{"id":47567,"date":"2017-04-23T19:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2017\/04\/last-day-international-multihull-boat-show\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T16:57:06","slug":"last-day-international-multihull-boat-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2017\/04\/last-day-international-multihull-boat-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Last day at the International Multihull Boat Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By all accounts, and especially from the reaction of the exhibitors, this has been a very successful show.<\/p>\n

The crew of Luna Bay, a new Outremer 45 catamaran, planning to cross the Atlantic in this year\u2019s Islands Odyssey<\/p><\/div>\n

The Cornell Sailing Events<\/em> stand has been, as always, a meeting point for participants in our rallies<\/a>; not just those still to come but also previous events. Stopping by to say hello were former participants in ARC 1987, 1994<\/em> and 1997<\/em>, Millennium Odyssey<\/em> (1998-2000), as well as Atlantic Odyssey<\/em> 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n

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Discussing future plans with Vincent and Annick Delvoye, who will be taking delivery of a Neel 51<\/em> trimaran later this year and plan to cross the Atlantic in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Chantal and Christian Esnault\u2019s Puravida<\/em>, a Swisscat 48<\/em>, which was a on display at the show, fully equipped and ready to go\u2026 but not just yet as full-time retirement and a world voyage will have to wait until 2019.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Cornell with Xavier Desmarest of Outremer Catamarans<\/p><\/div>\n

Among the visitors to our stand was also Xavier Desmarest, an old friend and CEO of Outremer Catamarans<\/em>. The story of the company he now leads is as fascinating as his own.<\/p>\n

In 1984, G\u00e9rard Danson, a young naval architect conceived and built the first performance catamaran aimed at long-distance cruising.<\/p>\n

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The 40-foot cat was an instant success and the Outremer<\/em> brand became the best-known catamarans for long distance cruising. The first Outremer<\/em> cats monopolized the podiums of the racing world, including winning the prestigious OSTAR<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But Outremer<\/em>\u2019s cruising appeal quickly took precedence as more and more families discovered that catamarans were a comfortable and seaworthy boat whether for a sabbatical one-year-round-Atlantic voyage or a circumnavigation of the globe.<\/p>\n

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It all started here, in La Grande Motte, where the Outremer<\/em> boatyard is only 200 metres away from the current boat show. G\u00e9rard Danson died in 2005 and in 2007 Outremer<\/em> was acquired by two French sailors, Stephan Constance and Xavier Desmarest, planning to set off on a world voyage and looking for a suitable boat to do it in\u2026 Instead they ended up buying not one but two boatyards, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n

Their Grand Large Yachting<\/em> group now also includes such well-known brands as Allures<\/em>, Garcia<\/em>, and recently Gunboat<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Outremer<\/em> continues to be at the forefront of catamaran design and innovation, and its most popular Outremer 49<\/em> has won the European Yacht of the Year<\/em> and US Boat of the Year<\/em> awards.<\/p>\n

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Its promising followers, the 4X and 5X models, continue to set the standard for blue water catamarans.<\/p>\n

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