Owen Clarke Design - Yacht Design and Naval Architecture

Owen Clarke Design - Yacht Design and Naval Architecture OCD are at the leading edge of performance sailboat design, known as pioneers in the field of canting and lifting keels for racing and cruising boats.

We believe in driving innovative thinking and pushing technological frontiers to achieve excellence in custom cruising and racing design. Sailboats are our business and our passion.

06/05/2026

Arguably the birth place of the ULDB

I'm off to Devon this week, working with Allen down in the office on a bunch of new projects we started in the new year,...
01/03/2026

I'm off to Devon this week, working with Allen down in the office on a bunch of new projects we started in the new year, including a couple of ice capable blue water cruising boats. Meanwhile, Ash is in the Ross Sea in -18C, breaking the record for the most southerly position of a vessel ever. Bitter-sweet because of course it means that the sea ice has receded to allow this to happen. In the north she's reported a similar story and has been able to make the passage from Greenland to Alaska in each of the last three years.

The awesome Qilak putting in the miles around Norway and the Barents Sea.
25/02/2026

The awesome Qilak putting in the miles around Norway and the Barents Sea.

Builder chosen as engineering design nears completion for innovative aluminium explorer catamaran.Owen Clarke Design hav...
10/01/2026

Builder chosen as engineering design nears completion for innovative aluminium explorer catamaran.

Owen Clarke Design have almost completed the design of OC 194, our new high latitude explorer sailing catamaran. This highly innovative design features a ketch rig, a structure and appendage configuration developed to contend with the stresses and challenges of operating near ice and in the Pacific north west of the US in particular.

The aluminium cutting files will be completed in the first quarter of 2026 and construction commence with the builder who was recently selected after a vigorous tender process completed by OC, who will also be responsible for the project management of the yacht’s build. An announcement confirming the builder and further details of the design will follow in February.

For more information contact: [email protected]

February's issue of the RORC's Seahorse Sailing Magazine has an article from Merf about the rise of the scow bow, how it...
03/01/2026

February's issue of the RORC's Seahorse Sailing Magazine has an article from Merf about the rise of the scow bow, how it impacted Class 40 and why it will affect the design of rating/handicap racing yachts in the future.....sooner, rather than later.

03/01/2026

OC designer Merfyn Owen joined OC 188 Alvorada for her pre-Christmas delivery from Falmouth to Lisbon. Passage was completed at an average speed of 8.5 knots and started with a 30 knot north wester and 3.5m seas.

03/01/2026

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