The YYachts Y8 is a 79-foot carbon sailing yacht designed by Javier Jaudenes (Surge Projects) with David Thulstrup interiors. Her 38.5-tonne displacement carries 196 square metres of mainsail. Multiple draft configurations from 2.80m telescopic to 4.30m fixed offer maximum flexibility. Full carbon-epoxy construction with CE Category A ocean certification.
Length
23.99M
Beam
6.58M
Draft
4.3M
Day Guests
Sleeping
8
Cabin
3
Cruise Speed
Max Speed
Fuel
Engine
Yanmar 4LV195 (143 kW)
Naval
Surge Projects (Javier Jaudenes)
Interior
David Thulstrup
New Starting From
€7,000,000
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Every deck surface here is meant to be walked, not just admired.
A wide, flat deck runs unbroken around the entire superstructure, including over the top of the deckhouse, while the aft deck opens into a broad, uncluttered space with flared sides carrying the beam right back to the transom for stability under sail. A tender garage below swallows a jet tender for anchorages that call for one. Mainsheet arrangements are fitted to suit the owner, from a dedicated winch plinth to a system built into the boom itself. Crew live and work through their own passageway, with a galley, a mess that converts to a berth, and direct access to the aft deck, while chartwork is done from that same mess rather than a separate navigation station.
The saloon says more by including less.
Two chairs, a small sofa and a freestanding mast base make up most of the furniture, deliberately pared back so the space reads as open rather than furnished, with a sliding handrail system fitted for use when she is heeled over and sailing hard. The standard plan sleeps eight across three cabins, including twin en-suite guest cabins aft that are identical to one another, while a four-cabin option adds a third guest cabin forward along with an office. Four timber veneers and a range of furniture colours are offered, with mahogany trim and soles available for owners who want a darker, more traditional finish than the yard’s usual Scandinavian palette.
A telescopic keel is the kind of detail that changes where a yacht can actually go.
It lifts the draught from a fixed 4.30 metres to as shallow as 2.80 metres, giving an owner access to anchorages a deep-keeled yacht of this length would simply have to avoid. A single engine sits beneath the saloon, where it replaced the twin-engine arrangement of the previous generation, and the saloon sole lifts hydraulically to reach it along with the generator. Thirty degree spreaders are wide enough to do away with a backstay entirely, simplifying the rig. Built almost entirely in carbon composite, she comes in roughly ten tonnes lighter than a yacht of similar length built in heavier materials, weight saved that goes straight back into speed.
The stern tells you everything about what this yacht is for.
Javier Jaudenes and the Surge Projects team widened it significantly and pushed the mast further aft than earlier Y8 generations, a pairing aimed squarely at speed rather than easy manners in a blow. A self-tacking jib and an enlarged foretriangle handle everyday sailing, while a square-top mainsail and a gennaker for light air reaching round out an inventory built for genuine range of conditions. Beam is carried aft with flared sides rather than tapering away, which keeps the hull stable as she heels and gives the stern the visual weight to match a nearly 24 metre waterline length.
She is a yacht built to be sailed properly, not just chartered for a weekend.
Fuel and fresh water tankage both run to 1,300 litres, enough for an owner to cruise for extended periods between marina stops, while an upwind sail area of 343 square metres and a downwind area of 725 square metres cover everything from a tight beat to a light-air reach. Two permanent crew are the practical minimum to run her, a reflection of her scale rather than any lack of effort to simplify systems elsewhere in the range. She stands at the top of a lineage that began with the original Y8 that launched the yard in 2015, built in carbon at the same German yard that builds every YYachts model, and semi-custom enough that no two hulls need look alike.
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