Morrelli & Melvin

Morrelli & Melvin is a high-performance yacht design firm. Its website describes four decades in innovation, five America's Cup campaigns, and 31 Boat of the Year awards. The firm was founded by Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin, who have spent nearly three decades creating designs combining speed, safety, strength, and elegance. Notable projects include the NACRA 17 catamaran raced in the 2016 Rio Olympics, 62- and 90-foot Gunboat designs, the 125-foot catamaran PlayStation campaigned by Steve Fossett, the Rapido 60 trimaran, the TF 10 flying carbon trimaran, and the SuperFoiler. The firm has also worked with commercial vessel builders on ferries and tenders, and with production multihull builders including Roberts & Caine and HH Catamarans, and introduced Hobie to rotomolding leading to the Hobie Wave.

Morrelli & Melvin is a high-performance yacht design firm founded by Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin. According to its website, the firm has four decades in innovation, five America's Cup campaigns, and 31 Boat of the Year awards. Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin have spent nearly three decades creating designs. Notable projects include the NACRA 17 catamaran raced in the 2016 Rio Olympics, 62- and 90-foot Gunboat designs, the 125-foot catamaran PlayStation campaigned by Steve Fossett, the Rapido 60 trimaran, the TF 10 flying carbon trimaran, and the SuperFoiler. The firm has worked with commercial vessel builders on ferries and tenders, and with production multihull builders including Roberts & Caine and HH Catamarans. It also introduced Hobie to rotomolding, leading to the Hobie Wave.

High-performance yacht design with a philosophy of creating groundbreaking designs that combine speed, safety, strength and elegance.

• NACRA 17 catamaran

  Raced in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

• Gunboat 62 and 90 designs

  62- and 90-foot Gunboat designs.

• PlayStation

  Award-winning and record-setting 125-foot catamaran campaigned by adventurer Steve Fossett.

• Rapido 60 trimaran

  Can reach speeds in the mid-20-knot range.

• TF 10

  Fully flying carbon 10-meter folding trimaran.

• SuperFoiler

  A blazing-fast 28-footer bound for Grand Prix racing in Australia with downwind speeds in excess of 40 knots.

• Hobie Wave

  One of the best selling catamarans, developed after Morrelli & Melvin introduced Hobie to rotomolding.

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2. 2About Morrelli & Melvin - High-Performance Yacht Designersmorrellimelvin.com
3. 3Morrelli & Melvinwikidata.org