The project was initiated by Patrick Firmenich, Jean Pfau, Jean Psarofaghis and Alex Schneiter.

The impressive human and technical resources that needed to be involved to complete this boat make it worthy of an America’s Cup project.

The conception and construction of the SYZ & CO hydrofoil catamaran represent a total workload of over 30’000 hours. An indication of the project’s scale is provided by the fact that building an America’s Cup Class yacht requires approximately 25’000 work hours.

   

Project Team
Concept	Patrick Firmenich, Jean Pfau, Jean Psarofaghis, Alex Schneiter
Architects	VPLP (Van Peteghem – Lauriot Prévost)
Engineering/Structure/Composite Materials	Clemens Dransfeld and the Polymer Engineering Institute of the Haute Ecole Universitaire of Northwest Switzerland
Hydrodynamics	Giorgio Provinciali; Michel Kermarec
Foils	ZR Concept in Echandens (Vaud)
Construction	Psaros SA Shipyard in Vésenaz (Geneva)
Sails	North Sails (Suisse)