LEOPARD 40 NEW
The brand new Leopard has only just been announced at the autumn boat shows, but it is now much-awaited. It must be said that this 40-footer has the difficult task of replacing the successful and much-appreciated Leopard 39 in the range.
We will however have to wait until the Miami Boat Show to see it, as this is when it will be presented to the public for the first time. Designed by the architects Simonis and Voogd, the new Leopard 40 is along the same lines as the new range of 44 and 48s, with notably a completely revised interior, a very modern design and a forward cockpit accessible from the interior. In addition to simplifying the movements of the passengers aboard, this forward facing opening guarantees excellent ventilation in tropical climates.
Just like the whole of the Leopard range, the new 40 will be available in a specific version for the charter company Moorings, under the name Moorings 4000, and we should very quickly be able to sail aboard it from most of the company’s bases, in the months to come.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: South Africa
Builder: Leopard Catamarans
Length: 11.99m
Beam: 6.72m
Weight: 9.3t
Mainsail area: 56.40m²
Genoa area: 39.5m²
Gennaker area: 94m²
Number of cabins: 3 or 4
Water: 780 l
Diesel: 360 l
Engines: 2 x 29 hp
Price: 269,000 euros exc. VAT
GUNBOAT G4 NEW
The nautical world changed last year when we watched, stunned, the incredible spectacle during the final of the America’s Cup. Catamarans can now fly above the waves, and reach speeds which were still unimaginable not so long ago. A dream for many enthusiasts, and it is to allow them to experience this kind of unique excitement that the builder Gunboat thought about developing the G4. A catamaran which is as fast as a racing boat, but offers real accommodation for spending several days aboard, just like in a classic cruising boat. An ‘island’ galley equipped with two burners, 100 liters of cold storage, as well as two ‘queen-size’ beds in the salon and an unobstructed view of the sea: that’s the accommodation. But G4’s ‘must’ is of course the famous foils which are supposed to allow the all-carbon catamaran, weighing just 2,400 kg unladen, to rise above the waves, to reach impressive speeds. A boat which should be hard to follow in a race... Launch at the beginning of 2015.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: USA
Builder: Gunboat
Length: 12.14m
Beam: 6.78m
Weight: 2.4 t
Draft: 0.46 / 2.14m
Mast height: 19.36m
Mainsail area: 70m²
Jib area: 33m²
Engines: 2 x 6 kW
Price: US$ 700,000
MAINE CAT 38 NEW
The latest boat from Maine Cat should be in the water very soon. After the Maine Cat 30 and 41, the builder is presenting this new 38-foot catamaran, which is claimed to be faster than the classic production catamarans, without being as extreme as the boats designed as cruiser-racers. Light and modular, the MC38 can easily be sent wherever you want, to be assembled by the builder’s team in one or two days. The 38’s aim is to sail at around 10 knots, under sail or power, and it will of course be easy to handle short or single-handed.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: USA
Builder: Maine Cat
Length: 11.30m
Beam: 6.40m
Weight: 5.6 t
Mainsail area: 51m²
Self-tacking jib area: 24.34m²
Screecher area: 44.60m²
Engines: 2 x 20 hp
Price: US$ 321,000
DRAGONFLY 25 NEW
The latest boat from Dragonfly will be in the water early 2015. The 25 is designed to accommodate 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children, and the saloon table can seat four guests. With its rotating aluminum mast as standard and a nice suit of sails, the Dragonfly 25 should be pleasant to helm, and offer its share of excitement.
Just like all the trimarans in the range, the Dragonfly 25 will of course be foldable and in addition, easily transportable. To be discovered and tested once the first fine days arrive!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Denmark
Builder: Quorning Boats
Length: 7.65m
Beam: 2.30/5.80m
Weight: 1050 kg
Trailerweight incl Trailer: 1500 kg
Sail area: NA
Engines: 6 hp outboard
Launch price: 69,900 euros exc. VAT
CORSAIR CRUZE NEW
Discovered at the beginning of the year at Düsseldorf, the brand new Corsair Cruze replaces the much-loved Corsair 31 in the folding trimaran builder’s range, 300 examples of which have been built.
