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Chosen by a select few owners and comprising less than 10% of the superyacht fleet, multihulls are niche products to say the least. With most multihull owners opting for catamarans, SuperYacht Times takes a closer look at a handful of the world’s largest catamaran yachts that are currently in operation today.&nbsp; <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/522" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Asean Lady88.15m (289'2&quot;)Yantai Raffles2004">Asean Lady</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/493" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Yantai Raffles (Company)">Yantai Raffles</a>&nbsp;- 88.15m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/83259/image/large-5727c10adc123d034a295142b2f3f95a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/83259">The Singapore-based shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/493" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Yantai Raffles (Company)">Yantai Raffles</a> produced this 88-metre catamaran with a volume of 2385 GT in 2004. The yacht’s naval architecture comes from a collaborative effort between the shipyard’s in-house team and <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/494" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Ian Mitchell Design (Company)">Ian Mitchell Design</a> and was based on the ancient 'Proa' concept, mastered by sailors in the Pacific, which involves the use of parallel hulls of unequal lengths.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7280" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Hodor66.2m (217'2&quot;)Astilleros Armon2019">Hodor</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/799" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Astilleros Armon (Company)">Astilleros Armon</a>&nbsp;- 66.2m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/83671/image/large-e25434c663201ac1c9f7429d4404eca4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/83671">Built in 2019 by the Asturian shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/799" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Astilleros Armon (Company)">Astilleros Armon</a>, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7280" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Hodor66.2m (217'2&quot;)Astilleros Armon2019">Hodor</a> is a support vessel to the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/29" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Feadship (Company)">Feadship</a> <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/6413" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Lonian87.0m (285'5&quot;)Feadship2018">Lonian</a> and was designed by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1377" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Incat Crowther (Company)">Incat Crowther</a> who worked closely with the owner to fit his needs on this catamaran superyacht. The support vessel is designed to facilitate guest transfers to <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/6413" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Lonian87.0m (285'5&quot;)Feadship2018">Lonian</a> and offers extended recreational capabilities and extra crew and equipment. She can carry up to five tenders (including one of 17 metres) on her aft decks and has a fully-certified helicopter landing pad.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5637" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Charley46.0m (150'11&quot;)Echo Yachts2017">Charley</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4342" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Echo Yachts (Company)">Echo Yachts</a>&nbsp;- 46m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/105711/image/large-fa3ebe4f1e678d51d1687983400998dc.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/105711">This catamaran by Western Australia-based shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4342" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Echo Yachts (Company)">Echo Yachts</a> is a 46-metre-long support vessel to <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5636" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="White Rabbit84.04m (275'9&quot;)Echo Yachts2018">White Rabbit</a>&nbsp;and has an impressive volume of 702 GT. She features a large touch-and-go helipad, dive store, decompression chamber and specialist SONAR equipment, making her an ideal support vessel for wreck diving.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/544" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Moecca45.0m (147'8&quot;)Oceanfast1993">Moecca</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/215" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Oceanfast (Company)">Oceanfast</a>&nbsp;- 45m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/43412/image/large-52258cb7c3b47174f03fae8ee07a2c00.JPG" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/43412"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/544" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Moecca45.0m (147'8&quot;)Oceanfast1993">Moecca</a> was built in 1993. With her volume of 696 GT, she can accommodate up to 10 guests in her impressive master suite, two doubles and two twin staterooms. The ship, designed inside and out by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/17" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Bannenberg & Rowell Design (Company)">Bannenberg &amp; Rowell</a>, features naval architecture by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/190" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Phil Curran Design (Company)">Phil Curran</a> and can reach up to 22 knots.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/29" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Hemisphere44.2m (145'0&quot;)Pendennis Shipyard Ltd2011">Hemisphere</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/209" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Pendennis Shipyard Ltd (Company)">Pendennis</a>&nbsp;- 44.2m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/5895/image/large-48a8cd323c245a4c63905d538ecc9f7b.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/5895">The 44.2-metre sailing catamaran <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/29" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Hemisphere44.2m (145'0&quot;)Pendennis Shipyard Ltd2011">Hemisphere</a> was built in 2011 by the Falmouth-based <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/209" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Pendennis Shipyard Ltd (Company)">Pendennis</a> shipyard. The modern sloop can accommodate up to 12 guests and eight crew, and her naval architecture by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/39" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Van Peteghem Lauriot Provost (VPLP) (Company)">VPLP</a> allows her to reach up to 13 knots. Destined for the luxury charter market, she has extensively cruised, having been to 40 countries and her dive-instructor taking her all around French Polynesia.