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Zurn 60 Powercat concept

Zurn Yacht Design: a new revolutionary cruising catamaran design

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Zurn Yacht Design has teamed up with New England Boatworks to announce plans to build the Zurn 60 Powercat. This three-stateroom, fve-head cruising yacht shows careful consideraton for the comfort and privacy of passengers and crew with a truly revolutonary powercat layout.

The concept came from Doug Zurn of Zurn Yacht Design, who worked with a prospectve owner with open-ocean cruising experience. New England Boatworks, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is a leader in building power and sail yachts using advanced methods and materials.

The Zurn 60 Powercat is a groundbreaking design that showcases the out-of-the-box thinking that has long made Zurn Yacht Design a leader in the yachtng world.

“The 60 Powercat is designed to focus on providing nice accommodatons for the owner and a couple of guests,” Zurn says. “It’s an efcient cruising yacht with a design that’s an empty canvas in some regards.”

The radical confguraton starts with the main deck, where a master stateroom forward uses the full width of the deckhouse for a 270-degree feld of view through expansive picture windows, as well as four large forward windows overlooking the foredeck.

The master is entered from a door on the starboard side deck and features a king-size berth on centerline, as well as a setee and a wide desk along the af bulkhead, a suitable workspace for running the ship, or monitoring business interests from anywhere. Stairways to either side lead to his-and-hers head compartments located on the lower deck to port and starboard. A curving staircase at the entrance leads to the skylounge.

The master stateroom has his-and-her heads, divided and situated on the lower deck in each hull, down a staircase on either side of the stateroom. Each of the heads has a dressing area with lockers, a sink with mirror, a private head compartment and separate shower with bench.

A pair of mirrored guest staterooms are abaf the master, also on the main deck. Because these af staterooms are on the main deck, guests are greeted by enormous windows looking out over the sea. Each guest stateroom is a paragon of privacy, with insulated bulkheads atenuatng sounds from other guests. Each stateroom has twin berths, but doubles can be fted. Plenty of stowage is concealed in fnely fnished joinery, ready to welcome guests for extending cruising.

“Everybody gets a private, quiet corner of the boat,” Zurn says. “And with engines and generators placed well af in engine rooms insulated by Soundown perforated aluminum, that will be true throughout the tme onboard, whether under way or at anchor.” Zurn also noted an available solar-panel array that would help reduce generator use.

The guest staterooms each have their own head positoned directly beneath on the lower deck. The guest heads are equipped with a private toilet compartment and separate shower. Each guest head is insulated from the respectve master head forward in each hull by a mechanical space where onboard equipment is housed, including water heaters, a watermaker, and more.

While a main-deck master on a 60-foot cruising yacht may be pioneering, it’s the focus on cruising that makes the Zurn 60 Powercat revolutonary. The positon of staterooms and heads is more than just convenience and spectacular views—it’s a design feature that allows the yacht to have the narrow hulls to create cruising efciency and performance, as well as a draf of less than four feet.

Powered with a pair of 435-horsepower Volvo Penta IPS600s, the Zurn 60 Powercat is expected to cruise at 18 knots and top out at 23 knots, with a range of 500 nautcal miles at 18 knots.

“This engine confguraton is very efcient for a yacht with these dimensions,” Zurn says. “And the wide placement of the pods in a catamaran really capitalizes on the maneuverability.”

The views only improve when one considers the bridgedeck and skylounge, with all-around windows. With access by stairs from the af deck or the master side-deck entrance, the upper deck is the primary indoor entertainment space on the yacht, where the skipper can oversee the navigaton while also enjoying the company of guests.

The helm staton is forward and to starboard, with a pair of helm chairs, allowing the helmsman and companion to maintain watch and chart the yacht’s progress, with a large fat chart table to outboard. A reverse pilothouse windshield capitalizes on deck space while reducing glare and improving sightlines. A large L-shaped setee is opposite, surrounding a table suitable for cofee or cocktails. Substantal open deck space allows for the placement of loose chairs or other furnishings as desired, or fxed furniture can be specifed. There’s a dayhead to starboard.

The stairway from the af deck is fanked by the galley to starboard and a formal dining area to port, each beneftng from large windows in the sides and af bulkhead. The dining area has a large sliding glass door in the af bulkhead that opens onto an open upper deck af.

