Onboard alarm systems
Our boats are becoming ever more equipped, more complex and for some of us they have even become our homes. So why not equip them with a system that monitors and alerts us in case of failures or ...
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Our boats are becoming ever more equipped, more complex and for some of us they have even become our homes. So why not equip them with a system that monitors and alerts us in case of failures or ...
Subscribers onlyIn 2004 Lagoon upset the trend by offering a 44-foot cat equipped with a flybridge. With the 440, we discovered an upper deck on which was the steering and sail-maneuvering station, as well as vast ...
Subscribers onlyHaving a catamaran with daggerboards means enjoying better pointing ability than an equivalent model equipped with fixed stub keels, which are inevitably shorter. It means that you can also optimize ...
Subscribers onlyThe Parasailor? It’s a symmetrical spinnaker whose central part forms a paraglider. Particularly efficient and stable in any sudden wind, this is the sail of choice for transatlantic crossings… ...
Subscribers onlyThe Multihulls World match is an open forum, a space for freedom of opinion open to players in leisure sailing on more than one hull. With this column, comparisons don’t mean anyone is right, they ...
Subscribers onlyAlthough most cruising catamarans are nowadays equipped with two diesels and saildrive legs, this wasn’t always the case…and what about trimarans, smaller boats, propellers and propshafts? ...
Subscribers onlyWhether 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 ...
Subscribers onlyThis is the next in our technical series on your multihull’s sailplan. If, as we saw in the previous edition, choosing a mainsail comes down to the size of the roach and selecting the right ...
Subscribers onlyPower cats really have got the wind in their sails, and builders are continually bringing out new models for an ever-increasing clientele. With the Jaguar 48, it’s the aesthetics which are going to ...
Subscribers onlyPropellers are a complicated business. Pitch, torque, number of blades, fixed or folding… Not to mention the fact that they just get forgotten about when we are under sail. But when we fire up the ...
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