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Lila-Lou’s “Curvelle: Giant luxury Catamaran
Tweet 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 studio is currently working on the interior design of the Curvelle range of fractional ownership superyachts, and the conceptual exterior and interior styling of motor and sailing yachts between 45m-108m.
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The Maverick 400 shines again at SABBEX award ceremony
Tweet 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 April 15-16, 2010. The also report that Peter Cheales, the founder off the world’s largest customer review website, Hello Peter, gave a feature presentation. Sabbex also reported that they were present at the Miami Boat Show earlier this year although with a much smaller contingent of manufacturers due to prevailing economic conditions. If you…
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Solar Power Catamaran may visit Cape Town
Tweet The world’s largest solar powered catamaran, PlanetSolar, could visit South Africa in an attempt to avoid any potential run-ins with Somali pirates which operate near the Red Sea (the projected last leg of it’s world trip). Almost 102 feet in length it will travel the world powered only by sunlight. The catamaran recently made an appearance at the Hamburg Port Festival in Germany around May 8th and has been garnering quite a bit of world press. PlanetSolar is a multlihull vessel topped by a large array of photovoltaic solar panels, constructed by Knierim Yacht Club, in Kiel, Germany. Built in 14 months, the biggest solar boat ever built has…
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Leopard 38 climbs above competition at Asia Boating Award Ceremony
Tweet 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 top bimini, high capacity water and fuel tanks and electric windlass. Other optional items can be ordered such as air conditioning, watermaker or washer-dryer. This is not the first award the Leopard range have won. Cruising World and SAIL Magazine have both showered accolades on this cruising catamaran. By the way, check out their…
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Beautiful sailing video of Nexus Catamarans in Cape Town
Tweet These guys sure know to make videos! Nexus Catamarans is a builder of high quality catamarans based out of St. Francis Bay, South Africa. South Africa is one of the top three builders of catamarans in the world today and it’s easy to see why in this video. Mark Paarman is the force behind Nexus Catamarans, driven by a desire to access remote surfing spots and avoid the increasing crowding of land-based surf resorts. The result: Nexus Catamarans.