Finding an optimum yacht for challenging high-latitude environments is easier said than done given the needs for seaworthiness, self-sufficiency, safety and reliability. The ever-tougher standards and regulations make retrofitting existing yachts difficult and expensive.
There has been a lot of interest from other sailors who had been looking for such a yacht but didn’t want to go through the intense, long and costly design and build process. Lynx 48 is now offered as a semi-custom series. The choice is between the standard version identical to the first unit, a custom build-out as agreed by buyer and the build-out yard and a semi-finished version ready for build-out by the buyer.