Walk into any well-attended boat show and the trend is impossible to miss. Catamarans — performance cruisers, bluewater passage-makers, liveaboard platforms — are consuming an ever-larger share of the slips, the dockside conversations, and the brokerage listings. Leopard, Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot, and a dozen smaller builders are moving hulls faster than they have in decades. The buyers are experienced sailors who have done the math on stability, living space, and shallow-draft anchoring. The math works.
The Wide Life Problem: Marina Infrastructure Is Losing the Catamaran Race
Catamaran ownership is booming, but marina infrastructure hasn't kept pace — leaving multihull sailors scrambling for end ties, T-heads, and wide-lift yards at every port of call.
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