A Boat Is Born, Part II Gallery

In part one of our exclusive five-part series ("A Boat Is Born"), the Makaira team took the first conceptual steps in creating its brand-new sportfisherman. This included selecting the Waveform variable-deadrise hull shape, a design the team hopes will help the vessel achieve speeds in excess of those of her peers in the

By Mike Smith

July 1, 2008

<p>The iterative design process allowed the builder and its design team to tweak and redefine spaces on the way to a final concept.</p>

The iterative design process allowed the builder and its design team to tweak and redefine spaces on the way to a final concept.

ACU provided the Makaira team with a notebook full of ideas for windshield treatments.

Ergomen determine space planning.

Racy lines.

Layouts in color and sketched.

An enclosed bridge?

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An aerial view of an Aquila 45 Sport power catamaran anchored near a shoreline at sunset, featuring blue hull LED accent lights, yellow underwater lights, twin Mercury outboards, and paddleboards secured to its hardtop roof rack.

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An Intrepid 35 Valor powerboat with a deep-blue hull cruising at high speed on open blue ocean water.

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A split image showing a custom Jarrett Bay sportfishing boat powering through open water on the left, paired with a portrait of founder Randy Ramsey smiling on the teak cockpit of a yacht on the right.

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