Simbad Yachts names Select Yacht as worldwide distributor for catamaran

Simbad Yachts has named Select Yacht as its worldwide distributor, giving the Spanish builder a sales and support channel designed to reach buyers well beyond its home base. For a new performance-cruising catamaran brand, that kind of appointment is more than a simple dealership move: it puts a structured face on service, ownership and market access.

Select Yacht is based in La Rochelle, in the Minimes marina area, and was created in 2017 by Cyrille Rognon, who brings more than 30 years in the nautical industry. The company describes itself as a shipyard handling maintenance, repair, rigging, composite work and outfitting, and its public materials say it can assist with purchase, maintenance and repair of sailboats and motorboats, including catamaran acquisition support. That makes it a logical fit for a boat like the Simbad 55, where after-sales confidence matters as much as the first sale.

The distribution setup also stretches beyond a straight purchase. The agreement includes outright acquisition, management programs and fractional ownership, which widens the funnel for owners who want different levels of use, commitment and budget. That matters because the Simbad 55 is not being pitched as an entry-level cruiser with a stripped-back spec sheet. It is presented as a bluewater catamaran with a luxury-yacht mindset and a substantial equipment list from the start.

The boat itself launched in 2026 and made its world premiere at the International Multihull Show in La Grande-Motte, where it stood out as one of the event’s more closely watched debuts. Published technical details put the Simbad 55 at 17.59 metres overall, with an 8.92-metre beam and about 28 tonnes of displacement. Design credit goes to Franck Darnet, with naval architecture by Pierre Delion, and the model is offered in Select, Ultra and Legend versions. Pricing runs from about €1.895 million for the Select version to €2.99 million for the top Legend specification.

That pricing spread, along with the support structure now attached to it, is the real signal here. Simbad is not just trying to sell a few boats off a launch campaign. By pairing the 55 with a worldwide distributor that can handle maintenance, repair and ownership pathways, the builder is acting like a brand that wants to compete seriously in the global performance-cruising catamaran market.