EX131x Explorer

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: explorer · range 5000 nm

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

131.2 ft (40 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

—

Beam

36.1 ft (11 m)

Draft (min)

6.6 ft (2 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

—

Displacement

—

Ballast

—

Cabins

—

Heads

—

Berths

—

Performance

Maximum speed

—

Cruising speed

18 kn

Range

5000 nm

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

2500 hp (MTU)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

MTU

Propulsion type

diesel with methanol fuel-cell electric drive

Fuel capacity

13,209 gal (50,000 L)

Fresh water capacity

1,585 gal (6,000 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Propulsion

twin 2500hp diesels plus approx. 400 kW of green methanol fuel cells driving 8 x 60 kW Yasa electric motors; 18-20 knots cruising on diesel, 6-8 knots on fuel cells / electric (the page's description)

Approximate figures

draft, range (printed as 'approx.')

Range

Approx. 5,000NM at 10kts

Headroom

2.0～2.3m

Engines as printed

2 x MTU V16

Layouts & Drawings

4 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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About McConaghy Boats

Semi-custom

Australian composite boatbuilder founded by John McConaghy in 1967 — maxi race yachts and one-designs, and from its Zhuhai yard in China the semi-custom MC and electric Panther sailing catamarans, the Sapphire, GT, Platinum and Explorer multihulls.

John McConaghy founded the company in 1967 and set out to build skiffs, Tornado and A-class catamarans from materials never before used in boats. In the mid-1970s McConaghy was one of the first to apply prepreg carbon to sailing boat construction, and its first 18-foot prepreg carbon skiff set a benchmark for years. In 1987 it built the first prepreg Nomex-cored maxi yacht, at the time the largest composite structure in the world. In 2000 employees Jono Morris and Mark Evans took over from John McConaghy and his long-time partner Steve Moxham and went on to build some of the most successful maxis — Alfa Romeo took Sydney Hobart line honours in 2002, and Wild Oats XI won line honours from 2005, seven times in all. In 2006 the company opened a shipyard in China, which supported several semi-custom ranges; in 2012 it helped build James Cameron's DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible, and in 2014 it delivered the 42.5-metre trimaran Adastra from Zhuhai, its largest build. Hong Kong-based Tiger Group Investments invested in 2014. The first McConaghy catamaran was launched in February 2018. By 2020 the company, privately owned by Mark Evans and Tiger Group, had tripled in a decade to more than 200 staff in Australia, China and Hong Kong; it was chosen to build the AC40 for the 37th America's Cup in 2022 and a hydrogen chase boat in 2023.

The McConaghy Boats Range

Every model McConaghy Boats publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. EX131x Explorer· this model131.2 ft
2. PL115 Platinum116 ft
3. GT8683.8 ft
4. EX82x Explorer81.3 ft

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