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Multihull Yacht Designs. Stock plans and custom designs of
catamarans and trimarans. Racing and cruising. Sailing, power, and sail
assisted catamarans and trimarans.
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John Shuttleworth
"Successful multihull design is the province of remarkably few
people, and of those few, none has won more international recognition
than John Shuttleworth. A designer who has successfully combined racing
performance with cruising comfort." Yachting world.
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"You will almost certainly have been
stopped in you tracks when you picked up the cover of this month's
issue. No it's not a spaceship from a far of galaxy, it is the most
fascinating, groundbreaking and glorious new super yacht taking shape in
China. Destined to ply the Pacific Ocean with its owners. We salute the
design, look at the development and bring you the first pictures of her
build at the McConaghy shipyard in China."
Boat international
April 2011
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John Shuttleworth built his first boat when he was twelve.
Since then his love of sailing has taken him all over the world, sailing
thousands of miles on his cruising and racing designs. After his first
major success with Brittany Ferries GB in the 1981 Two Star, John
rapidly gained a reputation for designing fast, strong, and safe boats.
His meticulous attention to detail and careful engineering, and his
interest in aerodynamic efficiency resulted in a new style of
multihulls. These light weight, beautifully styled, streamlined yachts
proved to have outstanding windward performance, and with their wide
beam, have built up a fine record of fast and safe long distance
cruising. Many of his designs are consistent race winners, and several
have broken and still hold some of the toughest long distance ocean
sailing records.
John has written many articles on his design philosophy, and has
often been an invited speaker at yachting symposiums and conferences. He
has an engineering and computer design background, and in the early
1980's he developed a new way of looking at yacht engineering, using a
computer, which he called "Integrated Structure". This innovative
approach resulted in boats that were lighter, stiffer, and stronger than
any previous multihull designs, and put John firmly in the forefront of
the field, with his trimarans taking line honours and third over the
line in the 1984 Singlehanded Transatlantic Race, setting a new race
record. In 1988 his trimarans won class 3 and class 6, breaking the
class 6 record by over 6 days.
John then successfully transferred this knowledge to cruising
designs, an area that is under continual development at his design
office in London. His cruising designs have many ocean crossings behind
them and Zeepoes (a 63 ft cruising catamaran) is currently on her second
around the world voyage.
John is now using this structural design technology and his fast
aerodynamic hull shapes to design power multihulls, and to develop sail
assisted power boats, where significant savings in fuel consumption and
increased range can be achieved. John is convinced that these efficient,
environmentally friendly boats are the future of power multihulls.
Latest news & information
John Shuttleworth Yacht Designs Ltd receives award at the China (Shanghai) Boat Show. See Whats New
Shuttle 31 bridgedeck cabin catamaran for sale in Norway. Smallest Shuttleworth design to complete an around the world voyage. See Whats New
ADASTRA LAUNCHED After 4 years in build by McConaghy boats on Zhuhai China, the
fuel efficient 42.5 m Trimaran Adastra has been lanched into the Pearl River. See Whats New
Jukka Henttu launches new design Shuttle 31 bridedeck version in Finland. See Whats New
Mark Hicks launches his Shuttle 31. See Whats New
A page dedicated to "Adastra"- the 42.5 m superyacht power Tri currently building in China is now up on this site. See Superyacht Adastra
News in from Mark van Niekerk aboard "Life's a Dream" - his Shuttleworth 47 ft Cruising cat. Around the world voyage completed. See Whats New
As the design of "Adastra"- the 42.5 m superyacht power Tri nears completion, more detailed images become available. See Whats New
New rendered images from Orion Shuttleworth of Adastra, the 42.5 m Power Trimaran building in China. See Whats New
David Warren and crew complete voyage from New Caledonia to
Vancouver via Hawaii aboard "Dolphin Dancer". See Whats New
News in from Mark van Niekerk aboard "Life's a Dream". Nearing the
final leg of his round the world voyage, Mark sends this report. See Whats New
Richard Oliver of Applied Structural Analysis Ltd. becomes involved
in all aspects of the structural design of the Power 42 metre
Superyacht. See Whats New
Orion Shuttleworth starts a new enterprise "Shuttleworth designs". See Whats
New John Shuttleworth has moved. See Contact
Images and movie of Power 42 metre Superyacht for Anto Marden under
construction in Zhuhai, China See Whats New
Spectrum 42 for sale. See Whats New
Production 8 M catamaran launched in China. See Whats New
Tektron 35E is for sale in New Caledonia. See Whats New
Opportunity to buy part built Shuttle 31. See Whats New
John Shuttleworth Email changed. See: Contact
Anto Marden of Hong Kong commissions John Shuttleworth to design a
new 134 ft Power trimaran. See Whats New
Two Oceans Marine in Cape Town commission a new 44 ft Power Cat. See
Whats New
John Shuttleworth returns from Guatemala after visit to Daphne
Becker and to sail on the 63 ft Cat Bandaloop. See Whats New
News in from Mark Van Niekerk aboard the Shuttleworth 47 ft cruising
cat "Life's a Dream". Owner's comments after a trouble free voyage from
Cape Town to Trinidad. First 5000 miles of ocean sailing completed. See
Whats New
Shuttleworth 47 ft cruising cat "Life's a Dream" has been launched
and is sailing in Cape Town. See Whats New
The Tektron 50 is available for charter. See Whats New
Sky Shuttleworth is working on model building and interiors for John
Shuttleworth Yacht Designs Ltd. See Whats New
