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Dragonfly 920 Touring

As pleasant surfing as it is easy to 'park’

With the beam of a monohull once folded, and performance allowing you to cruise at double figure speeds once unfolded, its qualities are equal to its price: high. 20 years after its launch, the ...

• Dragonfly / Quorning Boats
• Length 9.20m / 30'2''

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Lagoon 40

A clever and sharp 40 footer

Lagoon have just unveiled their new 40 footer with a bold move: the 40 is replacing the 400 and the 39.  The production of the unbreakable 380 is now much reduced (well, down to about thirty a year ...

• Lagoon Catamarans
• Length 11.74m / 38'6''

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Rapido 60 Ocean Cruiser

The fastest production multihull in the world?

American ports and marinas, like those in Western Europe are struggling to accommodate large catamarans. How will they react to an 18x12m trimaran platform?  The question may seem incidental, but ...

• Rapido Trimarans
• Length 18.10m / 59'5''

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Bali 4.5

Designed for charter, but also appealing for private owners!

Catana set about designing a new charter-oriented range, the Bali, a little over three years ago. The first model, the 4.5, gave pride of place to innovations and a new way of living on board. It has ...

• Bali Catamarans
• Length 13.60m / 44'7''

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Ts 5

A sporty cruising catamaran

The rebellious family of TS boats has already got an excellent pedigree. The strong character of the earliest of these designs by Christophe Barreau (based on an idea from none other than Francis ...

• ORC Catamarans
• Length 15.24m / 50'0''

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Catana 41

Compact and attractive

The smallest model in Catana’s current range, the 41 which quickly became the 42, was launched 10 years ago now… Recent (good) second-hand examples of this fast, seductive catamaran are not to be ...

• Catana SA
• Length 12.58m / 41'3''

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Astrea 42

Ne quid nimis?

In 2009, the Lipari 41 took the place of the Lavezzi, condemned by its canvas bimini and mainsheet traveler in the cockpit. An effective restyling in 2013 extended the career of this popular catamaran ...

• Fountaine Pajot
• Length 12.58m / 41'3''

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Tricat 20

Exciting, simple and quick

The smallest of the Tricats emulates its elders, with composite arms that fold backwards ... but it retains the central hull of the Access 6. Combine this with a sports rig and you have quite a ...

• Tricat
• Length 5.99m / 19'8''

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Balance 526

The Outlier

The Balance 526 is a very good-looking, South African-built catamaran of which 6 examples are currently sailing (numbers 7 through 10 will be in the water 2019/2020…). We haven’t yet had the ...

• Balance Catamarans
• Length 16.00m / 52'6''

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Privilege 435

Luxury ocean cruising

A strong, seaworthy and remarkably well-finished catamaran: this sums up the Privilège 435, which, with longer sugar scoops, was also known under the name 445. The Privilege 435, launched in 1999 ...

• Alliaura Marine
• Length 13.13m / 43'1''

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