31 Tôn Thất Thiệp, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Pizza 4P’s Address: 8/15 Lê Thánh Tôn, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Basta Hiro Address: 65 Đường Lê Lợi, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Namo Pizza Address: 74/6 Hai Bà Trưng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

The Refinery

The Refinery Address: 74 Hai Bà Trưng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Au Parc Address: 23 Hàn Thuyên, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Godmother bake and brunch

Godmother bake and brunch Address: 3rd floor, 2-4-6 Đồng Khởi, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Middle Eastern

Ciao Bella Address: 11 Đông Du, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Mezze Saigon

Mezze Saigon Address: 5th floor, 215 Lý Tự Trọng, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Zeytun Address: 185 Bùi Viện, Phường Phạm Ngũ Lão, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh

Day Excursions

There are some great activities to fill in your time whilst in HCM:

• Cu Chi Tunnels (The best way to get there is via boat with Les Rives )
• Mekong Trip
• Mekong Bike Trip
• Within District 1 (walking distance)
• War Remnants Museum
• Post Office
• Imperial Palace
• Folding Corsair Trimarans: Legendary Ability, Unbeatable Reliability
• 5 Reasons Why The Corsair 760 Trimaran Won Multihull Of The Year
• Corsair Range Brochure
• Corsair Community
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• By Herb McCormick
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In early October, after undergoing a business restructuring in its base south of Sydney, Australia, Seawind Catamarans announced that going forward, the company would likely be building its entire line of award-winning cats in Vietnam.

In making the announcement, Seawind’s managing director Richard Ward said, “This year has been the most challenging in the 30 years I have been in business, however I have been humbled by the support of our suppliers and would like to offer my thanks to give Seawind this opportunity to move forward and focus on the next 30 years of building great multihulls.” Ward added that high manufacturing costs, and the ongoing strength of the Australian dollar—which put Seawind at a competitive disadvantage with many imported models—would necessitate the closing of the firm’s Australian production facility located in Wollongong.

Ward said Seawind would continue to offer after sales service and warranty support for future and existing Seawind owners in Australia and around the world, either directly from Seawind itself or through Multihull Central, whose headquarters are in the purpose-built multihull marina of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbor.

Following the completion of the last three Seawind 1250’s on order, future production of the Seawind 1250 will likely move to the Seawind/Corsair Marine facility in Vietnam, where the Seawind 1000XL2 and Seawind 1160 are already being built alongside the range of high performance Corsair trimarans and the Corsair 50 catamaran. Corsair Marine, originally based in California, has been producing boats for the last six years in Vietnam.

The accompanying photo shows an imported Seawind 1160, built in Vietnam, after launching in Sydney’s Botany Bay shipping terminal. For more information, visit www.seawindcats.com .

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SEAWIND 1600

The 1600 passagemaker reflects our aspiration to create the ideal cruiser in every aspect: this is the ultimate offshore cruising catamaran., pointing ability & shallow draft, the ultimate offshore cruising catamaran.

Captive daggerboards, which don’t protrude through the deck, reduce maintenance and keep a clean deck that could otherwise prove hazardous offshore. Keeping these large foils captive also prevents windage aloft which can cause a catamaran at anchor to swing and swerve about her mooring. This approach conveniently maintains the aesthetic of the stunning Reichel Pugh design. The daggerboard lifting mechanism is run to a dedicated control in the cockpit, so there’s no need to rush forward and then cross the boat to raise the boards.

PERFORMANCE WITHOUT COMPROMISE

Comfort and performance are a trade-off discussed endlessly. The Seawind 1600 Passagemaker strikes this balance through the use of advanced build technologies and continuous weight-saving efforts. Strategically placed carbon fiber reinforcements throughout the structure, Kevlar reinforcement under the waterline and revolutionary daggerboard integration not only make the Seawind 1600 Passagemaker an extremely stiff and fast catamaran, but also gives her the beach ability that so many Seawind catamarans are renown for.

SHALLOW DRAFT

Through the use of Kevlar reinforced hulls with retracting daggerboards and rudders, the Seawind 1600 Passagemaker is safe on a sandy shoal. The minimum draft (with daggerboards and rudders up) is only 54cm – or 2ft 1 inches. That means the Seawind 1600 Passagemaker can enter protected anchorages and waterways inaccessible to almost any other cruiser on the market today.

