Cruising Catamaran Choices
Today’s cruising cats offer an unprecedented range of choices, keeping the crew as close to or as separate from the kicked-back loungers as they want to be.
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Today’s cruising cats offer an unprecedented range of choices, keeping the crew as close to or as separate from the kicked-back loungers as they want to be.
When it comes to deck layouts, designers balance control and comfort; we explore these themes as displayed in monohulls from the 2017 Boat of the Year fleet.
A stem-to-stern inspection of any offshore cruising boat reveals the critical items and areas that must be addressed for safe voyaging.
Design Trends/Part IV: Once a place to steer and trim — period — the contemporary cockpit has become a considered haven at rest and under way.
As the biggest hole on a sailboat, the companionway must excel at letting sailors in and keeping water out.
Cruising Club of America members put on their thinking caps to come up with environmentally friendly sailboat design recommendations.
Design Trends/Part II: The bow and stern get all the attention, but the overall success of any boat must address what lies in between.
A Pointed View of the Sharp End: In this first installment of a series examining the features and layouts of contemporary cruising boats, the focus is the foredeck. By Alvah Simon.
Today’s cruising cats offer an unprecedented range of choices, keeping the crew as close to or as separate from the kicked-back loungers as they want to be.
When it comes to deck layouts, designers balance control and comfort; we explore these themes as displayed in monohulls from the 2017 Boat of the Year fleet.
A stem-to-stern inspection of any offshore cruising boat reveals the critical items and areas that must be addressed for safe voyaging.
Design Trends/Part IV: Once a place to steer and trim — period — the contemporary cockpit has become a considered haven at rest and under way.
As the biggest hole on a sailboat, the companionway must excel at letting sailors in and keeping water out.
Cruising Club of America members put on their thinking caps to come up with environmentally friendly sailboat design recommendations.
Design Trends/Part II: The bow and stern get all the attention, but the overall success of any boat must address what lies in between.
A Pointed View of the Sharp End: In this first installment of a series examining the features and layouts of contemporary cruising boats, the focus is the foredeck. By Alvah Simon.
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