Our Priorities

• Safety in every aspect of the design

• A “less is more” approach — focus on what truly matters

• Simplicity wherever possible

• Easy, efficient sail handling

• Striking aesthetics — no excuse for an unattractive boat

• Seamless connection between salon and cockpit for better livability

• Spacious, luxury living within the hulls

• Exceptional performance — outpacing others without requiring a professional crew

Shift was born to eliminate compromise at sea. Inspired by the sudden shifts in wind that sailors must master, our yachts are engineered to change the course of performance sailing. Reimagined as one complete system, this design unites true performance with refined luxury - without sacrificing control, safety, or ease of handling. The result is a boat that performs as beautifully as it lives.

Shift your expectations

A yacht designed for family cruising and easy short handed sailing — balancing safety, simplicity, luxury, and exhilarating performance.

Exterior Gallery

Where form and function truly meet.

Interior Gallery

Galley Lounge

The galley is enclosed by a large island for safety. The very large galley island has a clean work top, a lot of refrigeration and storage below. It is a social hub for good food and cheer. The salon sofa seating is sumptuous and large, with a big dining table that can lower to form a lounging bed, or additional king berth, perfect for the pilot berth when off watch.

Seamless Living

Connection between the salon and cockpit is uniquely uninterrupted like no boat before, creating a magnificent modern apartment style of living. The salon doors stow under the floor boards so there is no obstruction at all, no other catamaran offers this innovative solution. Using precision technologies ensure the doors are lightweight and can be assembled or stowed in less than 2 minutes. No more heavy salon door glass, no more safety or warranty concerns, no more obstruction to your views or living flow.

Versatile Luxury

The cockpit sports double seated helm chairs with reversable back rests to create day beds or social seating. The aft cockpit seating area is multifunction - an 8 person dining table, two tables for easier flow, or lower into a daybed in the cockpit. Pick your configuration in the shade or sun.

Performance

The performance polars shown were issued by the ORC Central Rating Office. The ORCmh certificate is VPP based and intended to be used as a modern fair handicapping system. Presenting the boats speed potential in this way ensures that the results are unbiased and repeatable and easily comparable with our competitors.

Download the ORCmh test certificate below, and use it to compare the performance of the Shift54+ with others to help in your decision making process when buying a new catamaran. We have various data sets at different displacements, with different daggerboard and rig configurations, contact us at sales@shift-yachts.com if you would like to request these additional certificates.

Click button to download ORC test certifcate for the Shift 54+

Composite construction and restraint through a less is more approach, deliver an incredibly light platform. The result is best in class power to weight ratio, capable of boat speeds that can exceed windspeed. Other notable features contributing to these performance levels, long high efficiency rudders and asymmetric daggerboards. An optimised mast position and low boom resulting in a high aspect ratio mainsail and large powerful headsails. Efficient hull forms through multiple iterations of hydrodynamic simulations.

To learn more about how we get the best possible performance out of our cruising catamarans, visit the why shift information page.

*Sail Area / Displacement ratio = 37.3

*Displace / length ratio = 67.6

*Bruce Number = 1.53

*numbers based on Carbon options in race trim

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