Designed for extended ocean crossings, the Seawind 1600 Passagemaker has all of the cruising practicality you would expect from a new Seawind catamaran, but delivered on long and fast performance hulls.

High aspect deep retracting rudders and daggerboards offer performance and practicality - this catamaran sailboat tacks easily and is a nimble performer, but has a minimum draft of only 54cm with the foils raised.

At 52 foot, this Reichel Pugh designed performance cruiser offers sailors a true sailing experience whilst not sacrificing on safety or comfort. The Seawind 1600 Passagemaker has proven to be a world class catamaran capable of being sailed anywhere, by anyone.

The Seawind 1600 Passagemaker carries an exclusive interior full of the elegant finish work expected of a true thoroughbred sailing yacht.

A delightful light-oak interior oozes Italian style. The chic grey of the oak interior contrasts well with the modern walnut floor timbers. Soft LED lighting and quality sound system enhance the carefully planned atmosphere aboard.

Reichel Pugh design expertise, along with Seawinds 35 years of practical catamaran handling experience combine to create a yacht ideal for long extended cruising or live-aboard sailing.

Designed by world renowned naval architects Reichel Pugh, this 52-foot luxury catamaran is the perfect balance of cruising comfort and performance sailing.

With simple sailing systems, twin protected helms and a large open cockpit space, this blue water luxury cruising catamaran sets the standard for offshore sailing.

At 52 ft, our Seawind 1600 Passagemaker is the flagship of our range with a brief to be the “ultimate luxury offshore cruiser”. And after thousands of design hours, and thousands more in the early construction and testing phases, that work has been rewarded in a competition we hold in high regard.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overall length, 52'8" / 16.1 m, 26'6" / 8.1 m, 1'9" / 0.6 m, displacement, 31,700 lbs / 14,400 kg, diesel saildrives, 2 x yanmar 57 hp / 43 kw, 196 us gal / 744 litres, fresh water, 174 us gal / 658 litres, 1,558 sq ft / 144.5 sq m, 21'8" / 16.1 m, 200 us gal / 750 litres, 1,080 sq ft / 100 sq m, 478 sq ft / 44.5 sq m, screecher (optional), 990 sq ft / 92.5 sq m, spinnaker (optional), 2,370 sq ft / 220 sq m, recommended options.

DUAL ENGINE CONTROLS

A second electronic engine control mounted at the stbd helm makes for easy maneuvering and makes the boat manageable from either helm.

SIDE CLEARS

These removable role up clears are an essential item for any blue water sailor. Attaching to the outboard side of both the port and stbd helms they allow skippers to remain warm and dry at the helm in even the worst of conditions whilst still allowing for easy access and use of the sail controls.

BATTERY LITHIUM UPGRADE (720AH)

Change from the traditional AGM battery system to a high capacity Lithium system from Mastervolt. This option not only upgrades the batteries but also modifies the entire charging system ensuring a total compatible system including upgraded mastervolt alternators and regulators, additional AGM start battery and DC/DC charging unit.

STORM JIB WITH FURLER

The storm jib is designed for use in winds too strong for the regular jib, typically in conditions 40kts and up. It provides just enough sail area to maintain directional stability.

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Carbon park avenue boom.

Very simply, the wings of the carbon fiber boom extend outwards to catch the mainsail as it is lowered. Lazy jacks ensure that the mainsail is captured within the confines of the recessed area of the boom deck and hides the bulk of the sail when moored. The sail cover is fit to the inboard groove of the track system installed on the inside perimeter of the boom top.

SATELITE PHONE/DATA WIFI ROUTER IRIDIUM GO

The Iridium GO! is a satellite wifi router/phone. Once installed in the boat the boat will have a wifi hotspot the same as any office/home and all devices (phones, computers, chartplotters, c-zone etc) can then easily be connected to the internet.

B&G forward Scan option

Explore poorly-chartered or unfamiliar waters confidently, avoid upcoming dangers or obstructions and set custom shallow depth alarms with B&G’s forward-looking sensor. With an effective range eight times the actual depth, ForwardScan® helps you avoid groundings or damage to keels and rudders while pinpointing the ideal spot for anchoring.

C-ZONE DIGITAL SWITCHING

The sleek CZone® touch screen digital switching system provides a lightweight sophisticated switching system enabelling control and monetoring of your vessel through the navigation tables touch screen display or through WiFi connection the system can also be controlled at the helm mounted chart plotter or wirelessly via tablet or smartphone.

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