Holland-based Trimm Design bills itself as a one-stop shop in interior and exterior yacht design, naval architecture and engineering. Founded in 2008, its clients include the Dutch brands Altena, Boarnstream and Holterman, all of which have built models off Trimm’s concepts.

Trimm’s latest project is the Pacific Omega 78, a long-range passagemaker from Pacific Shipyards, also in the Netherlands. When I caught up with Trimm Design principals Warren Parry and Siep Keizer, they had just returned from Pacific’s Waspik facility, where the steel hull was flipped. (The superstructure will be aluminum.) The duo had debriefed the boat’s hands-on owner, who is planning a five-year circumnavigation following the vessel’s debut at the 2025 Cannes Yachting Festival.

The enclosed flybridge includes twin pilot seats, a desk for chart work, a wet bar, a roomy seating area and a captain’s berth.

The CE-A class vessel looks to be an ideal steed for a half decade on the world’s seas. For the captain, the enclosed flybridge includes twin pilot seats, a desk for chart work, a wet bar and a berth. A seating area allows guests to keep the skipper company. Pantograph doors to port and starboard provide easy access to wing stations that flank the Portuguese bridge. To access the flybridge, guests can use the internal, amidships staircase or the stairs from the cockpit. A separate entrance to the flybridge for crew is via a staircase from the starboard side deck.

For the owners and guests, Parry said, the design ethos of “endurance meets elegance” will pay dividends with comfort for long periods at sea. The main deck unfurls from the fully protected cockpit to reveal a salon that’s chockablock with seating, windows, a galley, a day head, and an additional settee abaft the companionway. A guest stateroom is in the bow, along with crew quarters. Belowdecks, the full-beam amidships master stateroom and the forward VIP have dedicated companionways for optimal privacy.

The main deck is designed for lounging in comfort during long periods at sea. There’s a guest stateroom forward, as well as crew quarters.

Outdoor spaces include three distinct areas: the cockpit, bow lounge and bridge deck aft. A U-shape bar is on the bridge deck aft with a grill, sink and guest seating for casual meals, all protected from the elements by the extended flybridge. A seating area on this deck can expand when the tender is launched.

The team specified a pair of com-mercially rated, 326-hp John Deere diesels and a fuel capacity of more than 6,000 gallons to fulfill the brief of a long-range cruiser. There’s also a watermaker, DMS stabilizers, gensets and redundancy built into nearly all onboard systems. According to Trimm, the 78 will have a 5,000-nautical-mile range at 8 knots, with a top speed of 12 knots.

Pacific Omega 78

LOA: 77ft. 5in. • Beam: 22ft. 10in. • Draft: 5ft. 3in. • Displacement: 271,168 lbs. • Fuel: 6,092 gal. • Water: 632 gal. • Engines: 2x 326-hp John Deere

This article was originally published in the September 2024 issue.