British yard Broadblue Catamarans offers a 40 foot model which is light, performs well and is built for the great outdoors… the Rapier 400 is an original catamaran, and here are the full results of our test.
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It’s often forgotten just how much British designers contributed to the development of early production catamarans and trimarans. And today, looking at the Rapier 400 on the dock, we discover a modern, clever, innovative and above all, lightweight boat. A 40 foot catamaran which is near enough half the weight of the majority of multihulls this size, though it’s true, they may offer more in terms of comfort…
At first sight, it brings to mind an image that we’ll be sailing on a modern Louisiane or Outremer 40!
The meticulous construction is carried out in Poland - a…