Introducing Metal Shark Yachts. These rugged, American-made, all-aluminum catamaran-hulled floating fortresses break boundaries and destroy convention with military precision, opening up new opportunities for global exploration and adventure.

Our advanced catamaran hull forms deliver unmatched efficiency, with nearly twice the range of a traditional, comparably-sized monohull craft. What’s more, a Metal Shark is fast. New York to Miami in 48 hours? Not a problem. Crossing oceans at 20 knots? Can do. A Metal Shark Yacht boasts the speed and the range to take you the remote places you can’t get to in an airplane, with self-sustaining autonomy allowing for an unmatched level of independence, regardless of the destination.

These vessels are not delicate playthings. They are industrial grade. It’s more like taking command of your own sovereign country than owning a yacht. With ultra-long range capabilities, survivalist-level onboard power generation and management, extreme seakeeping, industrial-grade construction, and military-derived technology, these wave-crushing, ocean-conquering brutes allow owners to go off-grid like never before, and to stay as long as they like.

As a leading supplier of custom vessels for the U.S. Armed Forces and its allies worldwide, Metal Shark fields an in-house team of over 60 naval architects and maritime engineers – a formidable engineering resource unmatched by other recreational yacht builders.

Each of our yachts is built with exacting military precision at one of our United States shipbuilding facilities. Contact Us to begin the process of building your very own Metal Shark Yacht.

A YACHT – OR NOT?

While we’ve branded these vessels as “Metal Shark Yachts,” it was not without a great deal of consideration. The fact is, while they certainly meet all the qualifications for inclusion in the “yacht” category, they are like nothing else on the market today.

This became evident while cruising “Magnet,” the first M48, from our Franklin, Louisiana shipyard to Miami, via Corpus Christi to steer around a hurricane in the gulf, with stops along the way in the Dry Tortugas and Key West.

After a few days aboard, everyone had developed their own opinions, which were shared one evening over cocktails while at anchor in Key West:

“Calling this a yacht is underselling it. It’s not fussy like a yacht. It’s such a big, wide-open, stable platform, with so much room, in many ways it’s the anti-yacht. It’s a high performance houseboat that crosses oceans.”

“But it’s a large, luxurious, private recreational cruising vessel. It is, by definition, clearly a yacht.”

“Yes, but it doesn’t feel like a yacht at all. It’s so light and airy – you step onboard and it’s like walking into a high-end city apartment. You’re surrounded by windows, the atmosphere is so clean and modern, and you’re up so high. I don’t even feel right calling this a galley. This feels like a kitchen!”

“It’s a tool for exploration and adventure, designed to deliver a result. It allows you to go off grid, to reach remote places you can’t get to in an airplane. It is an industrial-grade tool.”

In the end, everyone aboard set their opinions aside to agree on one key point: Yachts or not, these vessels are highly capable, and very special, enabling an entirely new type of cruising experience.