The idea of transforming a placid sailing catamaran into a unit powered solely by its engines is not new, nor is the idea of designing a two-hull motorboat... Two long-standing concepts that have long remained on the sidelines of high volume market production. Yet today, interest in power catamarans is clearly on the rise...
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Publié le
18/09/2018
Par
Vince Valstar
Numéro :
162
Parution :
Nov.
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2018
Remember what happened in the 1990s: Privilège launched its Euphoria 40, and built 23 examples, followed by the 44 and the Transcat, at 45 and 48 feet. After a break of a dozen years, the Sables d'Olonne shipyard is back in the market with its Euphorie 5, a direct descendant of its Série 5. It was the same story a little later on at Lagoon: in 2001, the Lagoon Power 43 paved the way for this new market but was put on hold six years later. However, other shipyards strongly believe in the motor catamaran: Robertson & Caine have been selling a number of models for the past decade - the Leopar…
