Dibley Yacht Design

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Kraken Yachts, led by Dick Beaumont commissioned us to design their new blue-water cruising fleet which comprises the K44, K50, K58 and the K66.

Dick has thousands of sea miles behind him and knew what he wanted. This made the designing quite easy and enjoyable as the process and detailing was shared between both parties.

Kraken Yachts February 2020 Newsletter

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We are very happy to announce that our Kraken 66 design was selected as the winner of the '2017 Bluewater Cruiser of the Year' which was just announced at the Southampton Boat Show in the UK.

British magazine Sailing Today nominated yachts from the Hallberg-Rassy, Amel, Beneteau and Najad ranges - as well as the Kraken 66. We are delighted and grateful to Sailing Today for presenting the award to the Kraken 66.

Kraken Yachts Sales Director, Mark Williams, attended the awards ceremony on September 15th and accepted on behalf of the company. With the fleet including the Kraken 50 and 58, this is exciting news.

Dibley designed Kraken 66

This is a very satisfying result by a team that includes not only DYD Ltd, but Kraken Yachts themselves who had the vision and supplied a comprehensive brief, to allow us to create the great results.

Kraken 50 Deck Plan by Dibley Marine

Kraken 50 Interior plans by Dibley Marine

All Kraken models are designed as true performance blue-water cruising yachts. They had to have enough volume and displacement to cater for comfortable long term cruising and storage. They also had to be stiff with a high angle of vanishing stability (AVS) and have a good turn of speed which is a top requirement for today’s yachtsman.

During the preliminary discussions we all sat down and worked out the most important factors that make up a true blue-water cruising yacht. These were simplified down to safety, comfort and performance and it was a requirement in the brief that no compromises be made on any of these three points.

kraken 58 deck plan, Dibley Marine

kraken 58 interior plan, Dibley Marine

The accommodation needed to cater for different configurations so we designed the interior to be modular, allowing multiple layout options that wouldn’t be possible in a standard production yacht.

The first impressions, as one goes down below, had to be 'open and airy with sightlines that went on forever'. But also needed plenty of handholds and areas where one can safely go through the interior in storm conditions.

The yachts had to be handled by one from the cockpit, but also be ergonomically efficient with a crew, so the Deck Plans were well thought out in a sailing and anchoring/berthing point of view.

Details on life raft storage, ventilation, anchoring and aft boarding platforms were all catered to.

kraken 58 sail plan, Dibley Marine

dibley designed k66, deck plan