Multihull of the Year 2023

The full results of the sixth edition!

The International Multihull Show was this year invigorated by a consistent breeze, and once again confirmed its position as the must-attend, in-water show. Although there were fewer world premieres than last year, the European presentations were worth the trip – and not to mention the MOTY!

Wednesday, April 12 at 9am, an hour to go before the opening of the International Multihull Show. ght on the beach.

Published 26/05/2023

By Emmanuel van Deth

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Issue: 190

Published: july / aug. 2023

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The unmissable Multihull of the Year contest, organized by Multihulls World magazine and our French language edition, Multicoques Mag, along with the International Multihull Show, took place at La Grande Motte on April 12. During the party organized by our partners Sevenstar Yacht Transport at the great multihull get-together that four of the nominees became winners. More than 250 exhibitors attended the event in the VIP tent. The event, presented by Emmanuel van Deth, our editor, and Gwen Dorning, our marketing director, was shown in real time on social media and was of course the subject of a video put up on YouTube and our social media that same evening. The WINNER 2023 banners and stickers were handed over to the shipyard representatives, who were all there including Artur Poloczanski, press relations officer for Sunreef Yachts who had made the trip to France specially!
The next morning, the winning multihulls being exhibited at the show were quick to get their banners on display despite the very windy conditions.
Let’s remember that the MOTY is a unique election in two ways: it is a competition exclusively for multihulls (sail and power) from all over the world, and above all it is YOU, readers, sailors, racers and especially users of the nominated multihulls, who choose the winners. Our dedicated website www.MultihullOfTheYear.com, saw thousands of you cast your votes. On the back of the success of this year’s event, we’re starting to get everything ready for the 7th Edition, and we’d like to thank all our loyal partners – some of whom have been supporting us since the very first edition, kudos to them!

Check out our exclusive video of the 2023 awards ceremony

Nominees for MOTY 2024

The list of nominees for the election of the multihull of the year 2024 will be revealed on February 14th 2024, the opening day of the Miami International Boat Show, one of our new partners. Voting will start immediately and will remain open until next year’s International Multihull Show in April 2024.

SAIL CRUISING

Lagoon 51

TEST in MW184

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In this category, where four French series-production catamarans and a more confidential model from Australia were competing, the Lagoon 51 won with 30% of the votes, beating the 24% of the Nautitech 44 Open. The Lightwave 46, the Excess 14 and the Bali Catsmart followed very closely with 17, 15 and 14% of the votes respectively.

SAIL PERFORMANCE

C-Cat 48

TEST in MW182

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Among these 5 high performance multihulls equipped with centerboard(s), the Italian C-Cat 48 won with 28% of the votes. We had already tested (and also much appreciated!) this catamaran designed by Yachting Design Collective. The ORC 57 came in next, with 22% of the votes, then the Balance 442 with 19%, the Catana Ocean Class with 16% and finally the Rapido 40, the only trimaran, with 15%.