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Portofino 47

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Welcome back to Naval Gazing at Camp David.

This week we are gazing into the near future at new yachts that have been announced but have not yet completed Hull #1.

Our future yacht today is a brandnew design drawn from the founder’s deep experience in the marine industry, combined with an exciting Italian design house. She is being built in Dubai and will be a full aluminum hull.

The Portofino 47!


I had never heard of Portofino Catamarans until John, from the Barefoot Doctors, mentioned the yard in a comment.

He said,
“... we have found a new design that can be personalised in Dubai Portofino is the brand and they have a 48, 52, and 67 but are open for any variations as each boat is built to your specs.... They will give us centreboards that kick up you you hit the bottom, lifting rudders (so can be beached), draft of only 2 feet, water collection system, Lithium and 10KW DC chargers able to run the AC without engines on for 812 hours and recharge in one hour of engine time (no generator), transom entry to hulls, dedicated engine rooms and many other innovations. They are priced below Garcia but above Leopards. They are based in Dubai using Italian designers and builders and they have a female naval engineer on their staff Martina who is lovely as we met her and the owner Rafaelle when we were in Dubai...”

So, I went looking for Portofino on the web with little luck initially. This is because they are not called Portofino Yachts or Catamarans, but Portofino Marine Services.

It turns out that the layout of this 47 was design for a customer of Portofino Marine Services who wanted upgrade from a Lagoon after 8 years of living on board. Rafaelle and his team at Portofino Marine Services, had customized and serviced his Lagoon during the eight years of ownership and together they designed the layout and systems onboard based his 8 years’ experience and Rafaelle’s 40 years in the marine industry as Capt., surveyor, and service manager.

Satura Studio (www.saturastudio.it ) is the Italian team of architects (Francesco Viola, Alberto Frulla and the female touch by Federica Fino) who designed the boat with Rafaelle’s support and the structural calculation by naval engineer Emilio D’Onofrio.

The goal was to design and build an aluminium boat based on Rafaelle’s experience of 30 years on the sea and 15 in the yacht services field, in order to produce custom made boats with everything needed for safe and comfortable long passages.