Demystifying Multihull Myths by Broadblue's Design Director

Mark Jarvis is passionate about catamaran design. As a life-long sailor, Mark has sailed on most, if not all, multihull brands in his sailing career. At Boat Shows particularly, he has many discussions with monohull or other non-catamaran/multihull sailors who have heard some untruths around multihull sailing. In this video, Mark addresses those top myths that he is asked about time after time.

Myths debunked in this video:

Catamarans are not ideal for offshore passages
A catamaran is not safe or could capsize
It's difficult to get multihulls to sail upwind
Multihulls are hard to berth
The shape of a multihull causes a lot of slamming into the water
Multihulls are expensive to berth

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Broadblue is a UK company based at Thornham Marina, Emsworth.

Broadblue Catamarans has been building world-class cruising catamarans for the past decade. Renowned for their exemplary performance, speed, luxury live-aboard comfort and safety, our catamarans are built in Poland and Cornwall, UK.

Our catamarans incorporate a high degree of personal specification and they are constructed using first class materials. They are light, spacious and contemporary.

Broadblue Catamarans will suit sailors who place a high priority on seakeeping properties and ability to carry stores for extended, comfortable cruising. The Rapier line is geared towards exciting performance and fast passages.

[mikecasista]

Have always loved the 550 and am so happy the Broadblue group is doing this channel! WOuld love to be able to purchase a 550 one day... A design WAY ahead of its time!!

[Penwiggle]

I’ve always felt that sailing on a monohull is like putting 5 people in a 2 person pup-tent, on a hill. A cat just seems more like a small flat (apartment) on the water. And as I want to liveaboard, cats make more sense.

[pegcjs]

Wow you even had our boat on there in Las Palmas

[seanwilton]

This is a fantastic design that seems advanced even in comparison to the latest generation of catamarans. Are they still being produced?