South African Catamarans

The latest issue of Multihulls Magazine Digital Edition has hit the web newsstands — this time loaded with interactive video. The November/December 2010 issue was worth the wait with a number of worthwhile features including a recent Leopard 460 catamaran delivery from Annapolis, MD to Peru. Stalwart Captain, Jorge Ventura, a regular contributor to the [...]

Take a look a this diagram representing some of the challenges facing the South African catamaran manufacturing sector in 2010 and beyond. While innovative, catamaran boat builders face unique challenges ranging from slow adoption of new technology, lack of skilled labor and the rising threat (or opportunity) of offshoring the building process to cheaper locales [...]

Multihulls4Us, that popular evergreen online forum, put together this interesting video on the Maverick 400 at the 2009 Cape Boat Show, including design enhancements relating to the cockpit which can seat 18 people and offer 360-degree panoramic views. “It stole the show for us,” said Multihulls4Us about the Maverick 400. They interviewed Rudi Pretorius, owner, [...]

TMT Charters has range of day charters, sunset cruises, a few overnight options — even a 7 day cruise — onboard a 40-foot Maverick catamaran that explores the rugged coastline of the West Coast, including St Helena Bay and Port St Owen. Johan and Marlene, own and operate “Catlyn”, a 2009 build, sleeps 8 and [...]

THE MULTIHULLS Magazine July / August 2010 issue has just been released online in the United States and covers a large segment of the South African catamaran industry including Sunsail’s 384 catamaran, Scape Yachts and an editorial by Lex Haas, President of The Moorings, in which he touches on the evolution of the modern cruising [...]

Many visitors will remember Gunboat Catamaran’s famous 66′ build, “Sugar Daddy,” a past winner of the Heineken Regatta in the Caribbean. Owners Bruce and Nora Slayden took their prized possession on an ocean “wanderlust” with a bunch of their family to the North pacific — the first GunBoat to venture into this sprawling ocean. For [...]

Tim and Susan Mahoney recently completed a 6,000 mile trip from Cape Town to the Caribbean putting their Kynsna Catamaran 480 “Flamingo” through some serious stress-testing including reaching speeds of 19.6 knots while sliding down the face of a big ocean wave. Tim and Susan Mahoney are the Catamaran Marquee International dealers for North and [...]

The Royal Cape Yacht Club reports in their May 2010 newsletter that the legendary Cape 2 Rio Race scheduled for January 2011 has already generated 14 requests for entry forms including interest from Oman Sailing and their 105ft racing Trimaran, Majan. Named Majan, after the ancient name for Oman, Oman Sail’s new flagship, reportedly is [...]

While South Africa is not considered the world’s top catamaran charter destination, it undeniably offers some of the most dramatic sailing landscapes and spectacular settings — especially Cape Town. Tigger 2 Cape Town Charters takes full advantage of these natural selling points by adding luxury catamaran cruises to the mix aboard two separate 50-foot mega [...]

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 [...]