48 Open

Design

Designer

Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group

Naval architect

Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group

Interior designer

Christophe Chedal-Anglay Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 14.67 m · 4 cabins · 4 heads · fresh water 600 L

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.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

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

Dimensions

LOA

48.1 ft (14.67 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

—

Beam

26.1 ft (7.97 m)

Draft (min)

5.1 ft (1.55 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

—

Displacement

29,762 lb (13,500 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

2–4

Heads

2–4

Berths

4–9

Sail Plan

Main sail

947 ft² (88 m²)

Jib

452 ft² (42 m²)

Genoa

—

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

—

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Volvo Penta

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

159 gal (600 L)

Fresh water capacity

159 gal (600 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

2

Builder's Own Figures

Engine (standard)

D2-60 Volvo

Engine (option)

D2-75 Volvo

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (NAUTITECH CATAMARANS (Nautitech Catamarans)). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

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  Nautitech Raid 2026 : 44 Open vs 48 Open

  NAUTITECH CATAMARANS (Nautitech Catamarans) · 5/27/2026

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  Nautitech 48 Open - Dare to Perform

  NAUTITECH CATAMARANS (Nautitech Catamarans) · 12/19/2025

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  48 OPEN WEBSERIE - Sparcraft Inside: 48 Open mastmaker

  NAUTITECH CATAMARANS (Nautitech Catamarans) · 7/19/2024

Videos whose title names the 48 Open, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.

About Nautitech

Premium production

French builder of luxury sailing catamarans, based in Rochefort sur Mer since 1994.

Nautitech began in 1994 as a line of catamarans created by the Dufour Yachts group. A change of owner in 2002 brought a new product line, and between 2004 and 2006 the yard set up its own production in La Rochelle and launched the Nautitech 44 and 40; in 2008-09 it moved to the Rochefort site and launched the 441 and 442, the first 54 was presented in 2011, and the 40 Open was unveiled at the Multihull show in 2014. That year Bavaria Yachts bought Nautitech and extended the production lines, giving the yard the industrial means to grow: the 46 Open followed at La Grande Motte in 2016, the 47 Power at boot Düsseldorf in 2018, the new 46 in Open and Fly versions at Cannes in 2019 and the new 47 Power in Miami in 2020; the production tooling was modernised into a multi-product line in 2021, and the 44 Open was launched in 2022.

The Nautitech Range

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

1. 48 Open· this model48.1 ft
2. 44 Open43.6 ft
3. 41 Type S41.3 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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