Reichel/Pugh’s 52’ Seawind 1600 is designed to be the ultimate luxury offshore cruiser - an ideal match of comfort and speed. To be awarded “Best Boat” is a testament to the thousands of design, testing and construction hours poured into her creation.
Reichel/Pugh’s 52’ Seawind 1600 is designed to be the ultimate luxury offshore cruiser - an ideal match of comfort and speed. To be awarded “Best Boat” is a testament to the thousands of design, testing and construction hours poured into her creation.
SAIL magazine judges identified five well-considered features to merit this distinction.
Protected Safe Steering
Seawind catamarans offer the protection of a pilothouse yacht, with the visibility and helming advantages of a catamaran. The twin stations (dual helms) are found on every Seawind model, and with a unique “raised-mid-helm” position to offer 360-degree visibility while providing protection. The twin stations offer an unobstructed view and allow greater open spaces in the cockpit. Under testing conditions, this was found to be especially beneficial for the helmsman's view in crowded harbor conditions.
Impeccable Interior and Exterior Design
In addition to attention to high functionality - multiple refrigerators, huge battery banks, and sail handling systems, the Seawind 1600 is beautifully designed and finished. She has a low coach roof that extends into a solid bimini. The sharp plump bows give the design a fine entry. More interior volume is created with distinctive hard chines above the waterline. For a clean look, and a trip-free side decks, the 1600 has a captive daggerboard system which hides the boards recessed into a flush deck. The interior is ash with walnut flooring.
Shallow Draft
The Seawind 1600’s innovative recessed lifting daggerboards and retractable rudders add versatility to your itinerary, allowing safer navigation and maximum access to shallow-water coral reefs, shores, and shallow fishing areas.
Powerful yet practical design
The balance of a powerful sail plan and simple sail handling systems are inherent. Boom bensons (or “haystacks”) make mainsail handling easier – as does the optional park avenue boom. The simple three-point mainsheet purchase system, and versatile in-line sheeting winch layout mean handling the 1600 feels like managing a smaller boat.
Performance Sailing in Comfort
A decisive choice was made early to put sailing performance before pure volume, which is not the case of many modern catamaran designs. The benefits include speed to destination with great sailing motion while under way, with all of the amenities required for a long passage.
The 52’ Seawind 1600 is available in a three or four-cabin layout with the owner’s suite in the starboard hull.
Naval Architecture by Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design
Built by Seawind Catamarans, Australia - seawindcats.com
Specs
LOA 15.75 m / 51' 8"
Beam 7.9 m / 25' 10"
Minimum Draft (boards up) 0.63 m / 2' 1"
Maximum Draft (boards down) 2.6 m / 8' 5"
Mast Height 22 m / 72'
Light Displacement 12,700 kg / 28,000 lbs
Upwind Sail Area 144.74 sq-m / 1,558 sq-ft
Fuel 757 L / 200 USG
Fresh Water 587 L / 155 USG
Engines 2 x 57-hpYanmar
To request an info pack visit Seawind Catamarans
The Seawind 1600 will be exhibited at Annapolis Boat Show in October 2021, pending the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
additional links:
Multihull Central's SEAbbaticals
Cruising World Review of the Reichel/Pugh Seawind 1600 Design
SEAWIND 1600 Reviewed by Pacific Yachting
Photos courtesy of Seawind Catamarans
Sources Zuzana Prochazka - Pacific Yachting and SAIL magazine, and Mark Pillsbury - Cruising World Magazine