Voodoo Yachts XF80 blends 50-knot speed with expedition features

Voodoo Yachts has pushed its speed-first catamaran concept into larger, more ambitious territory with the XF80, a longer and sleeker follow-up to the XF75 that is aimed at owners who want offshore pace without giving up serious onboard utility. The company still sells the range as a “Luxury Adventure Yacht” built to let owners “go faster, stay longer, and explore further,” and the XF80 is the clearest sign yet that Voodoo wants that idea to work as more than a one-off performance statement.

At 23.90 metres overall and 7.60 metres in beam, the XF80 keeps the footprint in the same family as the XF75, but the mission profile is broader. Voodoo’s SuperSport version is pitched to cruise at up to 40 knots and top out above 50 knots, helped by more powerful engines, foils set farther forward and lighter engineering. That is the headline, but the more telling detail is how much real-world cruising hardware sits around it: a larger tender garage, optional storage under the sun loungers for toys and expedition gear, and a helideck option with onboard refueling for aircraft such as the Airbus H145 or Bell 429.

The XF80 also moves further into serious owner-operator territory by offering four main configurations: Sports Sedan, Helideck, Open Flybridge and Enclosed Flybridge. Accommodation can be arranged for five guest cabins with en-suite bathrooms, or four guest cabins plus crew quarters, which puts the boat squarely in the expedition-luxury bracket rather than the stripped-out performance category. That matters because the buyers Voodoo is chasing are not just looking for a fast crossing. They want enough volume, range ambition and storage to make remote anchorages practical once they arrive.

The XF75 shows why the new model is such a step up. Voodoo lists that boat at 22.8 metres long, 7.6 metres beam, 1.4 metres draft and 47,000 kilograms displacement, with cruising speed of 30 to 37 knots and sprint speed of 37 to 45 knots. It carries 5,500 litres in the day tank and 8,500 litres in the long-range tank, sleeps four guest cabins plus one crew cabin, can be run by just one or two people, and can land and refuel a helicopter up to the size of an Airbus H130. Voodoo also says the XF75 holds the Trans-Tasman Speed Record.

That record is part of the XF75’s credibility. In May 2025, the boat’s offshore run from the Bay of Islands to the Gold Coast covered 1,170 nautical miles in 1.5 days, with the cat settling into a stable 35-knot cruise and briefly touching 36 knots in open water. It is that combination of speed and endurance that the XF80 now tries to scale up.

Voodoo says its hydrofoil work began in early 2010, after co-founder Dave Pachoud had spent 30 years building luxury boats and superyachts for international clients and wanted a vessel that could cross oceans, take his family from New Zealand to Australia and the Pacific Islands, feel like a sports car and still deliver five-star-hotel comfort. The XF80 suggests that formula is no longer just a concept. It is becoming a wider product strategy, and the question for buyers is whether the extra size, toys and helicopter capability make the boat genuinely more versatile, or simply more exclusive.