Catana Group has presented a new product to the world, and it goes by the name of YOT 36. Catana Shipyard, already celebrated for their exceptional catamarans, has now entered the realm of outboard-powered catamarans, setting the stage for a revolution in leisure and luxury at sea: as the fastest-growing catamaran builder globally, Catana’s foray into this exciting new range promises unparalleled convenience, socializing, and on-board entertainment.

The concept of a full-electric foiling boat that promotes electric mobility was born through the collaboration of Peter Dengler and Tom Allemeier from BMW, as well as Tyde founders Tobias Hoffritz and Christoph Ballin.

The 2024 Motorboat awards were revealed on January 23rd 2024. In the Flybridges up to 60 feet category the winner was Fairline Squadron 58.

J&J Design contributed naval architecture, structural engineering and conceptual elements.

Our loyal client from Finland, the famous aluminium boats builder XO, won the prestigious Motorboat Award 2023 for the XO DFNDR 9. The award is hosted by the British Motor Boat & Yachting magazine and XO won the prize in the Adventure Boats category. J&J executed the naval architecture and engineering of the 9 m XO, and the exterior design was drawn in a shared effort between Jaakko Kantola and our office.

The traditional Motorboats Awards in England were announced on January 25th 2022. The winner in the heavily contested Sportboats over 30 feet category was Saxdor 320 GTO – winning also over the Fairline F33 in a fraternal battle…

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.”

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.

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.

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.

Clearwater, Florida: On March 22nd, 2021, the flagship of the Aquila range, the Aquila 70 Luxury Power Catamaran, debuted at the 35th Annual Palm Beach International Boat Show.

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.

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.

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.

The outboard-powered vessel platform S.A.F.E. was designed by J&J in January 2017 and the legal protection process started in February 2017.

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.

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.’

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.

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.

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.