Breaking News! Aeroyacht has partnered with SAILING PARADISE – an industry leader in the field of luxury catamaran charters and multihull charter management. Aeroyacht’s customers who are purchasing a catamaran from us or already own one now have the opportunity to have their multihull work for them when they are not being used. Imagine getting a check every month that will often cover the finance payments for your catamaran. Place your catamaran in one of our blue chip management companies located in the Caribbean, Mediterranean or Greece. Our partners have more than 30 years of epxerience in the field of charter management and will make every effort to taylor fit a custom plan for your charter management needs.

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The only downside of this amazing sailing simulation is that it is not a multihull racing game. The Volvo Ocean Race Game lets you skipper your own yacht around the world. It uses real time weather data and forecasts and you make the decisions whether to jibe or tack – and even which sails to use. The best is that you can play against 150,000 other gamers around the world and track your friends. The real fleet of Volvo Ocean Racers is of course also viewable. But while they are battling it out in the freezing Southern Ocean we can sail from the comfort of our armchair. Look out for our own boat named “Aeroyacht” and send us a message. The race is on !

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Attention – multihull fans! A new breed of maxi MOD 70′ trimarans will be visiting NY this summer. On July 7th 2012 these 30 knot plus speed machines will use New York City as a launch pad to race across the N. Atlantic to Brest, France in the most celebrated course known to man. In a crazy gamble between holding crew and boat together and outwitting your competitors – this will be a race not to be missed.

watch the video – see these trimarans in action

Imagine, the next America’s Cup will be run using 72′ winged multihulls. Some love the idea while traditionalist sailors do not agree. But if anyone actually watched the last Cup where 2 monster multihulls battled it out reaching speeds of 32 knots in only 10 knots of wind – then we at Aeroyacht have to say that Mr. Larry Ellison is our man of the year 2011. He not only put back excitement into the biggest sporting event on the planet, but his new format of America’s Cup will make watching more accessible than ever.

watch exciting clips of the baby AC trimarans and more…

11 – our the brand new Alibi 54 catamaran was successfully launched last month just outside of Bangkok. On her maiden sail she reached 20 knots putting a big smile on her owner’s face. The harbor maneuvers were performed under battery powered props and thanks to her ingenious energy regeneration system – she came back with more power than she left with after a day of sailing.

The Alibi 54 catamaran is a very special multihull. Not for everyone – but the only one for some.

watch the launch video of 11- the Alibi 54 catamaran

The builder, Neel trimarans was rewarded at the recent La Rochelle Boat Show for its “unprecedented” research and design. The “Prix Patton de l’Extreme”  was given to the Neel 50 trimaran - one of the most innovative trimarans to have come on the market. The Neel 50 trimaran provides giant loft-like space yet defies the laws of physics and can sail at over 20 knots. And we almost forgot to mention, she has a basement too…

check out the new recently launched sister Neel 45 trimaran

Aeroyacht’s friend,  Jean-Jacques Coste is again at the forefront of design and innovation with this amazing sail trimaran. The ULTRA CXX is 36m in length and features an innovative system reducing the total width allowing access in marinas like a normal monohull. The catch eye exterior styling is in accordance with the high level of performance, while the interior architecture enhances the huge volume with modern and elegant materials. The large multi-hull yacht is envisioned to accommodate six guests in a master stateroom and two guest suites all being ensuite.

By Charles K. Chiodi*

The recent death of Steve Jobs and the celebration of his life and accomplishments, especially in personal computers, reminded me of the parallel I used to draw between the Macintosh and Multihulls.

Steve Jobs was a visionary who worked outside of the box, contrary to all established practices. He ditched the ideas of Tandy, Atari, IBM et al, and invented a totally new and different theory of what a personal computer should be.

In the 1960s Arthur Piver also worked outside of the box when he introduced the modern multihull and kept promoting the idea of an unconventional sailboat. Unlike the age-old and well-proven monohulls, he drew plans for a totally different sailing craft, and soon had enthusiastic followers in Norman Cross, Ed Horstman, Jim Brown, and others – just like in the 1980s – and only a few miles away – Jobs had Steve Wozniak, Jeff Raskin and John Scully, people who believed in him.

The first Macintosh, a square box with only 128 kb of memory was flawed, and a far cry from today’s super iMacs. Similarly, Piver’s first trimarans were slow and awkward to tack as compared to today’s super-yachts and million-dollar catamarans. Unfortunately, Piver was lost at sea and would never see how far his efforts developed into a multi-billion dollar industry all over the world. Fortunately, Jobs was afforded the privilege of seeing his efforts grow and develop at lightning speed – worldwide.

There is one more comparison I have to mention that boggles my mind. With all those successful innovations Jobs brought into our computer technology, why are we still stuck in the archaic ways a PC operates? And, similarly, with all the speed, comfort and safety multihulls offer, why is it that monohulls still outnumber catamarans 25:1? Are sailors so brainwashed by the sinkable, heeling, uncomfortable keelboat mentality that they can’t see the advantages of multihulls? Maybe it is the same ideology that drives the people who buy PCs that crash and burn… or attract all kinds of viruses – none of which affect the Macs.

 * Charles Chiodi offers his 45+ years of multihull knowledge and experience for consultation to anyone who wants to buy, or to upgrade, a catamaran or trimaran.

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Good News for Outremer owners around the world. SAIL Magazine just announced that our Outremer 49  catamaran which we showed at the Annapolis Boat Show won SAIL Magazine’s Best Boats Award for best deck and cockpit. Much praise to the Outremer’s naval architect Christophe Barreau and interior designer Frank Darnet who created the industrie’s best floor plan on any multihull. Another milestone in Outremer Yachting’s illustrious history of over 260 crusing catamarans built in a span of 29 years.

Here are the key points identified by the SAIL magazine editor Charles Doane after the sea trial during several days:

The deck layout:”After a few hundred miles sailing this boat we found nothing about its deck layout we wanted to change”, “One or two crew can manage the boat easily ”

Tillers: “Our favorite features were the three different stations – tillers outboard on each hull (each with a comfy steering seat), plus a conventional bulkhead-mounted wheel” “It truly is an ideal arrangement”.

Explore the Outremer 49 catamaran

Welcome to Sunreef Yacht’s first rocket ship. The Sunreef 75 Ultimate project was launched only few months ago and construction of this superyacht is only few steps away. The Sunreef 75 Ultimate carbon fibre yacht has thin and sleek marine hulls with a reversed bow and integrated stepped hull chins, essential for the yacht’s high performance. The mast will be moved back to the centre of the boat helping to achieve the optimal balance, thus creating the ultimate navigation comfort. The sail plan is calculated to reach top speeds of 20+ knots. As for the propulsion system, Sunreef’s engineering office is currently working on hybrid and further electric propulsion for this and other units.

Explore the Sunreef 75 Ultimate