Can a boat this big and muscular be fun and even nimble to sail as well as comfortable to live aboard? Theo Stocker went to find out

FRANÇOIS TREGOUET ON LA TORTUE 147

BIGGER AND BETTER? MEET THE LATEST PERFORMANCE-ENHANCED MULTIHULLS

A couple of years back I was writing a guide entitled the A-Z of multihulls and I felt I had done a pretty decent job of sorting through the various different flavours of cruising multihulls and makin

David Ross takes delivery of Europe’s first Schaefer V44

With its voluminous accommodation and secure cockpit, this low-draught Polish-built cruiser is ideal for family coastal cruising – and a bit of canal pottering…