The Cruze 970 offers greater comfort aboard than the 31, similar to what has now been done aboard the Corsair 37. Aboard the Cruze, there is around 15% more space than on the 31, and above all, there is better headroom, as it is possible to stand up in the salon. A genuine revolution! But this comfort does not get in the way of the seakeeping qualities of the Cruze 970, which remains first and foremost a fast, fun boat...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Vietnam
Builder: Corsair Marine International
Length: 9.70m
Beam: 2.55/6.88m
Draft: 0.80/2.70m
Displacement: 1814 kg
Mainsail area: 38.8m²
Jib area: 20.2m²
Engines: 9.9 hp
Price: 167,299 US$ exc. VAT (ex-builder)
TRICAT 30 NEW
The Tricat 30 is trimaran of over 9 meters offering real cruising potential. The builder started to work on this trimaran to meet a demand from customers who were liked the 22 and the 25, but were looking for greater comfort and volume aboard. The Tricat 30, designed by Jack Michal, therefore offers 1.9 m headroom, a real galley and a separate heads. As for the rest, we find once again the 25’s tried and tested folding system, construction using infusion under vacuum with some carbon, and inevitably the excitement at the helm we expect from a Tricat...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: France
Builder: Tricat
Length: 9.14m
Beam: 3.40/7m
Draft: 0.39/1.50m
Displacement: 1800kg
Mainsail area: 40m²
Jib area: 20m²
Spinnaker area: 80m²
Price: NA
WINDBLISS 11 NEW
WindBliss is a new range of catamarans, built in Latvia at the O Yachts yard. Designed by Erik Lerouge, these catamarans, measuring 11, 14 and 20 meters, are strong, seaworthy and above all, fast... Ideal for those of you who are envisaging long-term cruises and who like excitement at the helm. The first WindBliss 11 is already in the water, and the n°2 in the series is being built and should be delivered next July. This fast cruising catamaran is available in 3 or 4-cabin versions, and is being advertised at a very competitive price.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Latvia
Builder: O Yacht
Length: 10.99m
Beam: 6.50m
Weight: 3.5 t
Mainsail area: 51m²
Jib area: 33m²
Engines: 2 x 15 hp
Price: 180,000 euros exc. VAT
COMET CAT 37 NEW
The builder Comar, well-known for its monohulls, is launching into catamarans with this 37-footer designed by Marc Lombard. This attractive catamaran, designed for cruising, can be equipped with daggerboards with a draft of 0.95 / 2.24m, or with fixed keels (1.33m), depending on the owner’s choice. With its two steering wheels situated at the aft end of the hulls, the Comet 37 has resolutely modern looks, and is being offered at an attractive price. Discover it at the coming Multihull Boat Show at La Grande Motte.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Italy
Builder: Comar
Length: 11.30m
Beam: 5.65m
Weight: 4.5t
Mainsail area: 45m²
Genoa area: 33m²
Gennaker area: 53m²
Engines: 2 x 20 hp
Price: 225,000 euros exc. VAT
DAZCAT 995
Dazcat is offering a particularly attractive 10-meter catamaran. We find the galley and the chart table in the middle of the hull, as is often the case at Dazcat, which allows standing with no problem and gives a good view over the water, whilst in the saloon it is possible to sit comfortably but with low headroom, which gives the Dazcat 995 its unique looks and offers low windage.
But the 995’s ‘must’ is its tiller... A fast, exciting boat!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Great Britain
Builder: Multimarine
Length: 10m
Beam: 6.10m
Weight: 2.6 t
Mainsail area: 46m²
Jib area: 22m²
Gennaker area: 45m²
Engines: 15 hp outboard
Price: By quotation
SEAWIND 1000 XL2
The Seawind 1000 XL lives up to its name: it is really huge! Well protected by the hardtop bimini, the salon-cockpit area on the same level offers an impressive living area for a boat of this size. And it is equipped with 4 double cabins. The galley is situated in the starboard hull of this genuine cruising boat, which is capable of taking you far, comfortably and in complete safety...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Vietnam
Builder: Seawind Catamarans
Length: 10.85m
Beam: 5.90 m
Weight: 5.5t
Mainsail area: 42m²
Genoa area: 17m²
Engines: 2 x 9.9hp outboards
Price: 240,030 US$ exc. VAT
NAUTITECH OPEN 40
With its new boat, Nautitech has excelled itself by presenting a boat with a reinvented volume and salon-cockpit area. Well done! Success came quickly for this elegant, lively, well-canvassed and extremely well-built catamaran, which is pleasant to live aboard and, above all, to sail.
