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49.71m  /  163'1 | westport yachts | 2016.

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• Impressive 5,200nm range
• ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) ✠A1, Commercial Yachting Service, ✠AMS classification
• Sleeps 12 overnight
• Able to access shallow bays and coves

The 49.71m/163'1" motor yacht 'My Girl' was built by Westport Yachts in the United States at their Westport, WA shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Donald Starkey and she was delivered to her owner in July 2016. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Donald Starkey.

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My Girl has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 12 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

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Built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure, with teak decks, she benefits from a semi-displacement hull to provide exceptional seakeeping and impressive speeds. Powered by twin diesel MTU (16V 4000 M90) 3,650hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 20 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 24 knots with a range of up to 5,200 nautical miles from her 73,000 litre fuel tanks. Her low draft of 2.23m/7'4" makes her primed for accessing shallow areas and cruising close to the shorelines. Her water tanks store around 8,450 Litres of fresh water. She was built to ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) ✠A1, Commercial Yachting Service, ✠AMS classification society rules.

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US superyacht builder Westport Shipyard under new majority ownership

US superyacht builder Westport has been acquired by Westport, LLC, an ownership group that includes members of Louisiana's Chouest family.

The Washington-based builder celebrated its 50-year anniversary in 2014. The builder has three locations in Washington state and a marina and sales office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The builder is renown for its composite built, semi-custom superyachts. Gary Chouest is an owner of one of the larger yachts in Westport's lineup.

'Gary has always been passionate about our industry, and we are honored to count him as a customer, and now our majority owner, as well,' says Westport’s President Daryl Wakefield. He will remain in his post, alongside General Manager Dave Hagiwara and Westport's senior management team and employees. Westport employees more than 400 employees.

The Chouest family primarily has holdings in the oil and gas marine transportation industry. They also own custom sportfish yacht builder American Custom Yachts, based in Stuart, Florida.

The mood at Westport post-acquisition is upbeat, and the investment influx should bring new visions from the shipyard. Ron Nugent in the Florida office confirms this notion and hints at exciting new action coming from Westport, which has its own in-house vessel design and development team. 'We are always tweaking our products,' Nugent adds, in reference to Westport's commitment to updating its popular models. 'You will be hearing a lot more from us.'

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When Gary Chouest calls to check on his family’s wide-ranging exploits on their new American Custom Yacht 65-foot Freedom, he invariably has only two questions: “What did you catch?” and “Did you find anybody to race?” The Freedom can do either task equally well. Her top speed of better than 50 mph will put her at the front of the pack in any setting, and her everything-you-could-want-and-more list of fishing equipment will impress any skipper. Throw in a grab bag of air-assist doors, hidden compartments, nifty storage innovations and one of the best cockpit designs going, and you’ve got what some might describe as the perfect sport-fisher.

Performance Any time you discuss a boat built by Dominick LaCombe, you have to start with performance. The brains behind Monterey’s super-fast boats of the late 1980s, LaCombe specializes in manufacturing hulls that stretch the envelope of what it means to go fast. Despite his reputation, though, LaCombe understands that key balance between a light boat and a strong hull.

“A lot of people think that all I am is a speed freak,” LaCombe says. “That’s not so. Ride and fishability are the top criteria for me. I build a very efficient boat, and speed just happens to be one of the outcomes of efficiency.”

LaCombe achieves that efficiency with a cold-molded hull that combines a sharp forward entry with a flat aft section built with a composite of Kevlar, fiberglass and Bruynzeel plywood. In the interior, ACY utilizes Tricell, Divinycell and Nomex cores, depending on the application.

“We reduce weight where it makes sense to reduce weight,” LaCombe says. “We never sacrifice hull strength and integrity for the sake of speed.” Of course, to achieve speeds in excess of 40 knots, a 65-foot boat has to have some serious horses under the hood. The Freedom’s stallions come from Detroit by way of Jack Bivens, whom LaCombe refers to as a “genius” in marine diesel applications. For the Freedom, Bivens converted a pair of brand-new Detroit 1692s into a set of heftier 1,750-hp 1696s. He then replaced one crankshaft in backward, so both oil filters would be located inboard, and then the team at ACY installed the diesels in a highly customized, very clean V-drive configuration.

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Westport shipyard inc has been sold to a louisiana-based investor, and renamed westport llc. a statement from the company indicates that it is business as usual and the yard will continue to build yachts in port angeles, westport and hoquiam...….

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New Ownership for Westport Shipyard

There’s an ownership change at Westport. Good luck to involve and keep on building those fine yachts. Here is their press release. –KH

Representatives of Westport Shipyard, Inc. (Westport, WA), the largest yacht builder in North America, announced today that the company’s assets have been acquired by Westport, LLC, an ownership group that includes members of the Louisiana-based Chouest family.

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Celebrating 50 years of business in 2014, Westport maintains three locations in Washington state, as well as a marina and sales office in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Employing over 400 skilled employees, Westport has completed more than 120 yachts since 2000. And one of those customers was Gary Chouest.

“Gary has always been passionate about our industry, and we are honored to count him as a customer, and now our majority owner, as well,” said Daryl Wakefield, Westport’s president, who will remain in that position, along with General Manager Dave Hagiwara, and the rest of Westport’s management team and employees.

The Chouest family of companies includes substantial holdings in its primary business in the oil and gas marine transportation industry worldwide, but also includes the successful Stuart, FL-based American Custom Yachts (ACY). Since 1994, ACY has maintained a 63-acre facility accommodating the design and construction of world-famous custom sportsfishermen, as well as a host of other affiliated companies.

“Similar to the history of the Chouest family business, Westport began five decades ago with a fishing fleet, and has diversified into many other core businesses, focusing on customer satisfaction and the pursuit of excellence,” said Gary Chouest.

“We are pleased to join the Westport family, and look forward to pursuing the synergies that exist between the Chouest companies, ACY, and Westport. We will continue to pursue the employment of skilled local workers, and will remain an active participant in the communities Westport serves,” Chouest added.

Also similar to the Chouest business model, Westport maintains its own in-house vessel design and development team. Their composite-built yachts perform to a known standard, delivering exceptional speed, range and handling characteristics.

“The Westport family is excited about joining forces with the Chouest family, but we also must acknowledge the wonderful contributions of Mr. John Orin Edson, our majority shareholder since 1997,” Wakefield noted.

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Westport Shipyard, the largest yacht builder in North America, announced in an emailed statement they have been acquired by Westport, LLC, an ownership group that includes Gary Chouest and members of his Louisiana-based family.

The company’s management team led by Daryl Wakefield along with the 400 employees of Westport will remain in place however, with no expected changes according to the statement.

Since 1997, Westport’s majority shareholder has been Mr. John Orin Edson, the billionaire founder of Bayliner Marine.

“Similar to the history of the Chouest family business, Westport began five decades ago with a fishing fleet, and has diversified into many other core businesses, focusing on customer satisfaction and the pursuit of excellence,” said Gary Chouest.

Westport has facilities three locations in Washington state, as well as a marina and sales office in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The company has built more than 120 yachts since 2000, including one for Gary Chouest.

“Gary has always been passionate about our industry, and we are honored to count him as a customer, and now our majority owner, as well,” commented Westport president, Daryl Wakefield.

Westport is not the Chouest family’s first venture in the yacht-building business; they also own American Custom Yachts of Stuart, Florida.

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