Lagoon is launching into very up-market boats. The builder is working on a boat of over 70 feet, and there are rumors that its launch is imminent. A catamaran - whose code name is 7MA – which will be available in sailing and power versions. A boat which we should discover in the fall...of 2016! In the meantime, the company should be announcing a major new boat at the end of October, but no information about this has yet filtered through.
Ice Yachts is an Italian builder which specializes in big, up-market monohulls. The company is launching out into catamarans, and is even offering a whole range, from 33 to 62 feet, via a 52. The 62 has been sold and is being designed by Enrico Contreas; its launch is planned for the end of 2016...
Aventura Catamaran is continuing to reinterpret its range and is launching out into motor catamarans, with a 10.2 Powercat, whose launch is planned for the middle of 2016, whilst a new 39-footer should be launched at the end of the same year.
At O Yachts, they are working flat out on the new Class 5 (whose n°1 will be in the water in 2016), which was partly designed by Laurent Bourgnon. A fast ocean cruising catamaran equipped with three (3!!!) wave-piercing hulls. We’re looking forward to the test! The builder will also be offering the Windbliss 110, an 11-metre boat weighing 3.5 tonnes unladen and carrying 86m² of sail. Enough to sail fast, even very fast, and for a price under 200,000 euros...
Nautitech is concentrating on its new 46-footer, as well as the motor versions of their catamarans (40 and 46), whilst Bali should have a few new boats to launch in the coming year.
At Outremer, there are rumors that a top of the range catamaran of over 70 feet is being studied. Launch planned for 2016 or 2017?
The catamaran, as seen by Ice Yachts. In the water at the end of 2016!
The concepts which bring hope…
The builders are all looking towards foils, and have been for a long time, well before the last America’s Cup and its incredible flying AC 62s. The Catamaran 59 or the Mattia 52 are equipped with curved daggerboards, which allow the hull to be supported. But it’s the new Gunboat G4 which has turned heads. Here we have a genuine 40-foot cruising boat, capable of lifting itself up above the waves on its foils. Is the foil the future of ocean cruising? Certain people think it is, and are working on it. To be continued!
The other subject of a lot of work is energy production and its storage. Today solar panels have been perfected. We have even seen a boat equipped with a solar mainsail, at the start of the last Route du Rhum. A clever concept when sailing, and one which allows the production of enough energy to supply all the equipment aboard (a racing boat!!). Self-sufficiency is the grail to be attained for everyone long-term cruising. You should only need to go into a harbor (as little as possible) to fill up with diesel and fresh food... An aim that more and more round the world sailors manage to achieve, thanks to good preparation.
The Class 5 from O Yachts, an original catamaran with 3 wave-piercing hulls.
The coming boat shows
Sydney International Boat Show (Australia) 30th July – 3rd August 2015
Cannes Yachting Festival (France) 8th – 13th September 2015
Southampton Boat Show (England) 11th – 20th September 2015
Grand Pavois de La Rochelle (France) 16th – 21st September 2015
International Istanbul Boat Show (Turkey) 6th – 11th October 2015
Genoa Boat Show (Italy) 30th September – 5th October 2015
Annapolis SailBoat Show (USA) 8th – 12th October 2015
Barcelona Boat Show (Spain) 14th – 18th October 2015
Annapolis PowerBoat Show (USA) 15th – 18th October 2015
Nautic de Paris (France) 5th – 13th December 2015
Boot Düsseldorf (Germany) 23rd – 31st January 2016
Miami Boat Show (USA) 11th – 15th February 2016
And of course the boat show that everyone loves, the International Multihull Boat Show, from 13th to 17th April 2016 at La Grande Motte (France).
Special Grand Pavois 2015 Operation
Once again this year, Multihulls World and the Grand Pavois join forces to put forward the catamarans and trimarans at the show. In addition to a special edition of Multihulls World dedicated to long-term cruising, which will be given to visitors and will be accessible to download free of charge on the web sites of the show and the magazine, we are setting up a special operation reserved for our readers. The idea is to offer certain of you a personalized welcome by the magazine’s journalists, to help you organize your visit, and above all, to debrief all the information you will have been given throughout the day...
For more information about this operation, and to put your name down, all you have to do is send an e-mail to our favorite chief editor (jcg@multihulls-world.com).
The Multihulls World stand will be on the pontoons this year, amid our dear catamarans and trimarans. We look forward to seeing you all.
