Sailing a transat is a mythical dream, and / or a goal, for almost every sailor. From Christopher Columbus to the pioneers of the OSTAR or the competitors in the Route du Rhum, they’ve all had us ...

For the Paris Boat Show (see page 65), Multihulls World is organizing in conjunction with Le Nautic, as we do every year, a special "Catamaran & Tri Friendly" route around the show. The idea is to ...

Here we are at the crossroads of large production cruising boats and the first semi-custom models... 50 to 60 feet. This is also the division between two worlds: one of boats that remain manageable ...

In this category, there are many models and much variety between them! Here is where we start to discover the first proper cruising catamarans, coastal rallying trimarans, but also some amazing speed ...

In this category, we’re getting into the heart of the multihull market, since the average new purchase size is now 45 feet. Whether they’re designed for comfortable cruising or for racing, these ...

The question most asked of a boat tester is: and you?  Which boat would you leave in?  A difficult question, if ever there was one. The proof is with the selection which follows. The hardest thing ...

In terms of new arrivals and departures, this category is the most active of all, proof that most builders are trying to establish themselves in this large multihull niche. The 50 to 60-footers ...

Sure, the market for new multihulls has never been in better shape: despite the threat of the health crisis, the demand from individuals has done nothing but increase. And despite periods of shipyard ...

Even before you hoist the sails, you rely on your engine(s) to get your multihull out on the water. If you want your diesels to purr perfectly, their maintenance is essential. Here is a detailed ...

Sailing thousands of miles and living on board for months (or even years), generally means you’ll be customizing, preparing, modifying and personalizing your multihull. Modifications that aren’t ...

Multihulls World readers love to sail far and wide on their catamarans ot trimarans to discover the world. The story of the owner of Rose Noire is particularly interesting. A highly experienced ...

Ready4Sea is a new mobile application designed to manage and monitor boat maintenance. It has been created by sailors who have maintained their own boats over several years of round-the-world ...

The new products not to be missed

Olivier and his family tell us all about their round-the-world trip on board their catamaran “Jangada”. After one year, they have arrived in Polynesia. Time to reflect…

Alizé, César, Lisa and Max are accompanying their Captain - Alizé's father - on a great adventure: they are delivering Maitai, a Lagoon 450 S from Les Sables d'Olonne in France to Mayotte. 5 months ...

The Cocos Keeling atoll, or rather atolls because there are really two of them, are around 1000 km (540nm) to the west-south-west of Christmas Island. After three days at sea, having left behind the ...

Held for the past 13 years out of Athens, Greece, the Catamaranscup was the brainchild of Ioannis Kourounis, a man who is anything but a stranger to the Greek boating scene, having founded the Istion ...

For quite a while now, the organizers of the ARC have faced some challenges with welcoming the multihulls; in a marina, the latter take a lot more real estate than monohulls. In the end, the general ...

When we visited the shipyard back in June, Gunboat had precisely 119 employees, 20 of whom were women, i.e. 16% of the workforce. This figure may seem a long way from parity... and yet, in just 5 ...

Designed down to the smallest details, this Nautitech is all about efficiency and seamanship. No gadgets, nor fancy marketing: this truly is a catamaran designed to lastƒ which makes it a second ...

The largest of the Balearic Islands has an unfortunate reputation for concreting over everything… Thankfully, you will find that the massive urbanization undertaken in the 1980s is only limited to ...

It would be rather difficult to summarize 51,000 miles of coastline and nearly 50,000 islands in just three pages... so here, we’re going to be concentrating on the Stavanger region, in the extreme ...

Our adventurer Olivier Mesnier is back at sea after a long four-week stopover on the island of La Réunion. He and his crew are heading for South Africa, with its strong currents and legendary ...

The SPADE anchor is manufactured in three materials (Steel, Aluminium, and Stainless Steel), and in six sizes. Hi-tensile steel versions are hot-dip galvanised. All SPADE anchors of the same size, ...