Du Toit Yacht Design was established by Anton du Toit in 2001. In 2007 he was awarded the Disa South African Design Excellence Award. Anton has over thirty years of practical sailing and racing experience in various locations around the world. He grew up on boats, spending thirteen years cruising around the world with his family in their Sparkman Stephens Tartan 46 ftft. From a young age he started designing boats and his yearning to learn more about boat deign and architecture led him to study all available design material. Anton was especially inspired by the renowned yacht designers Sparkman & Stephens, Phil Rhodes, John Alden and Herreshoff. On returning to South Africa in 1990 he worked at prominent South African yacht designer Angelo Lavranos & Associates and at world-class yacht building facility Southern Wind Shipyard. He decided to go on his own in 2000, and with the business growing steadily, he hired additional designers. His partner, Charmaine du Toit, gave up her nursing career to join when her interest in the business grew tobecame a passion. She is no stranger to boats. Having lived at the sea all her life, Charmaine is no stranger to boats. She also completes a and crewed with Anton on a Rio-Cape Town delivery with Anton in 1993. Charmaine is responsible for all interior design work and manages the administrative side of the business. Sean Youldon joined DTYD in 2011 after completing his NQF Level 4 boat building qualification. Sean is an avid young sailor, catamaran sailing being his passion. He grew up sailing cats on the Vaal Dam at his home yacht club, Boskop Yacht Club and successfully completed a 1 year internship at Southern Wind Shipyard in the composites department. Sean’s passion is in yacht design and his aspiration is to become a yacht designer, He has found the perfect environment to build on his boat building qualification and do so at DTYD. Over the years, DTYD is has been closely associated with the prestigious racing yacht designers Botin & Carkeek on various projects, where we arethey have been involved with structural and detailing aspects on cruisers and the GP, TP and VO70 classes. Now, DTYD still works closely with Botin Partners and Carkeek Design Partners. Whatever the project, each design is carefully conceptualiszed and detailed according to the client’s brief, the use of the vessel, construction requirements and costs. This process is facilitated by the powerful Catia V5 and Rhino software for 2D & 3D design deliverables. Once construction begins, , wethe team at DTYD liaise closely with the builder throughout the construction process, providing them with all required information ensuring the project proceeds as planned. DTYD has completed many exciting projects, all of which can be reviewed in the Designs section of the website