The galley has the U-shaped design of a true cruising galley, with a stove af and a large workspace outboard. The galley’s af window opens wide to simplify serving an al fresco grilling staton. This af deck space is lef to the owners’ devices, to be used as an outdoor dining area, a casual lounging area, or kept wide open for fexible use, from yoga at dawn to an evening disco.

Back on the main deck, the af deck is sheltered by the fying-bridge overhang, and features an outdoor dining table with seatng for eight. A hydraulic swim platorm is set to be level with the main deck, so step-through gates lead to the platorm, which can stow, launch, and retrieve an outboard-powered RIB tender. A recessed atrium with sliding glass pocket doors in the af bulkhead of the superstructure has doors to the guest’s staterooms set at angles to port and starboard, fanking the centerline staircase that leads to the bridgedeck and skylounge.

Wide side decks lead to the foredeck. The forward cockpit is centered on a U-shaped setee with a table ofering stll another gathering spot, with an available bimini sun shade that can be set on carbon fber poles. Call for further inquiries and look for more news as the development of the Zurn 60 Powercat contnues in the coming months.

Zurn 60 Powercat - brief specifications LOA: 66’10” 20.36 m LOD: 60’11” 18.57 m Beam: 25’1” 7.65 m Draf: 3’11½” 1.21 m Air Draf: 20’9” 6.33 m Displacement (half load): 66,096 lb. 20.96 mt Fuel: 800 gal. 3028 liters Water: 200 gal. 757 liters Power: 2/435-hp Volvo Penta IPS 600s Cruise Speed: 18 knots Top speed: 25 knots

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The Zurn Daychaser 48 designed for concierge yachting

This Doug Zurn design was custom drawn for the Barton & Gray Mariners Club.  The concept of shared boat ownership, time-share chartering, and joint-use clubs cropped up about 20 years ago. The idea was to get maximum usage out of a boat rather than just having it languish at a marina, as well as to spread out the costs of ownership. Members of the Barton & Gray Mariners Club neither own the boats nor worry about maintaining them; they just take day trips within restricted boundaries on boats with captains, every trip structured to include whatever it takes to provide maximum enjoyment and luxury. The company began with one Hinckley Picnic Boat located in Nantucket during the summer and Palm Beach during the winter. But as the idea took hold, boats were added in other ports and the club now owns 60 Hinckleys.

According to company co-founder Doug Gray, starting with the snazzy Hinckley Picnic Boat was key to success. The Hinckley drew a clientele that wanted the ultimate in styling, safety, and comfort. The ideal size to date has proven to be between 36 and 44 feet, small enough for an intimate group and big enough for six passengers. The new Zurn Daychaser will expand significantly upon that template, but still feature plenty of luxury touches.

The origins of the Daychaser go back to 2019, when Barton & Gray began to consider securing a roomier, custom-designed yacht crafted specifically to meet their mission. Their boats all were run by captains, and the boat they had in mind would be capable of accommodating more passengers. A capacity of 12 guests argued for full Coast Guard certification as an inspected vessel. That, and a liking for his artistic style, led them to Zurn.

While researching the ergonomics and spatial requirements for such an excursion boat, Zurn rounded up some sailing buddies for a catered day cruise off Nantucket. He discovered that a blend of sampling fine wines and great food, topped off with sun, swimming, and beach time made for a convincing experience. His reaction alternated between, “I could get used to this!” and “I’m going to get to design a whole ‘nother animal of a poweryacht!”

Providing captained boats, essentially for hire, and anticipating as many as a dozen passengers, required inspections by the Coast Guard all through the building process. The Zurn design office was experienced at this. They’d overseen the conversion of an MJM 40z into a ferry serving a casino in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the same certification. As had been the case with that project, Boston BoatWorks was chosen as builder for the new Zurn Daychaser. To satisfy the Coast Guard, hulls must be brutally strong. BBW uses post-cured epoxy resins—pretty much the gold standard for durability.

In addition to being strongly built, this is probably the most purpose-built design I’ve ever reviewed. For instance, it has no fewer than three freezers in separate locations. Ice will never be far from drinks. It’s also got three refrigerators, to keep the customarily shore-catered food at perfect freshness. The main galley space is “up,” so no one needs to go below for food and drinks. There’s no provision for a charcoal or propane grill, since the Coast Guard looks askance at open flames or any source of heat in a warm-weather excursion vessel.  There is a small bar in the pilothouse and comfortable chaise lounges on the aft deck as well as up front.

