About Us

Bakewell-White Yacht Design Ltd was formed in May 2000. The organisation is a development of Bakewell-White Design Group, which has been successfully operating since 1994. The company now consists of a three member team, providing a wide range of skills and knowledge across all aspects of marine design. The team at Bakewell-White Yacht Design draw on many years of sailing experience both inshore and offshore reinforced by theoretical training giving us a comprehensive understanding of yacht design, performance and construction.
Bakewell-White Yacht Design undertake projects of varying criteria for all manner of clients, be it a fast racing maxi, a comfortable cruising yacht or luxury motor yacht. A brief resume of our work includes:

• 30m Racing IRC Supermaxi “Konica Minolta”
• 2006 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Champion “Sleepyhead”
• Z39 One Design Keelboat for Yachting New Zealand
• Mini 650 race yacht voted Best yacht for 2004 by the French Mini Class
• 11.6m Racer Cruiser “A’vela” for Perth
• TP52 “Braveheart” for USA
• A fleet of Foundation 36 match racing yachts for the inaugural world match race championships in Perth.
• Various custom performance racing and cruising yachts worldwide
• A 47m luxury motor yacht for Sensation Yachts in New Zealand.
• An award winning 35m Wave piercing luxury motor yacht for New Zealand Yachts. Winner of 5 prestigious International Superyacht Design Awards.
• The fleet of high speed RIB’s for the New Zealand Police used during the 2000 Americas Cup regatta in Auckland. These RIB’s have received international recognition and interest.
• Other significant commercial work has involved the modelling, stability analysis and documentation for hull modifications made to two 82.7m, 3000 tonne Tuna fishing boats in Singapore.
• In-house capability, covers areas including naval architecture, velocity prediction and engineering, interior and exterior styling and aesthetics and extensive computer modelling and visualisation. Our expertise covers practical design, building and sailing experience giving us first hand experience of what works, what can be built and what is practical.

We recognise that it is not possible for a design office of our size to effectively cover in sufficient detail all of the technical disciplines required for today's modern craft. As such, we work closely with internationally acknowledged experts for such elements as hydrodynamic foil development, rig load analysis, finite element modelling as well as composite structural design.

The office uses a combination of cutting edge 3D modelling and visualisation techniques alongside 2D drafting to ensure that all drawings are accurate, detailed and concise. Specific software used and available includes:

Whilst this advanced design software and computational techniques are used extensively, they are integrated effectively with hand drawing at the conceptual stage in order to allow a true feeling for the form of the yacht. This design empathy and aesthetic appreciation is evident in all our work be it an extreme high-technology offshore racing yacht or a more traditionally styled displacement motor-yacht.

Whatever the project appropriateness is a major theme in our design philosophy. We pride ourselves in our professional and personal integrity and all dealings are conducted to these high standards. Bakewell-White Yacht Design Ltd is committed to the production of stylish, innovative and efficient sailing and motor-yacht designs of international standard. Resulting in a design that will reflect the owners' personality, with the design process based around giving the client an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
The whole team shares a genuine enthusiasm and passion for what they are doing creating a dynamic environment producing designs that are genuinely fast, easy to handle and without vices. No project is too large for Bakewell-White Yacht Design. Every job receives the same care and attention to detail. We are after all, our own harshest critics.