YOT 53

Design

Designer

JnJ Design (Japec and Jernej Jakopin)

Naval architect

JnJ Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 16.2 m · 4 cabins · 4 heads · fresh water 750 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.

Speed, Power & Tanks

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

Dimensions

LOA

53.1 ft (16.2 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

49.9 ft (15.22 m)

Beam

23.8 ft (7.25 m)

Draft (min)

4.4 ft (1.35 m)

Draft (max)

4.4 ft (1.35 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

—

Ballast

—

Cabins

3–4

Heads

3–4

Berths

—

Performance

Maximum speed

—

Cruising speed

—

Range

—

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

440–550 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

inboard diesel

Fuel capacity

515 gal (1,950 L)

Fresh water capacity

198 gal (750 L)

Black water capacity

99 gal (375 L)

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Passengers

12 (certified persons, not guests)

Grey water tank (option)

375 L

Beam with platforms open

9.95 m

Engines

standard: 2 x YANMAR LY 440 HP | options: 2 x YANMAR LF 550 HP

Engine power basis

per engine; min = standard engine, max = option

Draft basis

the page prints 4'43'' (decimal feet) -> 4.43 ft = 1.35 m

LWL basis

the page prints 49'93'' (decimal feet) -> 15.22 m

About YOT

Volume production

Catana Group's power-catamaran marque, launched in 2023 — the outboard YOT 36 and YOT 41 with twin Mercury V8 to V12 (300–600 hp each), fold-out side platforms and two hull cabins, and the inboard YOT 53 due at the end of 2026, all drawn by JnJ Design.

YOT is the power catamaran marque of Catana Group, which has been designing and building catamarans for close to forty years. The group's second act began in 2003, when Olivier Poncin, sensing the demand for catamarans, bought the Catana name; a few years on he judged the bluewater catamaran market too narrow on its own and decided to take on the much larger sail multihull market by innovating rather than imitating -- which produced Bali. The Catana-Bali yards now build more than 300 boats a year. A group given over almost entirely to sail owed itself a motor boat, and YOT is it: twin-hulled power catamarans meant equally for the beginner and the experienced, for a day out, a weekend, a fast run or a party, in a pair or a crowd. Catana Group employs more than 1,300 people across four boatbuilding sites -- Canet-en-Roussillon, the company's original home, Marans near La Rochelle, El Haouaria in Tunisia and one in Portugal -- with its own industrial joinery at Rivesaltes and a service base at Port Pin Rolland in the roadstead of Toulon.

The YOT Range

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

1. YOT 53· this model53.1 ft
2. YOT 4141.2 ft
3. YOT 3635.8 ft

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