Catamarans for cruising. Numbers continuing to grow.

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The left hand one I delivered here from Estepona, Spain, as you do.

 

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Two on reception as we got back with a shower enough for us to get drenched....

 

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80ft Sunreef arrived today. Skipper is a friend of ours. They've been ages on the diesel dock.

 

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I’ll always mildly disagree with your dislike of speculation - I think we all learn something from discussing all the possibilities and reveal a lot about ourselves and our individual biases and fears. We rarely learn anything about the incident itself.

Fair one. But my career background means there was no room for speculation. Investigation, yup. Guess, definitely not. Killer. So trained habits like that have followed me into my second seafaring carreer and I've no regrets about that.

Call it nautical pedantry if you like!

 

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By coincidence, this popped up from 2020.

Catamaran sailing across the Atlantic: Why multihulls are taking over the ARC

 

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I've missed out on a tour around the Sunreef. My pal handed over to the new skipper yesterday. Still, we dined ashore last night and was great to meet up again.

Named Viva la vida, they depart on 20th for Cabo Verdes.

 

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By coincidence, this popped up from 2020.

Catamaran sailing across the Atlantic: Why multihulls are taking over the ARC

There have been masses of multis doing the ARC and N-ARC for a decade or so. When I did it 5 or 6 years back Lagoons were already the most common make of boat.
And, surprised by your earlier comments of not having seen one before, there were already at least a couple of Neel trimarans.

However, with the way the weather patterns are going, and as Frank S says November is slightly early to set off, I guess that with so many boats crossing every year, one year we may get unlucky and the fleet sails into the path of an early hurricane. I hope not but it could be less of a “milk run” conditions for monohulls and multis alike if that ever happens.
Being an old fogie, in that event I still would prefer a solid keel underneath in those conditions (albeit I now suspect a medium length keel with strong internal structure, XY / Arcona / Salona style, might be better than a long keel, which doesn’t slip sideways enough in extremis)

 

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There is a long pontoon in Puerto Calero generally reserved for multihulls. I was round there visiting a friend on one and walked past two Neel trimaran. This was a couple of years ago. I'd never heard of them before. Every year I see lots of multihulls passing through, this year more than ever. There must have been more than 10 different types passing through Rubicon recently.

Popularity surging as reported in my first post. Gawd knows how much money this involves!

 

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There are now 3 Sunreef 80's in Rubicon. And a 60 that looks a bit....small. dozens of other makes, Catanas seem popular.

 

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We had a dockside table at the marina bar and this sheltered us from the southerly breeze.

 

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One of them using up a big space.

 

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It's a bit of a beast, isn't it. I can't imagine myself with something like that, even if my numbers come up. Way over the top for an old couple pottering around the Solent. CH reckons I haven't got the cojones to take Jazzcat into Yarmouth, and he's right. Can you imagine turning up with something like that?

Floating proof that the amount of fun is inversely proportional to boat size, in my book

 

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It's a bit of a beast, isn't it. I can't imagine myself with something like that, even if my numbers come up. Way over the top for an old couple pottering around the Solent. CH reckons I haven't got the cojones to take Jazzcat into Yarmouth, and he's right. Can you imagine turning up with something like that?

Floating proof that the amount of fun is inversely proportional to boat size, in my book

Had a few beers with the new skipper and crew yesterday evening. These guys are pros. 6 up for the transat, they are doing clearance today and leave tomorrow. There is no doubt at all that despite the hard work, they are thoroughly enjoying themselves.

 

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It's a bit of a beast, isn't it. I can't imagine myself with something like that, even if my numbers come up. Way over the top for an old couple pottering around the Solent. CH reckons I haven't got the cojones to take Jazzcat into Yarmouth, and he's right. Can you imagine turning up with something like that?

Floating proof that the amount of fun is inversely proportional to boat size, in my book

I take my 9m Cat into to Yarmouth. Not normally a problem as the HM is normally nearby ready to assist. So far I have only required help once in about 30 years. Same applies to leaving ....

 

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I take my 9m Cat into to Yarmouth. Not normally a problem as the HM is normally nearby ready to assist. So far I have only required help once in about 30 years. Same applies to leaving ....

It is a bit tight in there on summer weekends. And it is often windy, and the tide runs very strongly in the offing, and quite surprisingly inside the harbour too in a few places but it’s all part of the fun. I think they’d invite an 80ft cat to pick up the big yellow buoy outside though

 

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It is a bit tight in there on summer weekends. And it is often windy, and the tide runs very strongly in the offing, and quite surprisingly inside the harbour too in a few places but it’s all part of the fun. I think they’d invite an 80ft cat to pick up the big yellow buoy outside though

Yup, crew can get a run ashore in the 6m rib.

 

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Yup, crew can get a run ashore in the 6m rib.

There are lots of RIB accessible eating and drinking places, catering for all tastes, from small time drug runners to titled ladies and gentlemen.