Langan Design Partners LLC

“It’s a scale of project that can sink a yard unlucky enough to fumble it.” That’s how Aaron Porter, editor of Professional BoatBuilder magazine, opened Sail America’s panel discussion on Ouzel, the 95-foot wood-composite sailing yacht recently launched by Rockport Marine.

In the full conversation, Porter sits down with Sam Temple of Rockport Marine and Tom Degrémont of Langan Design Partners to talk through how a project like Ouzel actually comes together — from the owners’ original brief to the design choices, engineering challenges, and realities of building a modern custom superyacht in a midcoast Maine boatyard whose shed was barely large enough to hold the hull.

As Sam Temple notes during the discussion: “The modern boatbuilder is a little different than they used to be.” You can watch the full video from Sail America’s “How to Build a Superyacht in New England” panel below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHRT1OEokIg

MCM Langan Design Partners LLC Mark Whiteley Design Rockport Marine
Professional BoatBuilder Sail America

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Billy Black (1-5, 8, 10)
Wyatt Piro (6)
Russell Kaye (7, 9)

'How to Build a Superyacht in New England' Rockport Marine + Langan Design @ Sail America How do you build a 95-foot wood-composite Superyacht in New England? At the 2026 Sail America Industry Conference, Aaron Porter of Professional BoatBuilder s...