The Open 40 is a blue water cruising boat capable of sailing fast if necessary. One of the top boats in the 40-foot range!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: France
Builder: Nautitech Catamarans
Length: 12m
Beam: 6.91m
Weight: 7.8 t
Mainsail area: 63m²
Jib area: 28m²
Gennaker area: 69m²
Engines: 2 x 21hp
Price: 282,800 euros exc. VAT
LAGOON 39
Modern rig and hulls, innovative design – the Lagoon 39 really is a ‘new generation’ boat. Aboard, the feeling of space and light is striking, with the forward ‘facade’ which, freed of the mast compression strut, offers an uninterrupted view forward. The repositioned mast and the new sail plan mean pitching is limited on this catamaran, which, with its self-tacking jib, is easy to sail shorthanded.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: France
Builder: Lagoon
Length: 11.74m
Beam: 6.79m
Weight: 11.6t
Mainsail area: 38m²
Jib area: 32m²
Engines: 2 x 29 to 2 x 40 hp
Price: 233 000 euros exc. VAT
SPIRITED 380
The Spirited 380 is an attractive catamaran which can sail at around 20 knots, while offering good accommodation for cruising. Designed in Australia, the Spirited is available as a kit, as well as ready to sail, built by one of the architect’s (Spirited Designs) partner boatyards. A boat which you will be able to customize according to your wishes and your program.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Australia
Builder: South East Cat Co. Pty Ltd
Length: 11.70m
Beam: 6.53m
Weight: 5.5t
Mainsail area: 55.8m²
Genoa area: 25.2m²
Engines: 2 x 19hp
Price: AUS$ 550,000 exc. VAT
MAHE 36 EVOLUTION
With the Mahé 36 Evolution, you will enter the world of cruising catamarans in style... Easy to handle, even singlehanded, the smallest boat in the Fountaine Pajot range is ideal for taking your family or friends to discover the joys of cruising, while having fun. Because in addition to being pleasant to live aboard, the Mahé is also capable of good average speeds under sail for a boat of this size.
A top boat for coastal or semi-offshore cruises.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: France
Builder: Fountaine Pajot
Length: 11m
Beam: 5.90 m
Weight: 5t
Mainsail area: 47m²
Genoa area: 26m²
Engines: 2 x 20hp
Price: 184,000 euros exc. VAT
GEMINI LEGACY
The Gemini is a real icon of the catamaran in the USA. The story began in 1981 with the 3100, and since then, over 1000 catamarans have been built. The builder’s latest boat is the Legacy 35, on which we find once again the classic lines dear to the builder, the large galley in the passageway, and the superb owner’s cabin with its ‘queen size’ bed.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: USA
Builder: Gemini Catamarans
Length: 10.78m
Beam: 4.26m
Weight: 4.4t
Mainsail area: 35.86m²
Genoa area: 25.08m²
Engines: 2 x 15hp
Price: 206,447 US$ exc. VAT
BANDIT 870
A fast trimaran offering a nice living area aboard – this is the Bandit 870. A development of the 800, the Bandit 870 is fun to helm and also easy to sail, with its pivoting centerboard which releases automatically in the case of an impact, its beaching plate and its well thought out fittings and deck plan. A genuine coastal cruising boat which can be folded and transported.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Vietnam
Builder: Multido
Length: 8.70m
Beam: 3.60/6.90m
Weight: 1.9t
Mainsail area: 38m²
Jib area: 19m²
Gennaker area: 37m²
Engines: 15 hp outboard
Price: 130,000 euros exc. VAT
MAVERICK 400
Here is a 40-foot catamaran whose program is ocean cruising. And the ‘plus’ offered by the builder is the possibility of customizing the boat according to your program. Aboard, the feeling of volume and space is striking for a boat of this size. A boat whose mast height will moreover allow you to use the USA’s Intracoastal Waterway with no problems.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: South Africa
Builder: Maverick Yachts
Length: 11.30m
Beam: 7.45m
Weight: 9.5t
Mainsail area: 59.4m²
Genoa area: 32.6m²
Engines: 2 x 30hp
Price: 386,000 euros exc. VAT
FREEFLOW 40 PROJET
This catamaran has been designed for sailors wishing to live aboard their boat, and cruise far and for a long time. The accommodation has been designed accordingly, with good headroom as well as a well-protected steering position, excellent ventilation...and even a washing machine! An ocean cruising boat on a human scale...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Australia
