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 ...

For boat shows, the 2020 to 2022 vintages will forever be known as the years annus horribilis... But 2023, finally free of the constraints of the pandemic, was the year of recovery. Not for everyone, ...

Since 1986, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers has enabled dozens of crews to cross the Atlantic, benefiting from technical assistance and a perfectly organized event. 

The smallest power multihulls are, for now, catamarans most often propelled by twin gasoline (or electric) -powered outboard motors. Popular in the United States and Australia, this market segment ...

Designing a beautiful magazine cover... is not so easy! Find out how we’ve tried to do it - it's up to you to judge - by following step by step the construction of our visuals.

In the far north of the Caribbean arc, Saint Martin has always been a yachting stronghold thanks to its immense and perfectly sheltered lagoon. The island, situated between the Virgin Islands and ...

The trimaran that won the 1980 Ostar is without doubt one of the most graceful (and efficient) Newick designs. The famous steed, despite her multiple owners and periods of abandonment, is ...

The electric multihull market is still rather limited, especially when we talk about a real cruising catamaran. Because he wasn’t finding the right shoe to fit, one man decided to create, almost ...

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 ...

Whether its wintering, a long stopover or you’re putting your boat up for sale, these are all excellent reasons to store your canvas away in the right place... until the time comes to set sail ...

Just look at multihulls sailing all over the world - especially on longer passages: many of them leave their mainsail stowed on the boom. In the event of a squall or big gusts, it’s not always so ...

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At the beginning of June, the crew of the catamaran Jangada headed for the Louisiade Archipelago, named by Bougainville in honor of his king, Louis XV. They had to cover 850 miles to reach the passage ...

After a fascinating two weeks in the lost archipelago of the Louisiades, Jangada headed back out to sea en route for Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. Under mainsail and one reef and the ...

We met the Norwegian crew of Mais Uma on their arrival back in La Grande-Motte. 6 years earlier, they had set out from this very pontoon for a trip around the world. Their new-generation Outremer 45 ...

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 ...

In Cape Town, where the largest production center of sailmaker Ullman Sails is now located, we discovered not just one sail-loft floor, but five or six! However, the story didn't begin in South ...

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 British Virgin Islands archipelago is made up of about fifty islands. It’s a zone where the trade winds blow almost all year round. Here, distances between locations are short, there are plenty ...

At the end of a period packed with nautical events (shows, international regattas, etc.), the young team from our fellow Swiss magazine Skippers decided to take a break: a one-week cruise from the ...

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 ...

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, ...