Yachting, boating and catamarans - Racy, powerful, elegant: these are the first words that come to mind when discovering the first visuals of the new Sunreef 88 Ultima. Eco-responsible comes a close second, as in addition to a traditional diesel version, this luxury model will be offered with a hybrid engine, a field in which the Polish shipyard is leading the way!

Sunreef Ultima: 3 models in just 18 months!

With its Ultima range, featuring 3 models - Sunreef Ultima 44, Sunreef Ultima 55 and now the flagship Sunreef Ultima 88 - the Polish shipyard Sunreef Yachts, world leader in semi-custom luxury catamarans, has broken new ground in the powercats market, with an original naval architecture combining the best of monohulls with the best of two-hulls!

Unique naval architecture

In other words, a Sunreef Ultima is a relatively narrow catamaran motoryacht: the Ultima 55 has a beam of 5.60m, while the Ultima 88 reaches 9.10m with the aft platforms folded! By way of comparison, a classic 120-foot monohull motoryacht generally has a beam of around 8m.

For Sunreef, this is the only choice of its kind for this type of unit, offering customers the best of monohull dynamics, with the living space of a multihull and its shallow draft. Not to mention easier berthing and much lower energy consumption!

A "game changer" design, between sport and adventure yacht

In terms of design, the Sunreef Ultima 44 and 55 seduced with a racy, sporty style, somewhere between yacht, XXL express cruiser and coupé.

The addition of a flybridge on the Ultima 88 adds a touch of adventure yacht to the design, affirming its presence and positioning. The Italian shipyards are well served by the arrival of a unit clearly targeting the 100 to 120 foot monohulls of the Transalpine region.

In the catamaran motoryacht market, a large part of the clientele consists of owners of large monohulls who want more usable volume for a shorter length, greater stability and greater family intimacy, thanks to a smaller crew. Motor catamarans in general, and the Sunreef Ultima range in particular, are a perfect match for these characteristics, as they are narrower than conventional motor catamarans.

Surprising versatility

The first visuals of the Sunreef Ultima 88 reveal a surprising versatility of use.

The exterior spaces are gigantic, from the aft beach club, worthy of a superyacht, to the XXL cockpit, well protected from the sun's bite by a vast roof cap, the foredeck saloon, which benefits from the width of the forward catamaran architecture, and the immense flybridge. There's no doubt that everyone will be able to get away from it all, or, on the contrary, enjoy a meal together, whether underway or at anchor. 

In terms of accommodation, the Sunreef 88 Ultima can accommodate up to 10 passengers, but the 8-passenger version offers a full-beam owner's suite free from the bathroom, positioned in the forward rostrum. This is unique on the market in terms of surface area, and is generally only found on superyachts of almost 150 feet, particularly due to its width. There's no doubt that this will be the layout option of choice for owners!

The private access to the owner's suite, and the exterior access to the crew quarters from the cockpit, offer total privacy to the owner and his guests.

Hybrid or diesel 

The Sunreef 88 Ultima is available with two main engine types. In addition to traditional diesel units, the Polish shipyard offers a particularly attractive hybrid diesel-electric engine, which should prove popular with customers who appreciate technology, silence and respect for the environment. 

This is a technology perfectly mastered by the shipyard, which for years has been developing its own batteries, using consumers whose energy efficiency is unique on the market (air conditioning, desalination...) and equipping its hybrid and electric vessels with in-house photovoltaic panels, integrated on the hull, roof cap and T-Top, enabling the creation of a volume of electrical energy truly adapted to this type of vessel. Self-generated energy, used both for on-board consumers and for propulsion!

Decryption - Sunreef is well ahead of its time in the field of eco-responsible yachting, and should once again distinguish itself with the Sunreef 88 Ultima, because it goes without saying that launching a luxury motoryacht catamaran today, without offering hybrid engines combined with optimized consumers, is a real non-starter in 2023. With this new Sunreef 88 Ultima, Sunreef is launching a real game changer in the adventure motoryacht market!

SUNREEF 88 Ultima technical data

• Construction: composite
• Length: 88ft / 26.8m
• Beam: 30ft / 9.1m
• Living space : Up to 10
• Naval architecture : Sunreef Yachts
• Design : Sunreef Yachts