140,000 views on YouTube & counting!

Our time-lapse video of the construction of the custom Antrim 49, Rapid Transit, at Berkeley Marine Center is quite popular. The video captures the full process of building molds, vacuum packing the carbon fiber and fiberglass hull, merging the hull sections, finishing the hull and adding hardware.

Rapid Transit was launched in 2011, and it was one of the first or several yachts built at the yard.  The boat building division is led by Cree Partridge, who brings decades of experience in yacht construction. The more recent designs are by renowned naval architect Jim Antrim. His innovative designs include everything from the Ultimate 24, Sportboat Magazine’s 2003 Boat of the Year, to a series of custom yachts, including an Open 50 built for the Vendee Globe and Around Alone races.

Building a yacht at Berkeley Marine Center gives the boat owner the opportunity to be as informed and as involved in the construction process as they’d like.