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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