Cantiere del Vybe’s Vybe 43 brings narrow powercat design to Cannes

Cantiere del Vybe has brought the Vybe 43 to Cannes with a 12.67-metre length and just 3.97 metres of beam, a powercat footprint that sits much closer to a monohull than to the beamier cats many buyers expect. That narrow stance is the point: easier slip access, fewer marina headaches and the promise of catamaran stability without cat-sized berth penalties. The first two boats are due to launch in the coming weeks before the model’s official debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival.

VYBE is pitching the boat as a fast, upscale coastal and offshore yacht rather than a boxy compromise. The company lists twin engine choices, either Volvo Penta D6 480 hp units for an estimated top speed of 46 knots or Mercury V12 600 hp outboards for an estimated 53 knots. The spec sheet also gives the Vybe 43 a 1-metre draft, 1,900 litres of fuel, 350 litres of fresh water, 14-passenger capacity and CE Category B offshore rating, all wrapped around two cabins.

The engineering message is just as direct. VYBE says the slender hulls should cut fuel burn by about 22 percent compared with a comparable monohull, while its journal frames the twin asymmetrical V-hull as a way to ease the long-running sport-yacht trade-off between speed and stability. The company says the Mercury V12 Verado was chosen not only for its 600 hp output, but because its contrarotating propeller system eliminates torque steer.

Adam Younger drew the hulls, while Abbasli Design handled the styling. Adam Younger Design says it focuses on high-performance powercraft across leisure, race, commercial and superyacht sectors, and Abbasli Design, founded in 2021 by Ucal Abbaslı in Baku, Azerbaijan, says it has already produced more than 30 yacht designs from 8 to 80 metres. VYBE’s own site describes the 43 as a performance yacht with twin asymmetric V-hull construction, built in Viareggio and marketed as “too sexy to be a catamaran.”

That mix of narrow beam, fast-running hull form and boutique Italian construction is what will make the Vybe 43 stand out on the dock. At Cannes, where the 2026 festival runs 8-13 September in Cannes, the boat will have the kind of stage that suits a design built to solve the old catamaran problem: keep the stability, keep the speed, and leave the extra berth width behind.