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Alibi 54 (France)

Price $1,290,000 (USD)
Location France
S/V Be The First — a 2016 Alibi 54, for sale by broker.
This custom Alibi 54 redefines luxury performance sailing. A composite hull with a carbon substructure, a rotating carbon mast, retractable propulsion, asymmetrical daggerboards, a full sail inventory, and a refined interior with AC and lithium power deliver a fast, elegant passagemaker. The Alibi 54 is widely regarded as one of the most exhilarating and innovative performance cruising catamarans ever built, and Be The First stands as one of the finest examples of the concept. Conceived with offshore racing technology and comfortable bluewater cruising in mind, the Alibi 54 pushed boundaries and defined a new segment of performance-oriented luxury catamarans.…
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Educational Articles

Alibi 54 ‘Be The First’: A Carbon Cat Built to Fly

Some catamarans are built to lounge. This one was built to go. In a walkthrough filmed at Nanny Cay Marina in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, broker Chesnee Cogswell introduces the 2016 Alibi 54 S/V Be The First — a boat she describes as “a unique fusion of high-performance sailing engineering and off-the-grid luxury cruising.” Her construction story is unusual. The hull and superstructure were built at the Alibi shipyard in Thailand, then shipped to France for the mechanical and electrical installation and the interior build-out.…

Aboard S/V DIFFERENCE: A Carbon-Rigged Alibi 54 in Grenada

Tied up in Port Louis Marina, Grenada, S/V DIFFERENCE is a 2011 Alibi 54 that reads more like a serious offshore tool than a production catamaran. Designed by French multihull architect Loïc Goepfert and built in Thailand, she’s a semi-custom high-performance cruiser laid up in unidirectional fiberglass, carbon, and epoxy resin — coming in just under 12 tons all-in. In the video, broker Andrew Hodgdon walks her end to end, and the picture that emerges is a boat built to sail hard while still keeping her owner in one place: single-owner, professionally captained, and never chartered.…