&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5786" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Heysea Vista 14043.0m (141'1&quot;)Heysea Yachts2019">Heysea Vista 140</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2561" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Heysea Yachts (Company)">Heysea</a>&nbsp;- 43m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/21804/image/large-0b578eca994ff3fe7302eebdc4e17e7f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/21804">The 43-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5786" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Heysea Vista 14043.0m (141'1&quot;)Heysea Yachts2019">Heysea Vista 140</a> was custom-built in 2019 by Chinese shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2561" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Heysea Yachts (Company)">Heysea</a>. Conceived in close collaboration with her owner, who added in some changes mid-build, she's a tri-deck with a volume of 701 GT that can reach up to 15 knots thanks to her twin <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1408" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Caterpillar Inc (Company)">CAT</a> C18 engines that give her 2002hp. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1914" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Douce France42.2m (138'5&quot;)Alu Marine1998">Douce France</a>, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1152" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Alu Marine (Company)">Alu</a> - 42.2m <img src="/uploads/store/photo/106092/image/large-98bdcf4a7d9655b051d32da8e22c64ef.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/106092">The all-French catamaran <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1914" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Douce France42.2m (138'5&quot;)Alu Marine1998">Douce France</a>, built in 1998. The yacht, made entirely out of aluminium, is a schooner built to naval architecture and exterior designs by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/39" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Van Peteghem Lauriot Provost (VPLP) (Company)">Van Peteghem Lauriot Provost</a>. The sailing yacht can reach up to 15 knots or cruise at 12 knots and has twin <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1483" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Cummins Inc. (Company)">Cummins</a> engines for when an extra boost is needed. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5869" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Sarha42.0m (137'10&quot;)Sea Management1988">Sarha</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4409" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Sea Management (Company)">Sea Management</a>&nbsp;- 42m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/55194/image/large-1ddce16a149e0e5c39ada71c69513af6.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/55194">First known as Lady of the South Pacific, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5869" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Sarha42.0m (137'10&quot;)Sea Management1988">Sarha</a> was built in 1988 to designs by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/161" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="H2 Yacht Design (Company)">H2 Yacht Design</a> and with in-house naval architecture. This catamaran yacht can sleep up to 30 guests who can be taken care of by as many as 26 crew.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/3202" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Royal Falcon One41.15m (135'0&quot;)Kockums AB2019">Royal Falcon One</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2170" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Kockums AB (Company)">Kockums AB</a>&nbsp;- 41.15m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/102104/image/large-b5985d2ea00ebae22d154743ae5e4195.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/102104">This 2019-built catamaran yacht by Swedish shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2170" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Kockums AB (Company)">Kockums AB</a> features naval architecture by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1775" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Royal Falcon Fleet (Company)">Royal Falcon Fleet</a> and her exterior and interior come from the drawing boards of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1776" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Porsche Design Studio (Company)">Porsche Design Studio</a>. This <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1776" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Porsche Design Studio (Company)">Porsche</a> can reach up to 37 knots thanks to her twin <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1409" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="MTU (Company)">MTU</a> 16V 4000 M93 engines. The yacht's many noteworthy features include a panoramic observation lounge forward of the main saloon, an exterior lounge on the main deck aft and a Jacuzzi on the sundeck.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/61" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Silver Cloud41.0m (134'6&quot;)Abeking & Rasmussen2008">Silver Cloud</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/44" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Abeking & Rasmussen (Company)">Abeking &amp; Rasmussen</a>&nbsp;- 41m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/26828/image/large-506ff7896decf85733e7ae3ee0c9a0b6.JPG" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/26828">The 41-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/44" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Abeking & Rasmussen (Company)">Abeking &amp; Rasmussen</a> yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/61" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Silver Cloud41.0m (134'6&quot;)Abeking & Rasmussen2008">Silver Cloud</a> is a SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) built in 2008. This catamaran has circumnavigated the globe several times already and is an excellent expedition yacht complete with a sizeable helipad and extensive diving equipment, along with plenty amenities on board including a media room, &nbsp;a Jacuzzi with tremendous views and a panoramic main saloon.<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2675" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Zenith40.5m (132'10&quot;)Sabre Catamarans Pty Ltd2012">Zenith</a>,&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1531" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Sabre Catamarans Pty Ltd (Company)">Sabre Catamarans</a>&nbsp;- 40.5m<img src="/uploads/store/photo/25479/image/large-29fe58813bd75e852afdaf91645a40cc.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/25479">Australian shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1531" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Sabre Catamarans Pty Ltd (Company)">Sabre Catamarans</a> built the 40.5-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2675" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Zenith40.5m (132'10&quot;)Sabre Catamarans Pty Ltd2012">Zenith</a> in 2012 to designs from the drawing boards of Incat Crowther and Waterline Yacht Design. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2675" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Zenith40.5m (132'10&quot;)Sabre Catamarans Pty Ltd2012">Zenith</a> features a lavish foyer amidships and an expansive main-deck saloon and dining area, and the sundeck is equipped with day beds, a bar and a barbecue.

The largest catamaran yachts in the world

We’ve compiled a list of some of the largest catamaran yachts in operation today.