But they’re no strangers to boatbuilding. Over the past 18 years, Cure has collaborated on over 15 vessels, including some of the country’s best-known performance multihulls, including Zero (Schionning G-Force 1800 SSS) and Chill Pill (Schionning G-Force 1500).
In 2022, when Dave was in the market for a 55-foot sailing cat and couldn’t find one to match his wish list, he formed Cure Marine and set about building it.
“We have a large internal design team,” Lee says. “And we’re proud to say the naval architecture is by Melbourne-based Paul Bury, who was involved with the development of the legendary Brindabella program and has worked with Wally Yachts and Tripp Design in Europe.”
Now under construction in their Coolum factory, which is equipped with the largest 3D printer of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, the first of the Cure 55 Cats will launch by summer 2023.
Two of the new 55s have been sold and are in pre-production stage, as tooling is carried out. Cure intends to build four per year for the next two years, increasing this to eight to 10 units by 2025.