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Catamaran MC²60 assembly underway at McConaghy

by McConaghy Boats on 18 Apr 2012
Catamaran MC²60 McConaghy Boats
McConaghy are please to announce that the assembly of the MC²60#1 has started. The carbon structural bulkheads are now in place and the reverse 'crash box' bows have been fitted.

Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats
Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats


Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats
Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats


The two hulls of the MC²60#2 are in the cradle ready to receive the bulkheads that just came out of the infusion table.

Filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron emerges from the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. © Mark Thiessen National Geographic
Filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron emerges from the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. © Mark Thiessen National Geographic


McConaghy has been quite busy over the past two weeks with the launch of the state of the art 140ft power Trimaran Adastra and made the headlines for its participation in the construction of James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger, a submarine designed to explore the 11kms depth of the Mariana Click here to read the article published by Yachting World in its April 2012 edition.

McConaghy and Bañulsdesign will present the 25:1 scale model of the MC²60 at the Multihulls Boat Show in Lorient France 18th-22nd April.

Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats
Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats


Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats
Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats


Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats
Catamaran MC²60 © McConaghy Boats



Details of the MC²50 and MC²78 are now available on our website.

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