As 2025 draws to a close, Australia’s superyacht builder Echo Yachts reflects on a milestone year marked by innovative projects, major achievements, and a strong presence at leading international and national industry events. The shipyard’s latest newbuild, the ASC58 – a 58-metre sailing catamaran, is already generating global excitement. Set to be a world-first, the vessel will feature twin Dynarig automated masts and sails, delivering true zero-emission cruising under sail via its advanced trawling propellers, shaft-generator system, and integrated battery bank. Alongside its newbuild activity, Echo Yachts successfully completed a series of superyacht refit and maintenance projects throughout the year, with additional projects slated for 2026.
Echo’s busy calendar of international events and boat shows continues to strengthen global awareness of the Echo Yachts brand and Australia’s world-class shipbuilding capability, with team members participating in Superyachts.com Building Nations in London, the Palm Beach International Boat Show USA, the Dubai International Boat Show,Singapore Yachting Festival, the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, the Asia-Pacific Superyacht Summit in Hong Kong, the Monaco Yacht Show, the Explorer Yacht Summit in Monaco, and METS in Amsterdam.
While the shipyard remains a leader in full-custom superyacht construction across 50-100m steel and aluminium monohulls, catamarans, and trimarans, 2025 also put a strong spotlight on Echo Yachts’ extensive refit and maintenance capabilities. This was exemplified by the award-winning refit of M/Y Just B at the 2025 Australian Marine Awards, as well as the company’s participation exhibiting as part of Team Australia in the new Superyacht Refit pavilion at METS Amsterdam.
In addition, another of Echo Yachts’ skilled apprentices became the West Australian State winner and was named a finalist at the national Australian Marine Apprentice of the Year Awards—following closely in the footsteps of two other Echo apprentices who won the national title in each of the previous two years.
Significant other highlights of the year include the exhibition of Echo’s M/Y Charley 2 56m adventure/support catamaran in the Singapore Yachting Festival, and the inclusion of Echo Yachts among other world-leading shipyards in the new Superyachts.com ‘Building Nations’docuseries featured on Apple TV and Amazon Prime, offering viewers a rare look inside the companies shaping the future of superyacht building.