Who do you call if you want to design a state of the art, carbon fiber multihull with the intent of bringing back a serious piece of America’s Cup bling to your yacht club? My first call would be to Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin of Morrelli & Melvin Design & Engineering in Huntington Beach, CA.
Their names are associated with some of the fastest, most high tech multis on the water. You remember that 105′ Catamaran PlayStation that went so well? Well, that was one of their designs. With Gino on board they set a 24-hour distance record of 580.23 nautical miles back in 1999. Added to the list of the accomplishments where their designs have reigned supreme are a handful of ‘A’ Class Worlds, a Little America’s Cup win, trans-Atlantic records, a Trans-Pac win, and too many regional event trophies to count. In a 2010 commencement speech at The Landing School in Maine, Gino Morrelli listed a whole, diverse slew of multihulls that their company has designed. Finishing up the list was their single monohull: a boat designed for Disney for their Jungle Book ride. These guys have multihulls sailing through their veins!
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