- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (global headquarters and shipyard); design, marketing and service in Clearwater, Florida, USA
- Shipyard location
- Sino Eagle Group yard, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Official website
- https://www.aquilaboats.com/
Brand Overview
Power-catamaran builder founded in 2012 by Lex Raas with MarineMax and the Xiong family's Sino Eagle Group — eighteen models from the 28 Molokai to the 70 Luxury across the Molokai, Sport, Coupe, Yacht and Luxury lines, plus new 45 and 50 sailing catamarans — built at Sino Eagle's yard in Hangzhou with over 1,000 boats delivered.
Overview written fromaquilaboats.comread 9/14/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
AI-generatedAn independent reading of this builder written by AI. Unlike the specifications and descriptions elsewhere on this page, it is interpretation rather than a sourced fact — treat it as a starting point, not a citation.
What this builder is
Aquila was founded in 2012 by Lex Raas with two partners — MarineMax, the American dealer group, for distribution and the Xiong family's Sino Eagle Group, a composites manufacturer in Hangzhou, for building — and the Xiongs put up a dedicated Aquila shipyard before the first production boat had sold; the company says over 1,000 boats have been delivered to dealers in 88 countries, with design, marketing, service and warranty run from Clearwater, Florida, and Jean Raas now chief executive and chief product officer. The 36 Sport alone has passed 200 hulls. Today's range runs in six lines: the offshore Molokai fishing cats (28, 28 Cuddy, 36, 47), the Sport cats with Mercury outboards (32, 35, 36, 45), the Coupes (42, 46), the Yachts with Volvo Penta diesels (42, 46, 50, 54), the 21.3-metre 70 Luxury, and — after two decades of power cats — the 45 and 50 sailing catamarans of 2026 with a 65 announced for 2028. Every model page prints metric-first specifications: length overall, hull and waterline length where given, beam, height above the waterline, drafts with motors up and down, dry or light displacement and loaded displacement, tankage, CE persons by category, sleeping places, cabins and heads, and standard and optional engines; the design team draws on members of the J&J Design group.
Who sails them
Aquila owners are American and international boaters who want the stability, shallow draft and deck space of twin hulls without a sailing rig: families and charter fleets in the Yachts and the 70, offshore anglers in the Molokai line, day-boaters and water-sports crews in the Sport and Coupe cats with big outboards, and now cruising sailors who want the same volume under sail in the 45 and 50.
Signature models
The 36 Sport is the boat that made the brand — more than 200 delivered — while the 70 Luxury is the flagship at 21.3 metres and 47 tonnes, the 54 Yacht the top of the diesel Yacht line, and the 45 Sail the first of the new sailing catamarans.
Strengths
Aquila is known for a broad power-catamaran range from 28 to 70 feet, in-house composite manufacturing at a purpose-built yard, MarineMax distribution and dealers in 88 countries, foil-assisted outboard hulls on the Coupes, complete metric-and-imperial specification sheets, and a fast product cadence with two new models a year.
Considerations
The site says nothing about the company's founding or ownership (those facts come from the trade press), labels and units vary from page to page (mm, cm and metres for draft), engine power is per engine, 'maximum passengers' is a certified figure rather than guests, the 50 Yacht page gives only estimated speeds and no draft or weight, the 65 Sail is a 2028 announcement without figures, and the boats are built in China for a brand marketed from Florida.
Analysis generated 9/14/2026
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Where they build
The building sites this yard publishes, in its own order.
Sino Eagle Group yard
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Fleet at a Glance
18 models in total
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
Sailing range
- Models in catalog
- 3
- Length range
- 14.38–14.97 m
- Hull forms
- Sailing Catamaran 3
- Cabins
- 3–6
Motor range
- Models in catalog
- 15
- Length range
- 9.38–21.3 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Catamaran 15
- Cabins
- 0–6
Models by this brand
18 models
