Morozov Yachts

Soler-34 Mororsailer ? Why not only MacGregor !

2012-01-05T00:53:00.000+01:00

The first and base boat in my new project of Soler Yachts series was the Soler-34 MS (Motor Sailer). Why start with motorsailer ? The reasons are simple, our boat company Velero Marin in St.Petersburg (Russia) already about 10 years the dealer of various motorsailers - MacGregor, Odin, Imexus, Sunhorse, Vita. Some of them stopped the production, but the MacGregor is still very healthy on the market. So, the owners of production small motorsailers, mostly owners of MacGregors, after some years of studying the cruising with their first boat, logically wanted to go further to bigger boat with similar options of both world - sailing and motoring, but .... no such boats on the market.
From other side the hull forms of modern fast boats with wide beam aft and narrow entry bow is good for surfing downwind with 10-20 knots in proper conditions. Also the modern outboard motors become more powerful and light. I thought why not combine such good things in one boat and also add the pilothouse, or deck salon, as they call it now in mainstream boats (however they are not deck salon at all).
Then I collected the information and prepared the concept information for further step, to design the boat. The right design team is key in success of any project.
I contacted with various designers from different countries, some of them were very busy, another expensive, but most of them were simply Conservative.
And I was lucky when contacted with Barcelona based design team of Ricardo Teixido and Tim Harrold. Ricardo gave the long term experience in design, boatbuilding and knowledge of composite materials. Tim, originated from New Zealand yachting, added the very fresh, young and creative impression into the project of Soler Yachts.
So, the first Soler-34 MS was born as below:

What we have:
- easy building method with composite materials at moderate price.
- lifting keel and rudders for approaching to river or sea beaches or dry-out.
- light boat with powerful outboard 130 h.p. and mooring speed about 15-18 knots.
- speed allow quickly to come back to port in case of storm weather or other needs.
- pilothouse for protection from element and round visibility
- modern and moderate rig and sail for easy handling by cruisers.
- rather big fuel and water tanks for longer cruising.

Not so bad for the cruising boat and with price tag just about 100K euro. So, I hope that owners of motorsailers, including the old good boats, such as LM-32, Fisher-30 and Degero, will have the choice with this new Soler-34 MS on the market.
One of the advantages of this project Soler Yachts is the ability to make any changes in the boat, as we do not use the expensive moulds for this.

The Fast Sailer will follow in next post. Good luck !

Next step - Soler yachts

2011-07-20T23:49:00.001+02:00

After long period of silence due to busy time, I come back to blog to publish some posts about current news and my point of view.
The idea of combination two different approaches in yachting and boat design was in my brain already some last years. Sailing on modern light fast racers and on old heavy cruisers, I wanted to get best from both world - speed under sails and comfort for crew.
From other side, I do not like that the 40ft boat cost half million Euros or so, which is in times more then any mainstream production boat.
I had the feeling that the possible solution can be found in something between the building technology, design concept and marketing approaches.
Another "feeling" was about "motorsailers", which normally associated with big and heavy boat with pilothouse or with MagGregor-type trailer boats. Some of my clients being owners of small trailer boats, asked me about the bigger boats with particular details - bigger, with pilothouse, lifting keel, inboard or outboard motor, motoring speed about 15 knots on flat water. Another group wanted to have high performance sailing yacht, but with comfort and without the big crew on board.
How to combine such demands ?!
I made the list of demands and possible solution and got the Soler concept. What is the Soler ? Nothing, just combination of various words - old family name in Catalonia, where I live now, Sol as the sun, Solo as solo and -er as cruiser or racer. All together sounds like Soler and yachts accordingly.
The first model became Soler-34 MS (Motorsailer), see in next post later.

Liberty Boat (Acico-74) is just launched for Duesseldorf boatshow 2011

2011-01-17T00:36:00.003+01:00

Finally the aluminium motor yacht Liberty Boat (Acico-74) is just launched in Netherlands. During this project the owner of the boatyard and the yacht were changed, some crisis reasons delayed the scheduled launching for one year later, some correction in design and specification were made. And now this beautiful yacht is afloat.
Have a look on her.

The yacht will be presented at Duesseldorf boatshow from 22 to 30 January 2011 at stand No.6D27.
After the boatshow, the yacht will be available for test on water upon appointment.

For more information and appointment for the boatshow, please contact by phone +34 647 464 226 or by e-mail info@morozov-yachts.com

Good luck !

Liberty Boat 74

2009-09-30T23:55:00.000+02:00

The building of neo-classic motor yacht Liberty Boat 74 in progress.