Gunboat 90 Tigerlily Too

Featuring new tables and more open space, the spacious bridge-deck saloon opens wide from the cockpit. All photos by JM Murphy Photography

The refit of the 90-foot Gunboat catamaran Tigerlily Too (originally built in 2010), stemmed from the new owners’ desire for a fast passagemaking yacht for his family. This included a redesigned master cabin with attached office, a “bunk room” for his college-age son and his friends, a more open plan layout in the bridge deck saloon and functional and comfortable crew spaces. The galley was moved from the main saloon into the starboard hull where it anchors a dedicated crew area, which also includes a pantry/laundry room, crew mess and captain’s/mate’s cabin.

Initial design work and engineering was conducted by David McCullough Architects, with Newport Yacht Builders taking over final layout and joinery design, as well as the interior build and installation. Martha Coolidge Design came onboard during the project as well to develop a plan for interior finishes. Jon Barrett Associates managed the refit.

Taken from the starboard, forward end of the main saloon, this photo shows the galley before removal for the refit.

The bridge-deck saloon after the refit, port to starboard.

As first built, with the galley topsides and a large central storage area aft of the helm seat, the starboard side of the main saloon was crowded. Not so, after a structural beam was added to the cabinhouse roof (above) allowing for an open plan with a large circular dining table, custom concave cabinetry with a drop-down projector and 80-inch screen above, and a beautiful saloon floor of 6mm solid teak. The helm station was also replaced with a floating composite dash wrapped in leather and trimmed with wood, hinging off a new foam/fiberglass base. AC ducts discreetly exit through the sides of the new helm seat base.

Clear deck hatches and large ports in the topsides bring plenty of natural light into the new galley, shown above looking forward into the crew mess area just beyond a massive refrigerator/freezer, pantry cupboard, and washer/dryer. The starboard daggerboard trunk is discreetly tucked into the countertop and cabinetry design at right.

View of the day head, also serving the adjacent bunkroom.

The bunk room is located aft of the galley in the starboard hull and shares companionway access to the main saloon.

The master cabin in the port hull features a new desk, computer monitor, and a hidden pull-out TV screen (by the fan) that extends on a track and can be viewed from the athwartship master berth, the foot of which is visible on the left. The port daggerboard trunk in this hull is hidden in the same cabinetry as the TV.

The view at anchor from the dining table, built of carbon fiber by Clear Carbon Components with an inlaid veneer top produced by StudioTre in Italy.