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  • Balance Catamaran For Charter

    Tweet “SKIMMER” 75 Ft all-inclusive catamaran vacation in Malta SKIMMER currently registered in Malta is actively available for charter. The luxury sailing yacht SKIMMER was built by Balance Catamarans and delivered to her owner in 2016. The exterior of SKIMMER is designed by Du Toit Yacht Design in South Africa. The 75ft / 22.9m SKIMMER has been constructed with a grp hull and is powered by 2x YANMAR 132 kW with a cruising speed of 10 knots and a top speed of 15 knots. Charter Guest Accommodation SKIMMER has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 10 charter guests in 5 suites. The guest cabins comprise a cabin with a…

  • Book A Leopard 45 For Charter from Edin Island Marina in Seychelles for 7 days.

    Tweet Reserve The World’s most popular brand for charter from Leopard Catamarans represented by South African Catamarans for November 12 – 19, 2022. We recommend visiting this region during April-May or October-November. This is when the water has great visibility – perfect for water activities – and you will also find ideal south-easterly winds averaging 10 to 20 knots. Book this sailing catamaran built by the South African boat builder that is ideal for a sailing charter with 4 double cabins and 4 heads and showers. If you are not qualified to sail the Leopard 45 as a bareboat catamaran then hire a skipper for the week. An optional cook and…

  • The typical cost of charter catamaran in Croatia for 12 guests September Dates

    Tweet Thinking of sailing in the med during peak season?  Peak season in Croatia is June/July/August/September.   Charter catamarans will always start on a Saturday and end Saturday.  Also med moor applies.  This means you will most likely have to med moor on Marinas facing with your stern to dock and anchors in front alongside other catamarans and monohulls.  It is advised that if you do decide to charter a catamaran and would like to ensure marina space that you reserve in advance as they are very popular.  You can also anchor.  Moorings are not always available. So, say you have a group of 12.  The less expensive 4 cabin catamarans…

  • Dutoit Yacht Design: Two Oceans 82HPC High Performance Catamaran 82.75 foot

    Tweet The Two Oceans 82HPC is an 82ft full carbon high performance catamaran is designed for performance sailing, yet she is luxurious and built for comfort. Her hull, deck, bulkheads, mast, boom, longeron and forward cross-beams are all carbon. In addition, she has quite a few real innovations and promises to be a very exciting boat. The coach roof of the Two Oceans 82HPC high performance catmaran is slightly lower than the other boats in the Open Ocean Range, keeping with the owner’s specifications for a sleek and elegant overall shape. Her hull lines have been fine-tuned to give her the best performance possible, but she still has the characteristics that…

  • SEYCHELLES CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE

    Tweet Some of the Two Oceans Marine Manufacturing Crew are in the Seychelles, doing some general maintenance on the Open Ocean 750 Luxury Expedition catamaran… All yachts need constant maintenance, surveys and safty checks, and the bigger they are, the more this entails. Maintenance is part of the services that Two Oceans Marine Manufacture offer, and the team travel to many destinations around the globe to carry this out for our customers. At the moment, the Open Ocean 750 Luxury Expedition Catamaran is having some routine boat maintenance. Open Ocean 750 Luxury Expedition Catamaran II Two Oceans Marine launched their second exciting Open Ocean 750 Luxury Expedition Catamaran in September 2015. This impressive…

  • MIASA AND SABBEX MERGE

    Tweet The Marine Industry Association of South Africa (MIASA) and the South African Boat Builders Export Council (SABBEX) have merged. The organisation is now known as Boating South Africa/SABBEX. The current Board Chairman is Bruce Tedder and the other Board members are Craig Garrow, Quinisela Zulu, Jacques Brummer, Koorts Liebenberg and Ken Bircher.

  • CRUISING WORLD: BALANCE 526 REVIEW

    Tweet By Tim Murphy  The all epoxy Balance 526 is a performance-oriented couples cruising boat. In the world of cruising catamarans, a debate has been raging for more than 20 years: Payload or performance? The palaver started in the mid-1990s, when cats began rolling out in increasing numbers for larger populations of sailors, including charterers. The boats were marketed on the basis of two mutually exclusive promises: their displacement-busting speed potential or their capacity to carry all the comforts of a well-appointed apartment. Sailors snarked about roomarans, the boats you might want to take anchoring but never sailing. At the other end of the cat spectrum were thoroughbreds marketed to…

  • The Cat is Nearly Out of the Bag

    Tweet One of the most exciting happenings of 2018 for us at TMC is seeing the design come together for the new Balance 620 and launch of our fourth Balance 526. In two weeks TMC founder, Phil Berman, will be flying to South Aftrica to sea trial Balance 526 hull #4, check in on hulls #5 and #6, and work with our team on our new 620. Exclusively offered through the Multihull Company, Balance Catamarans are designed to be the perfect harmony of performance and luxury. The Balance 620 is an upgraded and modernized version of our 601. She is lighter, stronger, and faster than any production catamaran currently marketed in her size…