Presented at Boatica Cape Town back in October, the Hop Yacht 30 was designed and built in South Africa. This is a catamaran that has ripped up the rulebook, and come up with a (r)evolutionary concept: For the first time, a combination of comfort and liveability has been brought together in an ultra-easy-to-handle boat under 10 meters in length, with a focus on relaxation and pleasure, all with zero CO2 emissions. We got the chance to discover this unusual multihull off the coast of Athens, Greece.
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Test location: Athens, GreeceConditions: wind 5 to 7 knots, calm sea Discovering the HopYacht 30 at Marina Zeas, close to the port of Piraeus, I discovered a resolutely modern silhouette that might take some boaters a bit of getting used to. It’s a cubic living cell. Using 80% of the length of the two floats, it offers record habitability for its size. The very angular look of the superstructure is reminiscent of a Sunreef Supreme 58 or a Silent Yachts 60. But that’s where the comparison ends, as the length of our HopYacht is barely the beam of one of these two great powercats. Its width, limi…