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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.
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.
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
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 graphcs, animtions 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 38Lying 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 develoments in high
performance cruising catamarans. From the Spectrum 42 to the Dogstar
50". This article contains extensive details and technical information
describiing 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 Meditteranean. 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.
9 new photos of the Dale Schneider
31 Skye now in Images.
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