Yachting and catamarans - The Sunreef Dubai teams are busy building the shipyard based in Ras Al Khaimah, not far from the border with the Sultanate of Oman.

This new site of almost 65,000m2 will be dedicated to the construction of the Sunreef Ultima range of motoryacht catamarans.

It should eventually employ 1,200 people, bearing in mind that the first factory is already operational in Dubai and already employs 100 people! 

The Sunreef Ultima is a range of powercats aimed at owners of conventional motoryachts, with relatively narrow units designed for day or week-long cruising, as is the case with superyachts.

Three models are already on offer, the Sunreef 44 Ultima, Sunreef 55 Ultima and Sunreef 88 Ultima.

Eco Yachting, the ActuNautique Yachting Art programme, interviews Francis Lapp, founder and chairman of Sunreef Yachts, who tells us more about the construction of the site....