Cormorant Yachts has launched an 80-foot, CE-A class, oceangoing cruiser from its Gdańsk, Poland, shipyard.
Hull No. 1 of the COR780 is a fast-di placement model with a ballasted keel and a pair of 1,200-hp MAN diesels that the owner requested. They return a reported top speed of 21 knots. The semicustom yard, which gives buyers a wide berth in choosing options, finished her interior in book-matched American walnut.
The owner is a seasoned yachtsman who also chose a larger hydraulic swim platform to accommodate personal watercraft or a dinghy (the flybridge deck can handle a tender up to 16 feet); a Victron Energy system with a two inverters, two isolation transformers and a LiFePO4 battery bank; a 5-kW solar array fixed to the hardtop to power hotel loads, linked to a Victron SmartSolar charge controller; and, for heavy lifting, two gensets rated at 20 and 18 kW. The cherry on top is the custom, six-person hot tub on the flybridge.
Comfort, safety and redundancy are also imbued in the COR780’s design. Wide side decks with high bulwarks have beefy, stainless-steel railings. There is flybridge access from the salon, a must when at sea. Redundant systems are built into the steering, autopilot, fuel and water filtration systems, and each power plant has an additional alternator.
In addition, the COR780’s hydraulic Sleipner fin-stabilizer package is fitted with an electric pump that allows zero-speed operation from the battery bank. It is tied into the boat’s other hydraulic systems, which include the proportional thrusters and windlass via load-sense pumps on the mains. Each can operate sans genset.
The standard layout for the COR780 includes four en suite staterooms. The full-beam owner’s stateroom has a walk-in closet. Crew quarters (or space for extra guests) is aft with access to the engine room.
For more intrepid cruisers, the builder has a version of the COR780 with a bulbous bow and smaller, more efficient power plants (up to 750 hp apiece) from John Deere and Scania, both of which offer trans-Pacific range at trawler speeds. According to Cormorant, the COR780 will see a 6,395-nautical-mile range at 7 knots, 4,794 nm at 8 knots and nearly 3,500 nm at 9 knots, with a 16-knot top speed.
Cormorant COR780
LOA: 80ft. 2in. • Beam: 20ft. 6in. • Draft: 5ft. 11in. • Displacement: 170,351 lbs. • Fuel: 3,962 gal. • Water: 501 gal. • Engines: 2x 1,200-hp MAN V-8
This article was originally published in the September 2024 issue.
