Company Profile

Greg Young is the principal of Young Yacht Design Ltd and is driven by a passion for sailing and innovation by design.

Greg comes from a well known New Zealand family of yacht designers and boat builders. Living on the water and growing up in a sailing family, Greg established his sailing skills at a young age. Greg’s uncle (Jim Young) is a well respected designer of many of New Zealand’s most popular sail and power boats while Greg’s father (Alan Young) established one of New Zealand’s largest production boat builder companies building the highly successful Formula 4000.

At the age of 19 Greg started traveling around the world gaining experience in all areas of life and following his sports of yacht racing, cruising, windsurfing, surfing and snowboarding. Skippering charter yachts in the Mediterranean was a highlight and Greg developed a strong affinity with European design and style. After winning a design competition in 1993, Greg Started Greg Young Marine Ltd to build and export the award winning Bull 7000 all over the world and following on from that and other designs, Greg designed and built the Young 57 in 2000. This was his first multihull design and this design received acclaimed attention and led to a strong multihull affliction and the start of Young Yacht Design Ltd.

Greg and associates are pushing back design boundaries with a passion to explore and design truly unique and exciting projects. Client relationships are vital in any creative process and we thoroughly enjoy the interaction and many of our previous clients have become life long friends and repeat customers.

Please feel free to contact us to discuss your next project; we encourage you to make use of our free design proposal service.