The story, the people
In 1985, two sailing enthusiasts and an investor set themselves a challenge: to publish a magazine specifically about multihulls. 35 years and 200 issues later, the story of Multicoques Mag - and that of Multihulls World - is being retold.
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18/03/2020
Par
Emmanuel van Deth
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171
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The summer of 1984. Two members of France’s Union Nationale des Multicoques (National Multihulls association) are writing the association’s latest newsletter. André Manchon is the owner of a Tornado, and Gilles Abeloos of a Victress 40 - Piver design. They’re almost done, when Gilles suggests to André that they ought to set up a more professional publication, along the lines of the British magazine Multihulls International, or the American Multihulls. The project starts to take shape: an agreement is reached with UNM to take on the title Multicoques Magazine, and the pair are supported by an i…
