Rick and Julie Palm have circumnavigated on their monohull and after carefully scrutinizing their available options have decided to purchase an Outremer 51 catamaran from the sole Outremer US importer and specialist Aeroyacht Ltd. Company head Gregor Tarjan travelled to the South of France shipyard with them in Spring and after a meeting with the build team and several impressive test sails the boat was ordered.

The Palm’s careful and methodical analysis of why they chose the Outremer 51 and how exactly they opted on various system should be fascinating reading for any sailor considering the switch.

Their article was published in Blue Water Sailing’s Multihull Quarterly (Summer 2014 issue) and we are making it available to our readers with their permission here.

Read: Transitioning from a Monohull to a Catamaran Part 1 , Part 2