Nick Bubb finishes Round Britain Race on Kenmore. See Whats New
The Kenmore crew have repaired their mast and rejoined the Shetland
Around Britain and Ireland two handed race. See Whats New
Kenmore dismasted in the Shetland Around Britain and Ireland two handed
race. See Whats
New
Meridian (ex Caledonia) now renamed Kenmore has been entered into
the Shetland Around Britain and Ireland two handed race, starting in
Plymouth on the 11th June 2006. See Whats New
New 47 Ft Cruising Catamaran to be built in Cape Town, South
Africa.. See Whats
New
Boiling Frog Stop trading. See Whats New
Boiling Frog move into power catamaran market See Whats New
News in and articles about 24 year old Lia Ditton aboard "Shockwave"
in the Faraday Mill OSTAR 2005. See Whats New
Fantastic new 3D renderings of the Powershuttle 40 by Orion
Shuttleworth are up on site. See Whats New
John Shuttleworth is commissioned to design new 21 metre racing
trimaran "Spirit of Teignmouth" for Simon Chalk. See Whats New
Orion Shuttleworth starts work for John Shuttleworth Yacht
Designs to produce 3D graphics, animations and cutaways. He and his
brother Sky introduce kiteboarding design, development, and manufacture
into the business. See Whats New
A new company called Boiling Frog as been formed to produce John
Shuttleworth production designs See Whats New
Tekron 50 wins the around Long Island Race 2004. See Whats New
New cruising article from 12 year old Alix Pearce aboard Zazen from
England to Australia. See Articles
John Shuttleworth is moving house and office. See Whats New
News in from Gary Pearce aboard the Shuttle 40 Zazen. After a
successful Pacific crossing they have reached Australia. See Whats New
First photos of the Ocean Cheetah 38 Lying outside Patrick Boyd
Multihulls in Porchester. See Whats New
John Shuttleworth has just returned from the Caribbean after sailing
aboard "Cats Away" Tony Amador's Tek 35 that has had 2 x 50 HP 4 stroke
high thrust Yamaha outboards fitted. Photos in Whats New
Powershuttle 40 progress report and photos in from Dale Schneider.
See Whats
New
New Shuttle 31 commissioned from Dale Schneider. See Whats New
New article about the building of the two Shuttle 31 catamarans by
12 students at a high school in Switzerland, and their voyage to Cowes
and beyond. See Articles
Fossailing team reach Elba. See Whats New
John Shuttleworth joins Gary Pearce aboard his Shuttle 40 "Zazen"
for the trip across the Bay of Biscay. See Whats New
Advantage 44 in Germany is now sold and is in the USA. See Whats New
The Fossailiing team of 12 sixteen to seventeen year old students at
a Waldorf School in Switzerland have launched the two Shuttle 31
Catamarans that they have been building for the past two years. They
have motored down the Rhine and sailed down the coast to Calais in
France, where John Shuttleworth went to meet them and sail to Cowes as
part of extended sailing trials. See Whats New
Second leg of the Round Britain and Ireland Race won by Meridian.
See Whats
New Two handed around Britain and Ireland race. After a
gale that forced 13 of the 38 race entrants to retire, the first leg
from Plymouth to Cork has been won by Meridian, a Shuttleworth 30 ft
racing trimaran, and the smallest boat in the fleet. See Whats New
Sailing trials and first sailing Photo of the new Shuttle 40
cruiser/racer catamaran "Zazen". See Whats New
Latest article from John Shuttleworth. "Design developments in high
performance cruising catamarans. From the Spectrum 42 to the Dogstar
50". This article contains extensive details and technical information
describing the thinking and concepts that lie behind the design of
John's boats. See Articles
A beautifully built wood epoxy 56
ft Trimaran has recently been launched in Vienna, and is now sailing
in the Mediterranean. See Whats New
A rare opportunity to buy a Shuttleworth 63 - "Bandaloop"
is for sale. If you want to cruise the world this may be the boat for
you. See Whats
New
Tek Composites web site is now up and running. See Whats New
Advantage 44 available for charter in the Caribbean. See Whats New
Powershuttle 40 takes shape in Florida. See Whats New
First Spectrum 42 Available for Charter. Cruising and racing term
charters in the Caribbean. See Whats New
Advantage 44 "Tigger" makes
good time from the Scilly Isles to Falmouth. See Whats New
News is coming in of good progress at the Waldorf School in
Switzerland, where two Shuttle 31's are being built by 12 students. Look
under new building projects in Whats New
Latest launching from Burkhard Bader in Germany. An open bridgedeck
Advantage 44. Whats
New
Another good week for the Shuttleworth racing boats, ProVu and
Meridian. Whats
New Specifications for the Tek35 from Canada. Tek35
Cad- Cam article is now up in full. See Articles
Brittany Ferries GB article is now up in full with diagrams. See Articles
John Shuttleworth sisterships win the Hoya around the Island race
Grand Prix Class and take 3rd over the line. See Whats New
Comments and photos from the Multihulls Magazine "Sailoff"are in
together with designer comments. See Whats New
The T-35 is BACK ! Loads of new photos and reports of sailing the
first production model, and news of boats 2 and 3 - See Whats New
Zeepoes is off round the world ..... again. All the background in
Whats New
Feedback from "Mahilini" in Hawaii Whats New
Latest on Shockwave in Whats New
Details of the 3 latest new builds in Whats New
3 new 43 footers from Germany Also in Whats New
Launch photos of a "flying" 28 footer in Whats New
Information and link to design drawings of the Shuttle
28.
New article: The
design of a 52ft. Aerorig cruising catamaran.
Design drawings and information on the Powershuttle
40.
New photograph of the interior of Zeepoes.
Gladys Cook Schneider's article
from Multihulls Magazine on sailing through the Abacos.
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new photos of the Dale Schneider 31 Skye now in Images.
This site was originally designed and maintained by Gary Pearce of SRL
Data. It is now maintained by John Shuttleworth.
Last updated 11th April. 2012.
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