Builder: Stanton Multihulls
Length: 12m
Beam: 6.86m
Weight: 6.4 t
Mainsail area: 46.2m²
Jib area: 32m²
Engines: 2 x 30hp
Price: By quotation
AKEA ECO 36 PROJET
The 36-footer in the AkeaEco range is designed to accommodate four to five people in three cabins, for fast cruising. Designed by Erik Lerouge, the Akea range’s particularity is that it can be assembled wherever the owner wishes, but always with CE certification. Simple, functional boats which stick to the essentials: sailing pleasure!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Ukraine
Builder: Akea Catamaran
Length: 10.99m
Beam: 6.43m
Weight: 5t
Mainsail area: 51m²
Jib area: 31m²
Spinnaker area: 105 m²
Engines: outboards
Price: 132,000 euros exc. VAT
ESSENCE 10
This Open catamaran offers good accommodation in its hulls, with notably 4 cabins, two of which are doubles, completed by the heads and a galley, all with generous headroom. Enough to envisage some comfortable cruises, as long as the season allows meals in the cockpit. Although it is imposing, this cat can be dismantled and transported on a trailer.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Czech Republic
Builder: Jonas Catamaran
Length: 10.50m
Beam: 6.20m
Weight: 2.2t
Mainsail area: 40m²
Jib area: 18m²
Gennaker area: 70m²
Price: NA
FUSION 40
The Fusion 40 is a fast, seaworthy catamaran which you can purchase as a kit – to be assembled yourself or finished by a boatyard – or ready to sail. A solution which can be advantageous, to have a boat which really suits you and which will meet all your expectations. The Fusion is a genuine cruising boat, certain examples of which have already sailed round the world...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Australia
Builder: Fusion Catamarans
Length: 12.20m
Beam: 7.20m
Weight: 7t
Mainsail area: 64m²
Genoa area: 60m²
Kit price: from 100,000 euros exc. VAT
Ready to sail price: By quotation
SEAWIND 1160 LITE
Since its launch in 2004, the Seawind 1160 has had a good career, and today over a hundred 1160s are sailing around the world. The Seawind’s ‘plus’ is its salon/cockpit area, equipped with a separating door which disappears completely into the top of the bimini. The builder is now launching the LITE version of its catamaran: a boat with revised, lighter accommodation, and an attractive price...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Vietnam
Builder: Seawind Catamaran
Length: 11.60m
Beam: 6.50m
Weight: 6.5t
Mainsail area: 42m²
Genoa area: 24.3m²
Engines: 2 x 20hp
Price: US$ 310,000 exc. VAT
DRAGONFLY 32
The Dragonfly 32 is a successful model. It is attractive; the crossbeam design gives it the undeniable looks of a racer, and the performance matches, with speeds of 15 to 20 knots when the conditions are right. This folding trimaran is also welcoming, with a modern interior which is pleasant to live in when coastal or semi-offshore cruising.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Denmark
Builder: Quorning Boats
Length: 9.80 m
Beam: 3.60/8m
Weight: 3.3t
Mainsail area: 47m²
Genoa area: 26m²
Code zero: 50m²
Engines: 20hp
Price: 215,500 euros exc. VAT
LAGOON 380
The 380 is like a good friend: we are always happy to meet up again for a pleasant cruise at around 10 knots, in remarkable comfort, whilst enjoying an exceptional volume for this size of boat. It is a record-breaking catamaran: over 700 are sailing all over the world. A real legend, which still appeals to numerous readers setting off around the world...
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: France
Builder: Lagoon
Length: 11.55m
Beam: 6.53m
Weight: 7.26 t
Mainsail area: 47m²
Genoa area: 30m²
Price: 192,960 euros exc. VAT
DAZCAT 1195
And what if you were looking for a boat which is just as comfortable racing as it is cruising? Here is the Dazcat 1195, a catamaran which excels in England in the RORC or MOCRA races, but which also allows comfortable ocean cruising with a crew of 4 to 6 people. And the ‘must’ is that the 1195 is easy to handle singlehanded.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Country: Great Britain
Builder: Multimarine
Length: 11.90m
Beam: 6.50m
Weight: 4.5t
Mainsail area: 55m²
Jib area: 27m²
Engines: 2 x 14hp
Price: By quotation
