The shipyards are doing their bit!
Not that long ago, buying an ocean-going yacht and casting off was the preserve of experienced sailors. But the advent of GPS on board, followed by the latest cartography and now broadband connections, has changed all that: multihull manufacturers sell a large proportion of their products to owners who can be classed as beginners (half of Lagoon’s clientele for example). As a result, many manufacturers have set up information and training courses, which are proving to be a great success with both novice and experienced sailors. It’s a way for participants to prepare themselves properly, so that they can experience the joys of multihull cruising with complete peace of mind. To find out more, we attended the Outremer Week and the Excess Campus for you.
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Publié le
21/03/2024
Par
François Trégouët
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195
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“What if you fall overboard?”, “What if there’s a big storm?”, “What if an engine breaks down?”, “What if we run out of electricity?”, “What if someone is injured on board?” Behind the dreamy images that inspired the project, of downwind passages in a gentle breeze and heavenly anchorages, there may be far more worrying questions on the minds of the crew, and the skipper in particular. Although no official statistics exist, life at sea is certainly not much riskier than life ashore. At Multihulls World, we’re even tempted to think that it is less so! But the radical change of environment inevi…