When Zurn sat down to draw, he first harked back to a previous 50-footer that looked like a blown-up Picnic Boat. But he soon figured that a big party boat would benefit from the most commodious piloting/shelter/mingling space. The  shelter house in the Daychaser spans nearly the entire beam of the hull. Safe passage forward is through a door in the windshield. That way, people can roam from the stern platform to the bow in perfect security, instead of teetering on skinny side decks. Zurn also envisioned the big pilothouse as a great place to embellish with a warm glow of brightwork. That’s one thing clients had always gushed about with the Hinckleys.

The Mariners Club base of operations shifts with the seasons. The biggest market, the East Coast, sees the fleet snowbirding from New England in the summer to Florida in the winter. All the company’s boats have always had shallow draft, capable of beaching stern-to  so that passengers may alight into shallow water. And all have utilized waterjet propulsion.

Zurn often urges clients away from waterjets, feeling they’re only at their most efficient going close to flat-out. But besides swimmer safety and beaching, jets have another big advantage. Captains of a jet-drive boat can skim to a new assignment day or night with much less concern about flotsam or fishing gear. The two Cummins diesels, of 550 horsepower each, drive Hamilton HJ322 jets, which indicate a top speed of 35 knots or higher anywhere below half-load.

The boat is configured for high-powered people, too. For example, in addition to a large shower stall, the head contains assets more like a hotel than a boat. There’s space to lay out or stow city clothes, and storage for briefcases and documents. Tucked out of the way, athwartships, is the sole sleeping berth. It’s there for anybody who just wants a rest, or for the crew to catch a snooze during a delivery. Finally there’s a large, multipurpose desk where someone can deploy a laptop and lots of paperwork and finish up on, well, whatever it is executives do when they’d really rather be out on deck letting loose.

The design calls for one floor level throughout, including the swim platform. So there will be less concern about landlubbers tripping or falling. Much thought has been given to maximizing every possible element involved in human activity. This includes chases and channels for wiring, hydraulic lines, controls, and even the knuckle-room required to pour a can of oil into a funnel. The boat’s 15 feet of overall beam allowed Zurn to find room to fit heavy 8-D batteries outside the engines, along with sufficient access for when those big batteries need to be replaced.

There will be some teak on the boat, but most of the flooring will consist of composite decking, not so dear or environmentally scandalous as tropical wood, and more easily replaced after seasons of wear. There will even be some “faux teak” employed to draw your eye fore and aft. Like Maine lake party pontoon boats, the Daychaser has cup holders everywhere.

Zurn said the aspect of design that means the most to him is a boat’s looks. His designs are quite recognizable, and this boat is no exception. It features a slight reverse sheer and an extravagance of varnished wood. The wide-flared bow tapers into a tumblehome stern. This hull design can push the side decks away from a dock. Modern marinas often provide a long row of fat balloon fenders, which nicely protect the hull but create even more of a gap between boat and dock. That can require a fairly long jump, even for experienced boaters.  I’m surprised that some designer hasn’t invented a “slide-out” short gangplank for hulls like this. That said, a dedicated pass-through for the cockpit coamings on both sides is definitely a step in the right direction.

The cavernous house has big glass windows, and, as noted earlier, the left-hand portion of the Daychaser’s windshield hinges outward for access to the “forward lounge.”

Mariners Club membership runs around $39,500 a year. In addition to straight memberships, Barton & Gray is also offering members the opportunity to buy a Daychaser, or invest in a club-operated yacht, resulting in lease income and tax benefits, along with membership.

Though I think of myself as an old mariner, and I’m trying my best to save money, I don’t think I will join right now.

But I get the Mariners Club/Daychaser logic. It would take a lifetime of those membership fees to buy a new and perfect twin-inboard 48 foot powerboat, and years to visit all the Barton & Gray home ports.

The B&G Daychaser 48 will debut in early 2022, with the first few making their way to and from many of the harbors where the club operates.  

Contributing Author Art Paine is a boat designer, fine artist, freelance writer, aesthete, and photographer who lives in Bernard, Maine.

B&G Daychaser 48' 

LOA:  48' Beam: 14' 11" Draft: 2' 6" Engines: twin Cummins 550HP diesels Propulsion: Hamilton Jet Drive Top Speed: 35 Knots

designer Doug Zurn Zurn Yacht Design Marblehead, MA 781-639-0678; zurnyachts.com

Operated by Barton & Gray Mariners Club www.bartonandgray.com

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Zurn YD headquarters are in Marblehead, Massachusetts, one ore drive from the airport of Boston. The elegant capital of the State is where the US Navy is born, but it’s also site of a rich sailing tradition and one of the fishing bases of New England.

