Black Pepper Yachts

The Black Pepper Code C.100 is for the owner who wants the ultimate performance multihull shaped around the owner’s programme, preferences and way of living on board.

I value the Code C.100 because it represents Black Pepper’s most ambitious multihull thinking to date. Shortly after the Code C.69, the yard moved the concept into a 100-foot carbon catamaran project designed by Yacht Design Collective, François Pérus and Romain Scolari. The result is a yacht with sharply inverted bows, a sculpted coachroof, deliberately moderate freeboard and a profile that is powerful without becoming inflated. It is clearly conceived for owners who want far more than volume: they want a large private sailing yacht with purpose, speed, technical substance and a recognisable design identity.

What makes the Code C.100 especially relevant is the way Black Pepper approaches individual commission. The yard does not simply adapt cushions and finishes; it is prepared to create a yacht shaped around the owner’s programme, preferences and way of living on board. The first Black Pepper multihull projects already show this clearly, with different superstructures, interior concepts, helm arrangements and technical choices reflecting different owner priorities. That capacity to create within a coherent design language is essential at this level. A 100-foot multihull should not feel like a scaled-up catalogue product, but like a yacht properly conceived around how the owner intends to sail, host, travel, and live on board.

The technical proposition is equally serious. The Code C.100 is presented as an all-carbon, epoxy-infused racer-cruiser of more than 30 metres, with a very wide platform, a daggerboard configuration, a powerful sail plan, and CE Category A offshore ambitions. Published material positions her in the performance-cruising multihull segment, with luxury comfort, onboard autonomy and substantial technical options such as air conditioning, insulation, solar panels, watermaker, generators, electronics, galley systems and tender integration. For the right client, this is not simply a larger catamaran; it is a private performance platform where engineering, range, comfort, and individuality must be carefully balanced.

My advisory role is to bring structure, discretion and strategic judgement to such a demanding commission. With a yacht like the Code C.100, the key decisions concern the owner’s programme, crew model, performance appetite, deck and helm philosophy, interior atmosphere, guest and crew separation, energy systems, tender logistics, delivery planning, ownership structure and long-term yacht management. I guide the client through those decisions, represent their interests in discussions with the yard, and help ensure that the final yacht is not merely spectacular but coherent, personal, and properly prepared for the way it will be sailed, operated, and enjoyed.