New boat models from concept to production-ready, with a precision and pace the industry has never seen. Naval architecture, engineering, design, systems. Every discipline, one team.
Our Approach
We sell design certainty. Clients come to us when they need to get a new model right the first time, on schedule, manufacturable, and built to perform.
PT Yacht Design is a full-service marine design and engineering firm. We take new boat models from concept to production-ready tooling at an aggressive pace, with precision that rivals much larger teams. Naval architecture, design, engineering, and tooling, all in one integrated team: no gaps, no handoffs between firms.
Our team has composite design and fabrication backgrounds, not just CAD experience. Every surface decision is made with tooling, assembly, and production cost already in mind. The result: a program that moves faster, costs less to execute, and delivers a vessel that performs exactly as designed.
Engineering Disciplines
Whether you need a hull optimized for record-setting performance, class-A surface modeling ready for production, or a complete systems package from concept through construction drawings, our four disciplines work seamlessly together or independently.
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS · PAYLOAD INTEGRATION · USV / UUV
You bring the mission. We create the engineering package, from concept to launch-ready documentation. Rapid development and accelerated tooling design, with manufacturing available through our preferred production partner. We engineer the platform around your autonomous stack: hull geometry, payload bay definition, interface requirements, and producibility baked in from day one.
Hydrostatics · CFD · Performance Predictions
Race-proven hull design for high-performance catamarans and monohulls. We adapt offshore-proven elements — steps, pads, compression tunnels, notched transoms — to vessels that carry more weight on less power.
Class-A Surfacing · Composite-Aware · Digital Twin
Refined design blending high performance with classic detail. Our surface modeling accounts for composite behavior after lamination — designing out concavity before it becomes a problem in the mold.
Mechanical · Structural · Plumbing · Propulsion
Full mechanical, structural, plumbing, and propulsion systems development, delivered as a complete digital twin. ABYC/NMMA compliant. Production-ready from day one.
0.030mm Accuracy · Digital Capture · Inspection
Metrology-grade laser scanning at 0.030mm (0.001") accuracy. We digitize existing patterns, molds, and parts — optimizing geometry for surface finish, symmetry, draft, and integration into your next development cycle.
Mold Flanges · LPT · LRTM · CNC-Ready
Production-ready mold geometry engineered for your process. Draft analysis, part splits, and CNC-ready releases designed to eliminate problems before the tool is cut.
BOM · Construction Docs · First Article
We don't just hand off drawings. We walk manufacturers through to first article — build sequences, QC checkpoints, and production documentation that make your launch day as clean as the design.
Signature Capability
From first hull line to production-ready construction package, every PTYD engagement concludes with a fully resolved digital twin. Your team inherits a master CAD model, accurate BOM, and construction drawings your shop can build from on day one.
The PT Yacht Design Model
"Most design firms hand you drawings and walk away. We stay in the room."
Whether you have a napkin sketch or a rough design file, PTYD takes your concept through every phase: naval architecture, engineering, and tooling. When manufacturing is the next step, we connect you with our affiliated production partner. You choose how far you want to go. We have done this 24+ times across the US marine industry, for startups and established brands alike. Every program is delivered on a defined timeline with a complete digital twin your team can build from on day one.
We deliver the full engineering package: naval architecture, Class-A surfacing, structural and systems engineering, construction drawings, renders, and a complete digital twin. You take it to your own manufacturer. Same deliverable quality used by Fountain, Solace, Freeman, and more.
PTYD engineering paired directly with ProtoTech Manufacturing, our affiliated production partner in Washington, NC. When design and manufacturing are working the same program together, problems get solved the same day, not the same month. Your tooling is built and shipped production-ready.
Visit ProtoTech ManufacturingWe help you build and stand up your own manufacturing operation, ready to receive molds and begin production. Your concept, your brand, your facility. We help you get there from zero.
How We Work
Client brief, design parameters, performance targets. FRP list established. Program launched with precision — alignment before a line is drawn.
Hull development, interior arrangement, hydrostatics, and CFD validation. Performance confirmed before a mold is cut.
Structural analysis, systems integration, BOM development. Production-level documentation built alongside the model, every system resolved in CAD first.
Mold-ready geometry, CNC files, construction documents, and QC frameworks. Prototype integration through first article.
Markets
Our engineering methodology applies across any industry where performance, precision, and composite construction intersect, from high-speed powerboats to architectural installations.
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