8 Multihull of the Year 2020
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54 BUYERS’ GUIDE 2020
Every multihull on the market – All the new boats
56 Less than 30 feet
63 30 to 40 feet
70 40 to 45 feet
76 45 to 50 feet
82 50 to 60 feet
90 60 to 70 feet
97 Powercats
109 Multiyachts over 70 feet
114 List of boat tests
Sailboat tests
136 Excess 12
144 Dazcat 1495
156 Astus 22 second-hand
Powercat test
150 Iliad 50
Cruising
28 Postcards
35 Reader’s Spot
38Nosy Sakatia - Madagascar
Charter destination
42 Antigua
Chronicle around the world
46 Caribbean jazz
Practical
120 Piracy: what are the risks?
128 Catamaran basics: Taking the ground safely
132 Diagnostic: Gangways
Features
12 Downwind
15 The photographer’s eye
17 Racing news
21 News from the pontoons
23 2020 Boat show guide
25 Shopping
116 Quiz
162 Classified ads
170 Who’s who: Dr Hudson & Mr Hakes
That’s some Buyer’s Guide!
For almost two months now, we’ve talked of nothing but. Think about it: dozens of projects from all over the world to investigate, nearly 200 multihulls to be referenced, classified, illustrated – and all being presented over more than 40 pages. A titanic job for our new team at the helm. Certainly, this 172-page special issue is the biggest issue of the year. But it's been worth it: for months to come - or even 10 years from now, who knows? - you be will (re)reading this Multihulls World issue no. 169. It’s one to keep, and discover and compare all the multihulls on the market. To dream of your next boat too... We’ve made sure to offer you a clearer and much more complete Purchasing Guide - 50% more multihulls, and a list of all our tests. So much more than a basic issue of Multihulls World, it’s an information device, a reference tool that we’re offering you. Take care of it!
Emmanuel van Deth / Editor-in-Chief
In praise… of slow!
Regular readers, you know it well: all the members of the magazine’s editorial staff love to sail at speeds that were, not so long ago, reserved only for ocean racing skippers on their “Formula 1 of the seas” ...
That's the way it is, we can’t change our nature. But let's be honest, it's much easier today to go fast, thanks to the incredible technical progress in equipment and materials, the increasingly efficient navigation aids and the genius of our naval architects who are designing ever more efficient craft while keeping the incredible potential for comfort that only our modern multihulls can offer.
But before you set off, bound for the famous seven seas of the world, take the time to savor this special issue, which brings together most of the world's multihull production. A welcome break, before making the choice - we hope you do - to offer yourself a new multihull, with which you can take the time to live, at the speed of the wind alone, and to discover the most beautiful anchorages of our wonderful blue planet!
Fair winds and… enjoy!
Gerbert Rambaud - General Manager Jours de Passions
Jean-Christophe Guillaumin - Captain of Multihulls World
