Catamarans 2025: what’s changing in the world of multihulls VIDEO
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Is the world of catamarans changing? What to expect for and upcoming seasons? Here’s what we saw at the latest Multihull International Show in La Grande Motte.
It is “widening the gap”
There is an ever-increasing gap between pure cruising catamarans, careful first of all to have large spaces available above and below deck, and those hunting for performance;
Sustainability
Always very high, in the catamaran world, the focus on the sustainability: extensive use of electric propulsion. Also numerous experiments toward environmentally sustainable materials.
Catamarans: Close to the water
In terms of design, ease of access to the sea is becoming increasingly important: both from the stern with new solutions for planks and hatches, and from the bow with different interpretations of the ladders leading to the water from the net area.
Motor catamarans in the limelight
Gaining more and more space are motor catamarans, first of all in their day-cruiser interpretations, but also motoryachts.
- Here is the VIDEO of our own Luca Sordelli from La Grande Motte
Curiosity from the Multihull International Show in La Grande Motte:
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