In both La Rochelle and Les Sables d'Olonne, you’ll soon be able to cross from one dock to another without getting your feet wet, there are so many multihulls waiting for delivery.
Image
Image
Image
1
/
1
Published on 24/05/2020
By
Emmanuel van Deth
Issue:
172
Published:
Jul.
/
Aug.
2020
In fact, although the health crisis has impacted the production rate of the main yards on the Atlantic coast, the likes of CNB-Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot, Nautitech, Bali and Neel have very quickly picked back up to cruising speed. The problem? Crews and owners are faced with transport problems to come and take delivery of their beautiful multihulls. At Les Sables - where no less than 19 brand new catamarans were moored – we came across the first crew to arrive “safely” in months. From Greece, they’d flown to Brussels by airplane, then to Paris by train, before renting a car to reach the coast. Let's wish them a more peaceful trip under sail, back to the Hellenic peninsula...
