South African Catamarans

The Cape Town International Boat show kicks into gear October 8-10, 2010 at the V&A Waterfront with national bodies such as Sabbex, CTBi and Connet’d drumming up support and additional marketing behind the scenes. The boat show attracts more overseas visitors than all other South African boats put together. There is over 11 000m² of [...]

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The South African Boatbuilders Export Council (SABBEX) has recently announced the appointment of Jason Bell as new Project Manager for the group. He takes over from Veda Raubenheimer who stepped down as CEO to focus attention on her work for CTBi and the soon-to-be-established National Boating Association. She had been with the Export Council for [...]

It’s interesting to see catamaran charters slowly spread through Southern Africa. Sun Sail Catamarans (No relation to Sunsail in the U.S) offer daily dolphin cruises out of the Walvis Bay Lagoon, Namibia. The cruise takes place 2 hours before sunset and explores Bird Island and Seal Colonies at Pelican Point. Oysters and Champagne are served [...]

Ok, we could not resist including this item, even though the connection to South Africa is slightly nebulous. LILA-LOU, a yacht design studio based in London, recently released details of their 33-meter motor catamaran: the Curvelle 33X9. This is the same firm that built 8 penthouses in Cape Town, South Africa. Their website states that [...]

The South African Boatbuilders Export Council, SABBEX, reports in their May 2010 newsletter that Rudi Pretorius of Maverick Yachts was awarded the Best Sailing Craft for the Maverick 400. This is the second consecutive win for the model. The ceremony took place at the 2nd Annual African Boating Conference, hosted at Crystal Towers Hotel on [...]

At the recent Gold Coast Hong King Boat show in May, 2010, the Leopard 38 won Asia Boating Award for Best Production Multihull. Built by Robertson and Caine and designed by Morrelli & Melvin, there are now over 800 Leopard catamarans sailing the world today. Common Leopard Catamarans features include, high powered engines, electronics, hard [...]