Growing pains?
If you look through the Buyer’s Guide in your favorite magazine, or along the pontoons dedicated to multihulls at boat shows, or at charter fleets, or an idyllic anchorage, one thing is clear: it seems that below 40 feet, or even 45 feet, production is rare. A foregone conclusion, the result of a formidable marketing policy or technological evolution? Perhaps a little of all three. In any case, we can’t help but wonder: How long should your multihull be?
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Publié le
15/06/2020
Par
François Trégouët
Numéro :
14
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2020
A nostalgic look back to the 1980s will reveal that Prouts, Snowgooses, Blue IIs and Louisianas were the cutting edge of cruising multihulls. Between 10 and 11 m (34-36’), with their fitted-out nacelles, they were like superyachts for those of us who’d been sailing Hobie Cats. Here at the magazine, we have fond memories of a young couple who, in the mid-1990s, reached BoraBora from Antibes, France, on a Corsair F31. Today, they’re still sailing, and for the third time around the world... but are now aboard a 55-foot catamaran! Representative of the impressive increase in the average size of ou…
