Sailboat Review: Fountaine Pajot’s Goldilocks Cat Isla 40
Not too big and not too small, Fountaine Pajot’s Isla 40 is available with several layouts.
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Not too big and not too small, Fountaine Pajot’s Isla 40 is available with several layouts.
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The pandemic taught many people that cruising without quitting work is a real possibility.
Not too big and not too small, Fountaine Pajot’s Isla 40 is available with several layouts.
Although catamarans can be double the fun, two hulls don’t always mean twice the work.
The Lagoon 55 is a head-turner dockside and will pamper owners and crew alike.
The evolution of the Balance 482 – winner of Cruising World‘s Best Performance Catamaran in the 2022 Boat of the Year contest– is about walking the line between cruising comforts and extraordinarily satisfying sailing.
Catamarans now make up almost half of the worldwide charter fleet, and for good reason.
Virtually every vessel with a house battery bank will benefit from an alternator and regulator upgrade.
Old-school pencil-on-paper vector piloting is the key to crossing the Gulf Stream.
The Nautitech 44 Open is designed for sailors with distant horizons in mind.
With the right inventory on board, these sails add serious performance to the multihull cruising experience.
The newest performance-cruising catamarans are light and quick, with efficient daggerboards and powerful, precise sail plans–and a history, culture and presence all their own.
Fatty Goodlander knows how to keep a nervous crew member calm: by keeping them busy—and never allow talk of launching the liferaft.
The pandemic taught many people that cruising without quitting work is a real possibility.
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