Multihull Market 2010

Despite the world wide recession, the recent market study published by the Bonnier Corporation (Sailing World) showed that - amazingly, Multihulls held their course in ‘09 with comparable imports to 2008 levels and even more astonishingly - Multihulls accounted for nearly half of all cruiser imports to the US shores. Good News: Importers see brighter skies next year, driven by unsold inventory back home, new models and partnerships; The recession kept cruiser length imports off-shore in 2009 and generally sales were down -33% across the board. 2009 was all about “holding and waiting” for the credit markets to open up, and the North American economy to start turning. Bright skies ahead. An optimistic view that we’ve seen the bottom and are ready to rise up to the surface. Punch through the other side of the storm as we say...

Race 2 - The Sequel

Buckle your seatbelts. Bruno Peyron has officially announced that he has decided to relaunch The Race. He is the three times holder of the infamous Jules Verne Trophy (see below blog entry) and creator of The Race - a grueling non-stop crewed race around the world without outside assistance and without limits.
After several months of studies and consulting with the main potential competitors, a second edition of the race around the world for the giant G-class multihulls is planned for 2013-2014, starting from a port in Southern Europe.

Race II: watch the promotional video