Aquila range of power catamarans wins the “Readers Choice Award”
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Aquila range of power catamarans wins the “Readers Choice Award”

75000 readers of Southern Boating Magazine voted for the Best Power Catamaran on the market. Aquila range of powercats won the award , with comment by the editor: “Every Aquila Power Catamaran delivers exceptional performance and reliability and offers best-in-class features.”

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XO DNA Explained
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XO DNA Explained

The video contains a good explanation of XO DNA. Scandinavian boating culture winning the world markets with its simplicity, practicality, strength and design.

J&J is proud to provide design for this prestigious builder of the best small aluminium boats on the planet.

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Saxdor 320 GTO review on MBY
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Saxdor 320 GTO review on MBY

The new Saxdor 320 GTO went beyond any expectation during the test drive of Motor Boat & Yachting.

Great handling, solidity of the construction and an exciting cockpit layout are only few of the features praised during the review.

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Aquila 54 Wins the Multihull of the Year Award
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Aquila 54 Wins the Multihull of the Year Award

Aquila 54, the new project of the world’s largest power catamaran builder, Chinese Sino Eagle, won the 2021 Multihull of the year award, announced by Multihulls World magazine. Aquila 54 shared the podium with CAT 12, a fully-electric catamaran project.

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Saxdor 320 presented
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Saxdor 320 presented

On February 8the Finnish new powerboat player Saxdor Yachts presented the second model of the range, the 320. Max Malmström and Ludvig Liljequist spoke about the 320 features and their first driving experience.

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Saxdor 200 wins the BoB 2020 award
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Saxdor 200 wins the BoB 2020 award

We are proud to announce the publication of the monograph entitled Forty Years of J&J Design Studio. The book covers the (first) four decades of the work of our office.

In December 2023 the work was published by Pomorski vodici, the leading boating publishing house in Croatia. It contains 320 pages, 65 drawings, 146 colour photographs, ten illustrations, six tables/diagrams and 43 hand painted portraits of the boating legends our studio worked with during the past 40 years. The material is divided in three main parts : The History, The 40 selected boat projects, and The Work.

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Saxdor 200 nominated for the European Boat of the Year Award
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Saxdor 200 nominated for the European Boat of the Year Award

Saxdor continues its success story: Saxdor 200 was nominated among the five finalists of the most prestigeous award existing in yachting. Called also Oscar of the watersports the European Boat of the Year Award will be made known during the Düsseldorf boat show in January 2021.

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SAXDOOR 200 TEST IN MBY MAGAZINE
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SAXDOOR 200 TEST IN MBY MAGAZINE

Saxdor 200 was presented by Hugo Andreas in the Motorboat & Yachting Magazine and Saxdor was described as the most exciting new brand of the last years.

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IBI INTERVIEWS THE FOUNDERS OF J&J
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IBI INTERVIEWS THE FOUNDERS OF J&J

The International Boat Industry magazine spoke to Japec and Jernej Jakopin, the founders of J&J Design group ‘who have created an all-encompassing design and production business serving boatbuilders worldwide.’

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Explore the new Aquila 54!
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Explore the new Aquila 54!

Aquila 54 is the new luxury cruising catamaran born from the synergy between Aquila , MarineMax and J&J Design.

Her asymmetrical deep-V hulls with bulbs ensure speed, performance and great seakeeping with a comfortable ride in all conditions.

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SAXDOR: a new range of boats is born.
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SAXDOR: a new range of boats is born.

We are proud to announce the launch of Saxdor 200, the first model of Saxdor Yachts.

Saxdor is a new range of outboard powered boats born in cooperation of Sakari Mattila, previously founder of Axopar, Paragon, XO-boats and Aquador, with J&J Design.

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J&J Design office wins the 2020 Rossinavi Design Challenge
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J&J Design office wins the 2020 Rossinavi Design Challenge

At the Seatec show in Marina Carrara, Italy, the winner of the Rossinavi 2020 Design Challenge was announced.

The jury, 2 journalists from the megayacht industry, 2 megayacht brokers, and Federico Rossi, the CEO of Rossinavi, reviewed 60 projects competing in the challenge.

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Fairline F//Line 33 and Ferretti F450 won MBA 2020
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Fairline F//Line 33 and Ferretti F450 won MBA 2020

The winners of the Motor Boat Awards have been disclosed on January 21st at the Intercontinental Hotel Düsseldorf. All the boats listed in the awards have been rigorously tested and sea-trialled, judged by their design, ability and value.F//Line 33 won in the Superboats category and Ferretti F450 in the Flybridges up to 60ft.

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