Speed
- Cruising speednot published
- Top speed43.4 kn

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47r_gallery_1_b209403278 — MJM Yachts
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
From the published figures: sport cruiser · LOA 14.22 m
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.
What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.
Total engine power per tonne of published displacement — more means livelier acceleration for the hull. Drawn for motor yachts.
136.1 hp/t
2 × 600 hp · 8.8 t
Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.
Figures read frommjmyachts.com/models/47r· Performanceread 10/17/2026
1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

47r-top — MJM Yachts
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North Carolina builder of Downeast-styled pilothouse yachts founded in 2002 by J/Boats founder Bob Johnstone with naval architect Doug Zurn — six outboard models of 11.7 and 14.2 metres in the X, V and R series, built in vacuum-infused, oven-cured epoxy at Washington, NC.
MJM says it began with a simple idea: build boats that owners actually want to use. Its timeline dates the company to 2002, when Bob Johnstone, founder of J/Boats, partnered with the naval architect Doug Zurn, and puts the first launch, the MJM 34z, in 2003 (the introduction to the same page speaks of 'the first 34z in 2004'); the 'z' stands for Zurn, and the yard describes the boat as revolutionary for its 3.5:1 beam ratio and epoxy construction, burning half the fuel of its competitors. In 2009 the MJM 40z became, in the yard's words, the first 40-foot Downeast-style yacht to achieve ISO Category A Ocean certification. In 2014 the company entered the large-yacht market with the 50z, equipped with a Seakeeper gyro as standard, and in 2017 the 35z was its first outboard boat, which the yard says proved a Downeast-style boat could run efficiently at 50 mph. In 2019 manufacturing moved from Boston BoatWorks to a new private facility in Washington, North Carolina, for vertical integration, faster production and better quality assurance, and in 2025 the whole range began an interior transformation towards a more yacht-inspired standard.
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