Publications & Articles
DREAM BOOK: “CATAMARANS, Tomorrow’s Superyachts”
by Gregor Tarjan with photographs by renown marine photographer Billy Black With a focus on luxury catamarans 65’ or larger, this lavishly illustrated book incorporates interviews with naval architects, interior designers, experienced multihull skippers and seasoned ocean racers to paint the big picture of today’s luxury performance catamarans and their evolution. Readers will discover what [...]
REFERENCE BOOK: “CATAMARANS, The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors”
by Gregor Tarjan with photographs by renown marine photographer Gilles Martin-Raget This is the second edition of Gregor Tarjan’s book and has been re-published by McGraw Hill. The book has now sold over 8,000 copies and is in its 3rd printing. “CATAMARANS, The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors” (hardcover, 8 1/2″x11 1/4″, 278 pages, full [...]
South Africa the Other Land of Multihulls
The Cape of Good Hope is a sailing icon, which needs to be experienced at least once in life. I knew that down the road, I would sail around it. When the phone rang and Bruce Tedder, from the Cape Town Boat Building Initiative, invited me and Flo to Cape Town, I realized that I [...]
European Tour
Featuring visits to the Paris Boat Show, Atelier Outremer on the French Riviera, “Club Med” the giant cat in Monte Carlo and the Amsterdam Scheepvaartsmuseum. Port de Versailles on the southern limits of Paris is the venue of the annual Salon Nautique, also known as the Paris Boat Show. My plane from New York had [...]
Wind Art
Wind driven machines – don’t we all only think of catamarans (ok, sometimes even monos). But Dutch artist Theo Jansen is way out to lunch. Not only are his kinetic sculptures beautiful wind-creatures that can walk across sand dunes but they also represent a single minded vision of innovation and serenity. // Share|
Multihull Seaworthiness
The question of Seaworthiness: Design and Construction. A brief analysis of the most important considerations when purchasing a cruising multihull. Safety and seaworthiness, as Czeslav A. Marchais describes it in his great book “ Seaworthiness – the Forgotten Factor” should be one of the most important considerations when shopping for a boat. There will be [...]
ALIZE’s Transatlantic Record
Outremer 64S ALIZE…ready to face the 5,300-mile journey This transatlantic delivery would be unlike any other one, since its success involved in arriving on time for the Miami Boat Show. There where many who did not think that we could travel 5300 miles in 21 sailing days, but thanks to the boats reliability, comfort and [...]
Multihull Seamanship – Part II
Heavy weather and survival conditions First, let us make the distinction between heavy weather sailing and survival sailing. Heavy weather sailing is done in full control of your circumstances and ability to manage your vessel. Survival is when you pass that point and must take action to preserve life and property, a topic discussed later [...]
Multihull Seamanship – Part I
What is sailing and sail trim like on a cruising cat or tri? To a large extent that depends on your level of sailing expertise, on the boat you sail, and your perspective. Since the basic sailing concepts apply to all types of sailing craft including multihulls, you’ll find the experience similar to monohull sailing [...]
Fountaine Pajot’s Cruisers with a Racers Heart
Looking behind the scenes of one of the most popular cruising cats Life at 26 knots is nice indeed. TRILOGY , Eric Bruneel’s new Fountaine Pajot built, state of the art racing tri was tearing up the Bay of Biscay . I held the tiny tiller extension in two fingers. The boat was more responsive [...]