The mission of the studio is to connect customer and builder, putting the owner’s wishes into 2D and 3D blueprints, allowing the shipyard to build up the boat in the best way. Just to give an idea, Zurn can count into their portfolio cooperation with Marlow Yachts, MJM Yachts, Bruckmann Yachts, CH Marine, Vanquish Boats, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Derecktor, Salish Sea Yachts, and many more.

Zurn Yacht Design has now shown a preview of the Duffield 58, a yacht designed for Coast Yacht Marshall “Duffy” Duffield who wanted a boat inspired by East Coast Trawlers’ tradition, combined with modern solutions. So, the project is born: traditional hull design is matched to a light superstructure, with 360 degrees visibility from the whole main deck. The dinghy cradle is on the sundeck, while dinette and upper pilothouse are protected by a rigid top.

Propulsion is on a single Caterpillar C-18 developing 1001 HP, for a top speed of 28 knots and a cruise of 17. At cruising pace, fuel consumption is reckoned being 0.75 nm per gallon, or 0.37 km/l, for a range of 505 nautical miles. The other main figures are: length overall 17.97 mt (59ft), beam 5.03 mt (16ft 5in), draft 1.07 (3ft 6in). Displacement 21.8 tons, fuel 2543 lt (671 us gal), fresh water 568 (150 US gal). Visit Zurn Yacht Design website

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The Boston Boatworks 44 Offshore Express Cruiser continues our proud legacy of building safe, seaworthy, and visually timeless offshore-ready boats for passionate owner-operators who share our vision of their ideal day on the water. The BB44 unites Zurn Yacht Design’s acclaimed aesthetic refinement with the interior mastery of Winch Design and realizes this collaboration’s full potential through Boston Boatwork’s artisanal craftsmanship.

• ISO CAT A Offshore Rated
• 36 knot top speed
• Hull by Zurn Yacht Design
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The BB44 is well appointed for enjoying day-use boating activities with friends and comes with a single stateroom, single head accommodation plan suited for private and discerning cruising couples who appreciate a safe, comfortable, functional, ocean-worthy yacht. Optional convertible salon and second stateroom for hosting guests overnight are available.

Doug Zurn has years of experience designing boats. But he also has years of first-hand experience going to sea, changing filters underway, hitting his head, losing his footing, and seeing what works and what doesn’t. That experience shines through on the BB44. Owners will appreciate seamanlike features like well-placed cleats and handholds, functional engine room access, clean lines of sight from the helm.

The accommodations package is perfectly suited for a cruising couple. The large forepeak owner’s cabin features a walkaround queen berth, lots of natural light, a large hanging locker, and an ensuite head (which also functions as the day head). Amidships there is a large u-shaped galley to port with enough counter space and meal-prep room to keep any chef happy and an L-shaped settee with a dinette to starboard.

Head up a few steps and the galley transitions seamlessly into the salon, which features an L-shaped settee and dinette abaft the helm station to starboard and a large sofa to port. Take a seat and you’ll immediately notice the careful attention to detail provided by London-based Winch Design. Thoughtful window placement brings in an abundance of light and fresh air, and creates a space that is bright, spacious, and elegant. Owners can choose from a variety of soft goods packages to further enhance life onboard.

Outside, there’s plenty of room to stretch, kick back in the sun, or enjoy an al fresco meal thanks an L-shaped settee with a dinette. A transom door to starboard provides easy access to the large swim platform when it’s time to cool off with a swim.

LENGTH OVERALL : 49’ 3” | 15.01 M

BEAM: 14’ 10” | 4.52 M

DRAFT (DRIVES UP): 2’ 4” | 0.71 M

DRAFT (DRIVES DOWN): 3’ 6” | 1.07 M

AIR DRAFT: 14’ 4” | 4.39 M

DISPL. (1/2 LOAD ): 31,588 LBS | 14,328 KG

FUEL CAPACITY: 496 GAL | 1,877 L

WATER CAPACITY: 100 GAL | 378 L

GREY WATER: 39 GAL | 147.63 L

CRUISING SPEED: 32 knots 

TOP SPEED: 36 knots 

RANGE (10% RESERVE): 325 nautical miles

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