If you will have a yacht constructed new, the first step must be to find a reliable and experienced Naval Architect and start with preparing a Conceptual Design and Technical Specification when it is finished you will be able to ask for price to shipyards. It must be similar for refit project. Then Naval Architect can give you other services as fallows:

• Selection of Contractors
• Evaluation of the Design
• Resistance Prediction
• Propeller Design
• Lines Optimization
• Model Testing
• Final Design
• Class Projects and Design Approval
• Supervision of Construction
• Sea Trials
• Heeling Tests
• Intact Stability