History

Our Racing Yacht Background

The first time Ed Dubois designed a yacht it won the British Trials for the Three Quarter Ton Cup, the RORC Class IV overall prize and the Solent Points Championship

That was 1976 and the boat was Borsalino Trois. It attracted enough attention to launch both a racing career and Dubois Naval Architects; acknowledged today as one of the World's foremost yacht design houses.

Next Police Car led the way to winning the Admiral's Cup for Australia in 1979 and we went on to design a string of boats which won events throughout the world in the '80's and 90's: The Fastnet Race; Sydney to Hobart; Southern Cross Cup; Sardinia Cup; China Sea Race Series and numerous World Championships.

Commissions for production boats followed racing success and then in 1985 we started work with an owner who wanted something "different". The result was Aquel II; a 37 metre (120 foot) cruising yacht which turned heads wherever she went. We developed new winches, a discreet ventilation system and a new sleek superstructure. Here was a boat which was not only technically advanced but also beautiful and original.

This innovation led to a string of unique vessels which, true to our racing principles, are always very fast. We are a Company of naval architects and designers who will always push technology, who understand instinctively the principles of hydrodynamics, how a yacht behaves in a seaway and how to design for overall performance. But we also understand the importance of good communication, of appreciating the true purpose of the yacht, of getting the details right as well as the overall design.

We believe in close communication with not only our client but with the builder and all those involved in the boat from commission to launch.

Today we're still moving forwards. Planning, designing and styling the world's finest yachts.