What could be better than going blue-water cruising as a family in catamaran, accompanied by your loved ones? But before embarking all these people dear to you to cross the oceans, are you certain you ...

So why do we see more and more sailors changing from monohulls to catamarans, and almost none in the opposite direction? What motivates them? What are the arguments in favour of the catamaran? To ...

The wind is very light and Chris Tibbs, the ARC’s meteorologist, is telling us that it’s going to be southerly.  It’s sixteen years since my first transatlantic on a 37 foot monohull, in a ...

Comfortable, fast and seaworthy: multihulls - both racing and cruising - are like real nautical laboratories.  Today, with the incredible developments we are seeing, we are already sailing in the ...

Shared use is a definite trend in the evolution of our society, and also in boating. The future owner of a boat under management, or the buyer of a vessel coming off charter, could legitimately ...

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 ...

Jean-François loves sailing.  He alternates chartering in far-flung parts of the world with more sporty sailing on his own cat, like his trip to the Faroe Islands which he tells us about here…

Buying a multihull is a major investment, and usually bigger for the same length vessel than for a monohull. Classic loan, lease-option deal, charter-management… What are the options? And what is ...

There is probably no more subjective issue than comfort. As for performance, if it can be measured and compared, isn’t it also relative? There is no intention here to impose a single view on such a ...