2024 Sail Buyer's Guide

Between 30 and 40 feet, the first proper cruising catamarans rub shoulders with coastal rally-raid trimarans, but there’s also some really fast boats. Whichever your choice, these multihulls remain on a human scale, easy to handle and easy to maintain. Today, this category is something of a paradox: 30 to 40-footers are now the leading segment for buyers, yet the big manufacturers are far from rushing to their aid... Worse still, some models, such as the Aventura 14, are dropping out of the catalog without being replaced. We can, however, count on two new innovative catamarans this year: the HopYacht 30 and the Xquisite 30 Sportcat.