On the Cover
The new Lagoon 400 on its first reported sea trial.

News Briefs
• Horizon Yacht Charters’ Flotilla
• Progressive Online Hurricane Videos

Featured Products
• ZAK Eyewear by Wiley X
• Bosun Chair by BMS
• Luminous Sail Tape by GlowFast

Letters
• Cruising for Trimarans by John Snyder
• Missing Link by Bob Lewis
• Article Improvement by Charles Kanter

Jaynes Marine
The opening of a new full-service multihull boatyard that builds, hauls, repairs and stores multihulls on the Chesapeake Bay.

Corinne’s Culinary Corner
Easy Breads by Corinne Kanter
• Pineapple Carrot Bread
• Lemon-Blueberry Coffee Cake
• French Onion Drop Biscuits
• Double Corn Muffins

EPIRBs – Check Your Code
An inaccurate 15-character code can delay response in the first vital minutes.

Montserrat
by IBI Magazine
The island has seen an increase in yacht arrivals in the past three years.

How to Bridle Your Boat
by Charles E. Kanter
Learn the basics of this essential piece of anchoring equipment for most modern cats.

Tools of the Trade...
by Jonathan Sands
Learn about some of the different tools used by an experienced yacht surveyor.

Hurricane Season Approaches
by Tony Usher
Some commonsense rules that you should apply when securing your multihull for the onset of a hurricane.

Shopping for a Pre-Owned Catamaran – US vs. Caribbean
by George Coggeshall
Though there is more opportunity to find used multihulls in the Caribbean, there are more considerations.

Time to Rename the City “Catcun, Mexico”?
by Brent Hermann
Albatross Catamarans found the need to keep adding multihulls to its fleet to meet the demands of adventurous tourists.

Destination Wedding: BVIs
by Stacy Coolbaugh
The celebration really began when the wedding party boarded the four-boat flotilla and headed for the Islands.

Peace in the Northern Sea of Cortez – Part II
by Carllie Hennigan
Take a trip on the 24-foot cat as she travelled from Bahia San Carlos to La Paz.

Lapita Voyage Comes to an End
by James Wharram Designs
The ancient replicas made it to the end of the four-month journey without using any modern navigational instruments.

The New Lagoon 400
by Mike Carlson & Brian Hermann
The first worldwide review of the new Lagoon 400... The sea trial of hull #1 really makes a good impression on the authors.

Strictly Sail Pacific
Despite the economy, the boat show in Oakland California proved multihulls are still on the rise.

U.S.S. Independence
Arthur Piver never would have believed that, someday, it would come to a huge stealth Navy trimaran.

Future Perspectives
by Gregor Tarjan
A look at luxury catamaran trends of the second millennium.

The Big Cats of Gdansk
by Michael Harris
An inside view of the latest Polish super catamaran projects by Sunreef.

Roaring Forties 42
Following the success of the Jaguar 36, Classic Cats introduces the new 42-foot cat, which features a larger sail area and a hard-top bimini.

The Cat in the Potato Patch III
by Tyrone Currie
The third article about building the 48-foot Kelsall cat.

The Cat in the Potato Patch III
by Sackville Currie
The final preparations before the launch of Gillaroo.

My Way – Kelsall Unleashed III
by Jo Djubal
The third part in this series reveals pioneer Derek Kelsall not only as a dedicated designer and innovator, but also as a no-nonsense personality..

Small Trimaran Design
There is much free information to be had on this unique web site designed by multihulls sailor and naval architect Michael Waters.

Still Silly, but Sobering Up
by Phillip Berman
An analysis of the current catamaran market – new and used.

Cruising Rally Association
Twenty years of seminars prepare cruisers for offshore adventures.

Trans-Med. Record Beaten
Franck Cammas helmed Groupama 3 across the finish line for another record.

Mirabaud LX Achieves the First Hull-less Ride
The experimental hydrofoiler successfully completed its first ride with no buoyancy whatsoever.

Second Annual Georgetown to Long Island Race
by Cam Simmons
Twenty-eight boats raced from Georgetown, Great Exuma to Long Island in the south central Bahamas.

Ted Warren’s Little Wing Sail
by Jesse Nankin

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