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Catamaran Sailing: Space, Stability, and Direct Sea Access

Our catamaran sailing programme offers voyages on spacious twin-hull sailing vessels carrying between six and twelve guests, operated by professional skippers in some of the most compelling sailing grounds of the Mediterranean and Caribbean. The catamaran format provides a fundamentally different experience from a monohull yacht: the twin hulls offer exceptional stability, more interior living space per guest, and a broad deck area that makes life on board comfortable even on days when the wind is pushing hard.

We recommend catamaran voyages to guests who appreciate sailing but prefer a platform that remains level, to those travelling with companions who are less experienced at sea, and to anyone for whom deck space and communal living areas matter as much as sailing performance.

Life Aboard a Sailing Catamaran

The catamaran’s chief practical virtue at sea is the wide, flat deck that runs between and aft of the two hulls. In calm anchorages, this becomes a sunbathing and social platform; at sea, it is the place where guests gather to watch the passage, read, or simply sit with the wind and the view. The trampoline netting stretched between the bows is the vantage point for watching the bow wave on a fast reach – one of the most purely pleasurable places on a sailing boat.

Cabins are arranged in the two hulls, giving each double cabin its own hull entrance and a degree of acoustic separation that a monohull cannot match. The saloon and galley occupy the wide central platform above the waterline, creating a genuinely comfortable communal living space. The skipper and crew typically occupy one hull; guests take the other.

At anchor, the stern platform sits just above the waterline, making swimming, snorkelling, and kayaking a matter of stepping off the back of the boat rather than using a tender. In the right anchorage – a clear-water bay off a Cycladic island or a reef-protected lagoon in the Caribbean – this direct access to the sea is the defining feature of the daily programme.

Sailing Character

Modern ocean-going catamarans sail with efficiency across a wide range of conditions. They are at their best on reaching courses with a fair breeze: both hulls lift slightly and the boat accelerates with a directness and quiet that surprises first-time catamaran sailors. They are less suited to hard upwind sailing than a performance monohull, but in the destinations we operate – Mediterranean island-hopping, Caribbean passages – the point of sail is rarely close-hauled for extended periods.

Destinations

Our catamaran programme operates in the Greek islands, the Croatian Dalmatian coast, Turkey’s Aegean anchorages, the Balearic islands, and the Caribbean (principally the Windward and Leeward islands). Week-long and two-week itineraries are the most common structure, with departure ports selected for straightforward guest access and sensible sailing distances between anchorages.

Why We Recommend Catamaran Sailing

The catamaran offers the sailing experience with less physical demand and more communal living space than a monohull of equivalent guest capacity. For guests new to sailing, or for groups who want to combine an active holiday with genuine comfort and direct sea access, it represents the most accessible entry point to sailing travel that we offer.