RAW 110

• LOA 33.87 m, beam 7.48 m
• Steel hull with aluminium superstructure
• Exterior design by Giorgio M. Cassetta
• Top speed around 13 knots
• Range above 5,000 nm at economical speed
• Bow stowage for two 5 m tenders
• Unveiled at the 2024 Cannes Yachting Festival
• First hull Amiga, keel laid 2025, in build in Ancona

The concept, reduced to what matters

Where the RJ dresses the explorer in architecture and the Deep Blue in drama, RAW does the opposite. The brief Cassetta worked to was distilling the essence of the type into a form both rugged and refined, and the result is a slender, all-white 33.87 metre profile built from clean geometric volumes, with nothing decorative pretending to be structural.

Chief executive Vasco Buonpensiere framed the line's goal as comfortable, safe journeys over long distances instead of eye-catching features, which sounds like modesty and is actually positioning. RAW is aimed at owners who have seen the segment fill with expedition styling and want the substance with the volume turned down. It is a familiar arc from other industries, the market leader refreshing its own aesthetic before a rival does it first, made from a position of strength while the segment it leads keeps growing.

A foredeck that works like a deck should

The defining image of the RAW 110 is its bow, engineered to stow two five metre tenders side by side, a working arrangement borrowed from patrol and support vessels and almost unheard of on a 33 metre yacht. Launching happens by deck crane, and with both boats in the water the foredeck clears into open space. The two-boat bow also solves the oldest explorer problem, a primary tender and a true backup, carried without stacking or towing.

The yard also cites deck geometry able to support drone operations, part of a broader theme of leaving flat, unobstructed surfaces wherever possible. The aft end stays free for living, and the design's honesty extends to maintenance, with equipment mounted to be reached and serviced in the open air where it belongs.

Two five metre tenders stowed side by side on the bow of a 33 metre yacht, a patrol-boat idea in yacht finish.

Under the white paint

The platform is orthodox CdM, a steel displacement hull with aluminium superstructure, drawn around tankage for more than 5,000 nautical miles at economical speed and a top speed around 13 knots. The structural and systems specification follows the same commercial-grade template as the rest of the fleet, sized for self-sufficiency in places without support.

That consistency is the point of buying the newest line from an established yard. RAW carries no first-generation risk in its engineering, because the hull philosophy, the machinery choices and the build process are the ones proven across roughly forty delivered yachts. What is new is the packaging, and packaging is the cheapest thing to be experimental with.

Amiga, the first believer

The model moved from Cannes reveal to signed contract quickly, and in 2025, just over a year after the unveiling, CdM laid the keel of the first RAW 110, named Amiga, at a private ceremony in Ancona. The boat is in build at the time of writing, with the yard's standard cadence suggesting a delivery in the later 2020s. The keel ceremony followed the house tradition, a quiet media-light event that treats the start of steel as the real birthday of a boat.

First hulls at CdM have a habit of defining their lines, Aurelia for the Flexplorer, Acala for the Deep Blue, and Amiga will carry that weight for RAW. For a buyer considering hull two, the yard's record is reassuring, since every previous line has translated from rendering to water without losing its promised character.

Where RAW fits

At 33.87 metres the RAW 110 slots between the Darwin 102 and the two 115s in the catalogue, and its natural buyer is different from all of them. This is the choice of an owner who finds even the Darwin too traditional, wants a yacht organised around boats, diving and sea time, and prefers a contemporary profile over heritage cues.

It is also, tellingly, the line the yard chose to launch in the middle of its ownership transition, a signal that product development did not pause while the shareholding changed. A brand new series from the market leader in its strongest segment is exactly what continuity looks like from the outside. New shareholders, the same designers, the same sheds and a new line arriving on schedule made the point better than any press release could.

Para quién es: An owner who wants explorer substance in its most functional, contemporary form, carries serious tenders and dive kit, and is comfortable commissioning early in a new line from a proven yard.