Nautitech 40 Open Ends Production After 13 Years and 259 Units

Nautitech Catamarans has officially closed the book on the Nautitech 40 Open, confirming the end of production for a model that spent 13 years reshaping what cruising catamaran buyers expected from an open-plan layout. The final tally: 259 hulls built since the boat's 2013 launch, with hull number 259 already delivered to an owner described by the shipyard as having "a long-standing relationship" with Nautitech.

The Rochefort shipyard marked the occasion with an internal event on February 11, gathering the Nautitech Catamarans teams alongside the naval architects who developed the boat. The purpose was deliberate: to acknowledge, collectively, what it took to build 259 examples of a single model across more than a decade. Nautitech described it as "a moment of recognition, transmission, and shared pride."

The 40 Open was born from a close collaboration between Nautitech and Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group, the yard's long-standing design partner. What set that relationship apart was how thoroughly Lombard stress-tested the work. He chose a Nautitech 40 Open, named Et HOP, as his personal boat and lived aboard daily between 2015 and 2022, sailing with his wife and subjecting the design to what Nautitech called "real, demanding, everyday use." That seven-year liveaboard commitment by the designer himself was central to how the shipyard framed the boat's credibility.

The open-plan concept that Lombard and Nautitech developed together has since moved well beyond a single model. Nautitech credits the 40 Open with establishing the Open concept as "a true signature of the shipyard," one that is now "widely adopted across the industry." Whether or not that claim holds up to independent scrutiny, the 40 Open's 259-unit production run across 13 continuous years speaks for itself as a commercial and design milestone in the cruising cat segment.

Nautitech described the 40 Open as "a benchmark in the cruising catamaran market" that "accompanied hundreds of sailing projects and helped shape the identity of the Nautitech shipyard." With hull 259 now in the hands of its new owner, the model passes from active production into what the shipyard calls a living legacy.