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Dongara Marine

Australian custom boat builder <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6133" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Dongara Marine (Company)">Dongara Marine</a> has delivered its latest project: the 25.25-metre motor yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10625" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="La Bella Cherie25.25m (82'10&quot;)Dongara Marine2023">La Bella Cherie</a>.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253804/image/large-6bcf7c46cfc3d5aa86c40cab5dd21002.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253804"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6133" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Dongara Marine (Company)">Dongara Marine</a> was approached in the mid-2020s by a client who was looking for a vessel capable of high speed for quick transits to favoured cruising grounds, without any compromise on liveable space. A catamaran was the perfect solution. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253805/image/large-bcc0e6d91ad0716f48bcf2809bf20377.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253805">The concept was designed in close collaboration between the shipyard, Southerly Designs and the owner. Contracts were signed for the build in a matter of weeks after the initial conversations, and it took around two years for the project to be completed.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253811/image/large-2e22fad9eed8bb55765f385586655644.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253811">&nbsp;“This was an exciting project for us,” Rohan Warr, Managing Director of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6133" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Dongara Marine (Company)">Dongara Marine</a>, commented. “We enjoyed working with the clients to provide them with a vessel that will be the source of great enjoyment and wonderful memories, as well as demonstrating how well our skills transfer to the custom motor yacht arena.”<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253814/image/large-7e1be2d6e421ca04b6c88f37606cec3f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253814"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253816/image/large-c8729d2fc964e0c47c2f5331e3922665.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253816">Despite having a strong portfolio of custom deliveries, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6133" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Dongara Marine (Company)">Dongara Marine</a> isn’t primarily known for building luxury yachts. The shipyard has built and delivered a litany of RIBs, pilot boats and lobster fishing vessels out of aluminium and high-tech composite: the materials of choice respectively for <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10625" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="La Bella Cherie25.25m (82'10&quot;)Dongara Marine2023">La Bella Cherie</a>’s hull and superstructure. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253801/image/large-b41c21304d0bf1eac41c3158f2cc0a62.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253801"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10625" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="La Bella Cherie25.25m (82'10&quot;)Dongara Marine2023">La Bella Cherie</a> offers accommodation for as many as 10 guests across five staterooms, comprising a master suite and four queens. The master suite spans the full 7.6-metre beam, is located forward on the main deck and comes complete with an ensuite. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253806/image/large-73fb6e05e08737a4310f8b401af321e7.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253806">Her general arrangement combines indoor and outdoor living, with plenty of space for dining, relaxation and entertaining family and friends. Some of her key features include a spa on the upper deck and a swim platform that lowers between the hulls for seamless access into the water.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253802/image/large-7e366fcd31a8249e84213f5a23518d5e.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253802">To achieve the necessary high speeds, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10625" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="La Bella Cherie25.25m (82'10&quot;)Dongara Marine2023">La Bella Cherie</a>has been fitted with a waterjet propulsion that delivered maximum load speeds of 35 knots during her sea trials, with an economical loaded cruise speed of approximately 30 knots. The water jets also enable the vessel’s draft to be just over one-metre, widening the landscape and cruising grounds on offer. &nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6133" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Dongara Marine (Company)">Dongara Marine</a> also built and supplied <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10625" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="La Bella Cherie25.25m (82'10&quot;)Dongara Marine2023">La Bella Cherie</a>'s tender: a 5.4-metre aluminium high-speed RIB with waterjet propulsion.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/253799/image/large-ce7cd9d721508e4df59dcc2699f8290c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/253799"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10625" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="La Bella Cherie25.25m (82'10&quot;)Dongara Marine2023">La Bella Cherie</a> has a range of 800 nautical miles and was designed, built, and surveyed to AMSA NSCV requirements.

25m Dongara Marine yacht La Bella Cherie delivered

Australian custom boat builder Dongara Marine has delivered its latest project: the 25m motor yacht La Bella Cherie.