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Following on from the announcement of the Porsche Design collaboration with the Singapore based yacht builder Royal Falcon Fleet (see the blog dated September 12th<\/a>) a further two German Automobile Companies have inspired sea worthy vessels; Audi and BMW.\u00a0\"Audi
\nThe Swedish company Vizualtech were inspired by the Audi R8 and have designed a power catamaran in its image for a Dubai race boat company. It is 8.8m (29ft) in length, has two gullwing doors and uses either a modified biodiesel V10 engine or two smaller 320hp V8 engines taking the vessel to a top speed of 110 mph.<\/p>\n

\"BMWBMW Designworks USA meanwhile, has teamed up with Belgian yacht builder Zeydon to create the Performance Cruiser Z60 sailing yacht and enter a completely new yacht market; performance-oriented luxury sailing yachts.\u00a0 The boat can reach downwind speeds of 23 knots under sail power alone or 10-13 knots using the yacht’s engines.<\/p>\n

Will this trend from the automobile world to the yachting world continue?\u00a0 Watch this space to find out.
\n Information and images courtesy of WorldCarFans.com and MarineBusinessNews.com
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