Alcanara

Overview

This design, for an Australian client, was built by Steve Ward in Perth, W.A.

A direct development of our successful design Margaret Ann launched in 2004, the owners wanted a thoroughly seaworthy, elegant and fast cruising yacht at just under the 100 foot mark. Having researched the market thoroughly, Margaret Ann was pretty much their ideal. After inspecting Margaret Ann herself and making some small changes to the interior layout we were asked to redesign the superstructure for a somewhat more contemporary look (Margaret Ann's owners specifically wanted a slightly more conventional or traditional appearance) and building commenced with Steve Ward.

We are very happy to have this yacht built by Steve in W.A. The last yacht he built to a Dubois design was the 2 tonner Police Car, in 1979. This yacht went on to win the Admiral's Cup for Australia in that year and many other trophies besides. It could be argued that she put our design company on the World racing yacht scene. 26 years on, the same builder is constructing another Dubois design from the same material - aluminium - but little else is similar to the spartan 42 foot racer that Steve built in 10 weeks!