Design Philosophy and Construction
The Sunreef 60 introduced what the builder calls a new design ethos, one shared across the 50, 70, and 80 in the same generation of sailing catamarans. High bulwarks and bow terrace are common to the whole range, with proportions scaled rather than redesigned as the size changes. The result is a visual coherence across the line and a set of structural decisions — narrow, high hulls — that directly inform the boat's motion at sea.
The hull geometry is worth noting. Thin hull and high, narrow bow shapes that cut through waves rather than slamming into them reduce impact loads on the crew and structure alike. After a 3,000nm shakedown from Poland that included rough conditions in the Baltic, the design proved its offshore intent early. The builder claims 225 square metres of living space, achieved by building the hulls higher and thinner, trading some form-stability margin for interior volume and a more ship-like appearance.
Rig and Sailing Performance
The sail plan is built for a range of conditions. Multihulls World cites a mainsail of 95 square metres, an 85-square-metre genoa, and a 300-square-metre spinnaker — generous numbers for a cat of this waterline length. The Yacht Style review of unit five, Oca, lists slightly different figures reflecting owner-specified cuts, with a 112 square metre mainsail, 90 square metre genoa, and 185 square metre gennaker on that particular boat.
Under this rig, seven knots on engines alone is the quoted motor-sailing baseline using twin 110hp powerplants, and on the water the boat recorded ten knots on a beam reach in 15 to 20 knots of wind during sea trials. That figure is conservative for a modern performance cat, suggesting the hull is tuned for loaded passage-making rather than regatta sprints. The displacement of 22 tonnes confirms this: the Sunreef 60 is a well-found bluewater cat, not a stripped racing machine.
A secondary helm station inside the pilothouse allows the boat to be managed in heavy weather without exposing the helmsman to the elements. When the autopilot is engaged, the interior station handles everything except the wheel, a meaningful safety feature on a shorthanded offshore passage.
Deck Layout and Liveability
The 60 is the smallest Sunreef yet to carry a bow terrace, a forward lounge with an L-shaped settee to starboard and twin sunpads. The terrace is set low for wind protection and privacy, accessed from either the side decks or directly through a forward saloon door. When that door and the aft glass doors are both open, the main deck becomes a continuous open-air living room, connecting forward lounge, saloon, cockpit, and aft platform without a physical interruption.
The aft platform serves a dual purpose. Configured at deck level it extends cockpit space; lowered to the waterline it becomes a beach club with staircase access from both sides — a functional solution that has become standard across the Sunreef range. The flybridge carries a grill, dining table, sunpads, and a jacuzzi, the latter with glass panels and described as a rare inclusion on a boat of this size.
Accommodation and Interior
The standard layout places three staterooms in the starboard hull and a full-width master in the port hull, each with its own en-suite, for a total guest capacity of eight. Owners can commission alternative arrangements; the fifth unit added a laundry room in the port bow and a walk-in provisions pantry adjacent to crew quarters, illustrating how far Sunreef will go to accommodate an owner's brief.
Interior materials run to pearl beige oak flooring and silver-grey oak furniture, with an alabaster marble decorative wall in the saloon and white kitchen counters. The colour palette of taupes, creams, whites, and sandy tones keeps the space neutral enough for charter use while remaining cohesive rather than anonymous. Large wraparound windows and an alabaster-accented saloon work together to keep the interior bright, which matters when the boat is on passage and the crew is spending long hours below.
A long central island bisects the saloon fore to aft, separating galley from seating and providing generous prep space — a detail that speaks to the boat's frequent use in crewed charter, where a professional cook needs a proper workspace rather than a residential kitchenette.
Known Considerations and Customisation
Sunreef builds each boat to a significant degree of individual specification. Layout modifications, finish selections, and equipment choices are genuinely open rather than constrained to a short options list. This delivers boats that are closely matched to owner intent, but it also means that two Sunreef 60s can differ substantially in their systems, weight, and sailing character. Buyers evaluating the model should treat each vessel as a semi-custom build rather than a production boat with a predictable equipment inventory.
The aft platform's tender stowage — a 3-metre tender capable of ferrying five guests — is integrated into the platform design, but launching and recovering the tender requires the platform to be lowered, which occupies the beach-club configuration. Operators managing a busy charter programme will need to plan around this constraint.
The mast height of 22 metres above the waterline is a fixed limitation for passage planning in waters with fixed bridges, particularly relevant on the European rivers and canals sometimes contemplated by round-the-world programmes.
Refits and Upgrades
Because the Sunreef 60 is a semi-custom product built in Poland, access to parts and factory-authorised service requires some advance planning when the boat is operating far from European waters. The shakedown cruise from the yard to the Mediterranean is effectively the first offshore leg for every unit, and the capable crew of three on the fifth unit reflects the boat's systems complexity rather than its sail-handling demands alone.
Owners considering the boat for long-term live-aboard or circumnavigation use should plan watermaker, battery bank, and solar capacity carefully at the order stage, as retrofitting major systems into a finished Sunreef hull involves working around a high-specification joinery package that was not designed for disassembly.
The Verdict
The Sunreef 60 is a serious long-range sailing catamaran that compresses the volume of a 70-footer into a 60-foot platform, and does so without the sacrifices in sea-keeping that the phrase "luxury catamaran" sometimes implies. The hull form is built for ocean miles, the rig is powerful but manageable, and the interior delivers a standard of finish that makes private ownership and crewed charter equally viable. The price of that ambition is complexity: this is not a boat for an owner who prefers simplicity in their systems or their builder relationship.
Pros
- Hull geometry tuned for offshore passage-making, cutting through rather than slamming into waves
- Genuine interior volume well in excess of what the nominal length suggests
- Bow terrace and continuous indoor-outdoor flow from foredeck to aft platform
- Deep customisation available at the order stage, including layout and finish
- Interior helm station allows all-weather management on autopilot
Cons
- Semi-custom build means no two boats are identical; thorough survey essential
- Systems complexity and Polish-yard provenance require advance planning for remote-location service
- 22-metre mast restricts access to bridge-constrained waterways
- Aft platform tender handling conflicts with beach-club use
- High specification joinery makes post-delivery systems upgrades labour-intensive
