Hargrave Yachts

About Hargrave Yachts

Legendary designer Jack Hargrave played an important role in the success of companies like Hatteras, Burger, Amels, Prairie, Atlantic & Halmatic. Hargrave was originally known as the top yacht design firm in America.

Since the yachting industry had changed, bringing the Hargrave name into the future first required an admission that the most successful builders now had their own in-house design and engineering department, and the role of the independent naval architect was also changing. Michael Joyce, who had spent his career in the sales, service, and distribution side of the business, realized that if Hargrave was going to play a key role in the future of the industry, they would have to do it on their own and could no longer rely on builders for their future business.