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Contents Multihulls World #195
As for the powercats, the atmosphere was a little less bleak, with the presence of the Prestige M48, the YOT 36 and numerous projects which we will, of course, be presenting in this issue. The Dragonfly 32 and 40 were presented in Hall 16, alongside the monohulls. This is a long-standing incursion by the Danish shipyard that specializes in folding trimarans - with hall 15 only a stone’s throw away... So, it’s presumably time to talk about the subject that’s causing a stir: if multihull builders don’t come to Düsseldorf anymore, well, that’s certainly because it’s complicated, costly, and not exactly ecological to transport big boats… but above all, it’s because they don’t feel they get much consideration at boot, despite the fact that they have become the undeniable driving force in the boating sector. Faced with somewhat old-fashioned attitudes, the multihull builders are unashamedly demanding access to the heart of the famous and prestigious Hall 16 (it’s the largest), even if it means upsetting the establishment... we’re witnessing a kind of war of the worlds: that of the old and its traditional teak-railed monohulls against the modern and its yachts built for living aboard - with two or three hulls. But then no-one ever said that the history of yachting could be summed up like the tranquility of slack water at the top of a high tide.
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