New Model: BB Yachts Panarea 44

BB Yachts is a new France-Italian boat builder which presented two new sport day cruisers as designed by Ferragni, both debuting at the 2024 Genoa boat show.  Following the presentation of the Ischia 44 some weeks ago here on Poweryacht, today we show the other Panarea 44 model.  With a market which today is filled with walk around sport cruisers sub fifteen meters BB Yachts wants to offer a sport cruiser, with stem to stern exterior deck spaces, and this is what the Panarea 44 brings.  Thanks to the wide-body cockpit, the exterior spaces of both the models is spacious indeed. Identical to the Ischia 44 in most details the Panarea 44 distinct itself from the Ischia 44 for offering a fore-deck dinette, thus offering full stem to stern deck and even more spaces to the traditional flush bow decked sister.  Accessible via the opening windshield to starboard this area also has a flush single level floor with the cockpit deck, and offers a third seating lounging area forward, this paying a price of less headroom in the cabin area forward.  For the remaining the Panarea 44 is identical to the Ischia 44, offering an interesting two double cabins four berth lower deck accommodation, available in two or three versions.  The boat at Genoa 2024 actually featured a master midships cabin, with the double berth looking to starboard, not shown on the plans of the model.  The BB Yachts Panarea 44 is standard powered by twin Cummins 355hp with engine options going up to 550hp for 38 knots max speeds from the larger engines.

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.25 m (46.7ft)

Hull Length - 12.99 m

Beam - 4.15 m

Draft - 1.2 m including propellers

Displacement - 15 t full load, 13.7 t unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 2 x 650 l

Water Capacity - 350 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSB 6.7 355hp, QSB 6,7 425hp, QSB 6.7 550hp

Propulsion - V-drive line shaft

Speed - 29 knots max 25 cruise with Cummins 355, 38 max 30 cruise with 550hp

Range - up to 350 nautical miles at 25 knots and Cummins 355hp

Construction - hand lamination Vinylester resin single skin hull and quadri-axial fiberglass, balsa core sandwich for hull sides, PVC core sandwich and E-glass for upper structure

Project - Ferragni

Certification - CE B

www.bb-yachts.com

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New Model: BB Yachts Ischia 44

BB Yachts is a new French-Italian boat builder which debuted this year with two sport cruiser models based on the same 44 platform and designed by Ferragni, both World wide presented at the 2024 Genoa boat show.  As a first BB Yacht here on PowerYachtBlog we present the Ischia 44 the more traditional raised fore-deck of the two models.  The fore deck is the difference between this Ischia and the other Panarea 44.  Unlike most new offers in this fourteen meter size, BB Yachts is not a walk-around sport cruiser, but a clean lined modern open sport cruiser with a wide body cockpit deck, no side deck aimed to make the best of the four meters plus of beam.  With the wide body, the BB Yachts 44 offers a very spacious cockpit with a central corridor, offering two side lounges mini sun-pads, two C-shape dinettes, and a central helm station.  To the sides of the helm station is a wet-bar, located to port side, while to starboard is an opening windscreen which take to the fore-deck and its sunbed area.  Down below the BB Yachts Ischia 44 offers a sleeping area with an accommodation for four persons, with a double berth forward, and separate cabin at midships sleeping two.  BB Yachts is powered by twin Cummins 355hp as standard, with two other options of 425 and 550hp and line shaft propulsion.  As speeds go these go from 29 from the standard 355hp to 38 knots from the big 550hp.  An outboard version is also offered with triple 400, 450, and 500hp choices.  No speed data is offered for the outboards but expect it to be at forty knots plus. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.25 m (46.7ft)

Hull Length - 12.99 m

Beam - 4.15 m

Draft - 1.2 m including propellers

Displacement - 15 t full load, 13.7 t unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 2 x 650 l

Water Capacity - 350 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSB 6.7 355hp, QSB 6,7 425hp, QSB 6.7 550hp

Propulsion - V-drive line shaft

Speed - 29 knots max 25 cruise with Cummins 355, 38 max 30 cruise with 550hp

Range - up to 350 nautical miles at 25 knots and Cummins 355hp

Construction - hand lamination Vinylester resin single skin hull and quadri-axial fiberglass, balsa core sandwich for hull sides, PVC core sandwich and E-glass for upper structure

Project - Ferragni

Certification - CE B

www.bb-yachts.com