Sunreef joins Monaco panel on multihulls, sustainable yacht design
Catamarans were the big question in Monaco: why wider yachts are winning favor, and whether Sunreef’s eco pitch is pushing the market beyond the superyacht crowd.
The most interesting question in Monaco was not whether multihulls were having a moment, but why elite yacht circles were leaning into them so hard. At the 2026 Spring Pop-Up, Sunreef Yachts took that question straight into a panel on sustainable yacht design, where the conversation turned to wider hulls, changing owner expectations and the way catamaran living is reshaping the idea of a luxury yacht.
Cluster Yachting Monaco held the event on 21 May 2026 at the Yacht Club de Monaco, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. The format mixed visits to yachts moored in the YCM Marina with three themed roundtables built around concrete solutions and field experience, not abstract sustainability talk. The club says the Spring Pop-Up is a day dedicated to yachting, combining an exhibition at the marina with workshops for professionals. That is a fitting stage for a city-state that the Yacht Club de Monaco says brings together more than 2,500 members from 80 nationalities.
Sunreef arrived with a clear message about where the market is headed. The shipyard describes itself as the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of luxury sailing and power multihulls, building custom yachts, catamarans, power boats and superyachts from 60 to 200 feet. Its eco line is central to that pitch, with catamarans that use composite-integrated solar panels and light batteries for energy efficiency. In other words, the company is not just selling a hull shape; it is selling an operating philosophy built around range, comfort and lower-impact cruising.
That matters because the wider market has started to reward exactly those traits. Industry coverage from 2024 to 2026 has described large catamarans as one of the fastest-growing corners of yachting, driven by comfort, stability, efficiency, shallow draft and the shift in owner priorities toward boats that work as an extension of the home and a social space for family and friends. On that reading, the rise of the catamaran is not a niche design fad. It is a response to how people actually want to use their yachts now.
Monaco gives that shift extra weight. The principality’s yachting cluster has pointed to 753 million euros in yachting turnover, 252 companies and 1,561 onshore jobs in the sector, underscoring how much the local industry depends on where demand is heading. Sunreef has been pushing the category in the same direction with projects such as the 100 Sunreef Power, the Sunreef 80 Eco and the 43M Eco, which BOAT International said was set to become the world’s largest electric catamaran once delivered. The wider the conversation gets in Monaco, the clearer it becomes that catamarans are no longer just winning on deck space. They are winning on influence.
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