Long Island 78 Motor Yacht
About Long Island 78
Eighteen knots flat out and a 12-knot cruise mark the Long Island 78 out as a boat built for range rather than speed. JFA Yachts is building her in Concarneau, to a design by Marc Lombard, with 2027 set as her completion year.
Build and provenance
Her hull is aluminium and her deck and superstructure are composite, a combination chosen to keep weight down and range up rather than for outright pace. She is a long-range cruiser, still under construction at the yard in Concarneau, with 2027 set as the year she is due to be finished. Franck Darnet Design has drawn her interior and exterior styling, working a mix of oak and darker wood tones through the cabins.
Layout and accommodation
Eight guests are accommodated across four cabins: the port hull holds the owner's suite and a further guest cabin, and the starboard hull holds three more guest cabins. The wheelhouse sits up on the flybridge, enclosed, with a banquette and desk that give it panoramic views over the water alongside the helm. A galley, salon, dining area and chart table are set on the central level, so the everyday spaces sit together rather than split across decks.
Performance and engineering
Twin engines give the Long Island 78 her 12-knot cruise and 18-knot top speed, sized to match her light aluminium build rather than to chase outright power. That lighter construction is also what gives her the transatlantic range her design is built around, a boat meant to cross an ocean economically rather than sprint across a bay.
Where she lies and how to see her
The yard at Concarneau, France, is where the Long Island 78 is being built, and it is where a buyer would see her ahead of completion. We organise the viewing and stand alongside you there, and once an offer is accepted a survey and sea trial follow before she is handed over.
Full Specifications
- Length
- 78' / 24 m
- Beam
- 11.2 m
- Guests
- 8
- Cabins
- 4
- Cruising Speed
- 12 kn
- Top Speed
- 18 kn
- Delivery
- 2027
- Hull
- Monohull
- Style
- Flybridge
- Building in
- Concarneau
- Country
- France
Buying Costs
- Survey
- A buyer normally commissions a condition survey, and a sea trial, once an offer is accepted and before the sale becomes unconditional. The cost depends on her size and on where she is lifted, and it is the buyer who appoints the surveyor.
- Registration and flag
- She will be registered on a flag of the buyer's choosing, which carries its own fees and its own survey and crew requirements. Where the yacht is owned through a company, the shares rather than the vessel may change hands, which changes what is payable.
- VAT and import
- Whether VAT is due, and where, depends on the yacht's current status, her flag, the buyer's residency and where she is delivered. Where the seller has stated her VAT status, it is shown with the asking price on her page, and it is confirmed in writing before an offer is made.
- Running costs
- Crew, berthing, insurance, class and annual maintenance continue from the day she is yours. A yacht that is also chartered earns against them, and we will set out what her season has actually returned before you commit.
Details are given in good faith and are not contractual. Offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
