Of course we can all dream a little at the boat shows. If I won the lottery… Maybe I should at least play! Dear readers, you often complain. Every day we hear what upsets you. But what are you complaining about? The price of new boats dear friends. Do you really have to be a millionaire to indulge your passion for sailing a multihull? Here at the magazine, we still like to think that the answer is No! There really is something on offer for all budgets. And of course, as no challenge is too tough for us, we have done the testing for you…
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Flashback. I bought my first boat, an old Gib’Sea 80 plus monohull when I was young, and before I bought my first house. I was very proud. But later in my mid thirties when I needed to buy a house in the South to accomodate my wife and child, I had to sell my fourth boat, a Jeffcat 305, nicknamed Garfield on account of its girth. Despite bearing the prestigious signature of Erik Lerouge, getting enough decent living space in a 30 footer is still a major challenge. But let’s not forget that a house is still “a badly built boat a long way from the sea”. The next ten years were long. I secre…