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YEAR

2022

LENGTH

77.99 ft.

DETAILS

Condition

Used

Year

2022

Make & Model

Naval Yachts XPM 78 CAT

Boat type

Power

Length

77.99 ft.

MEASUREMENTS

Draft

3.25 ft.

Fresh Water Tanks

(317 Gallons)

LWL

70.01 ft.

DESCRIPTION


Aluminium Strength

With the up front caveat that there is no one “best” material to use when building a boat as they all have their own lists of pros and cons, when you set about building a boat to take on the extremes that Mother Nature can throw at you when crossing the world’s oceans “short handed” with just 1 or 2 people and doing so with the highest safety and comfort, the choice becomes more clear. As with many other choices when designing and building such a boat, this is an extremely personal decision and what counts the most is that YOU have the highest possible confidence in your choice and can set to sea knowing that your boat will be able to endure much more than you.

The reasons of choosing aluminium as your hull material;

  • Extremely easy to work with using regularly available tools such as carbide tipped saws and router bits and to fabricate with readily available welding and bending equipment. CNC cutting with plasma, waterjet or laser works particularly well with aluminium which allows custom designs to be as affordably built as production boats with the dramatic savings in labour time and costs.
  • On a like to like boat comparison aluminum boat hulls weigh about 30% less than steel and less weight means a more easily powered hull which pays us back in reduced fuel costs for the life of the boat.
  • Our previous all steel sailboat taught us the valuable lesson that robustly built metal boats do not flex or move under the stress and strain of the seas and everything and everyone onboard benefits from boat parts that stay water tight because they don’t move and from the quiet of cabinetry that isn’t being flexed.
  • eXtremely low exterior maintenance time and costs when left unpainted down to the waterline as we will do. Left unpainted, bare aluminium quickly forms a hard outer layer of aluminium oxide which prevents any corrosion which will be a major cost savings throughout the life of the boat.
  • Highest strength to weight ratio of any boat building material other than composites.
  • Future modifications or repairs of damaged parts of the hull can be easily done with either onboard equipment if you know how to weld or by pretty much any welders you will find in any country.
  • While steel may have higher puncture resistance in some situations, aluminium is the most pliable and ductile of any other boat material meaning that when (never if) we hit something the aluminium will bend but not break or crack. By using gradually thicker aluminium hull plating from the 6mm we have on our decks to ultimately 16mm below the waterline and 25mm thick at the keel our hull will most likely see us through pretty much any scenario.
  • Relatively easy to control corrosion or rot compared to steel, wood, fiberglass or composites.
  • Aluminium is very “transparent” in terms of letting you see any damage that does exist as there is nothing which hides below the surface of unpainted aluminium.
  • It varies somewhat between different world markets but aluminium boats tend to have a higher resale value than other materials because of all the advantages above.

Price: $4.000.000


Dimensions
LOA: 78 ft 0 in
LWL: 70 ft 0 in
Maximum Draft: 3 ft 3 in
Dry Weight: 130000 lbs
Engines
Cruising Speed: 14 knots
Engine Options
Engine Option 1: 2x JD 425 HP
Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks: (317 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (1849 Gallons)

PROPULSION

Cruising Speed

14 knots

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

HULL

Hull Material

Aluminum

OTHER

Dry Weight

130000 lbs

Fuel Tanks

(1849 Gallons)

ABOUT NAVAL YACHTS XPM 78 CAT

The Naval Yachts XPM 78 CAT is a 78 feet long The Naval Yachts XPM 78 CAT is made of aluminum.