We are excited to announce the first of our talks for 2015 in the Trips & Tips lecture series. We have three great speakers for you; Craig Margetts who has sailed his Seawind 1160, Scarlett, around Australia speaking on planning for a long cruise. Andrew Turner of Ullman Sails Brisbane talking about sail care and maintenance and Craig Humpheries of Signature Yacht Services giving a demonstration on doing your own fiberglass and gel coat repair. The bar and restaurant will be open at the club for anyone wanting to have a meal or drink. When: 6.30pm, Friday 6th February 2015 Where: Wynnum Manly Yacht Club, Brisbane Cost: FREE For more information please call our Brisbane office 07 3393 5550.

Seawind Catamarans have a long history of facilitating a range of owners’ get togethers all over the world. The Moreton Bay (Brisbane Queensland) regatta has been operating for a number of years, and has moved around the bay exploring different racing and cruising and, most importantly, partying locations over that time. For the last two years the event has been based out of the Wynnum Manly Yacht Club in Manly, Queensland. This year 2014 saw 15 boats attend the event, about par for the course for numbers, ranging from early model 1000’s to the latest 1250. The format for the event is a fun sail on Friday afternoon, for those that can make it, followed by a barbie at the club that evening. This year we had the very great pleasure of a presentation from David and Georgina off Seawind 1160, Nimrod, concerning their…

We would love to invite you to join us for a very special test sail. For the first time since the launch of the award winning Outremer 5X supercat, we are pleased to exclusively present “Moana” in Noumea, New Caledonia. Join a member of the Multihull Central team on an excursion to Noumea to inspect and sea trial this incredible production blue water machine. “Moana” is extensively equipped for blue water sailing, and after 2.5 years, the owners have explored Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific and are ready for her to go to a new home. The Outremer 5X won “European Boat of the Year” in 2013 and “Cruising World’s Boat of the Year” in 2014. Where: Noumea, New Caledonia When: January 31 / 1st Feb What: Inspect and Sea Trial the Outremer 5X Who: Presented by Multihull Central To view full specs…

Seawind 1000 “Dejavue” and Seawind 1160 “Shamal” have just departed on a 3 week crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, sailing from Cape Verde Islands and expected to arrive in Barbados, Caribbean. To follow their wonderful circumnavigation and adventures please go to their Blog.

Dusseldorf, Germany: Outremer Yachts have announced Australian distributors, Multihull Central, as their Dealer of the Year for 2014 at the Dusseldorf Boat Show. Several new boats recently sold following the Outremer brand exploding onto the Australian market after being debuted at the Sanctuary Cove and Sydney boat shows last year by Multihull Central. Multihull Central’s Victorian Sales representative, Terry Jones, was on hand at the Dusseldorf to receive the award. With a 30 year heritage of building high performance blue water production catamarans in the South of France, Outremer have had a cult following in the northern hemisphere and with the help of Multihull Central, Australia is now discovering this exciting brand. In 2010 the new generation of Outremer was launched with the Outremer 49 which subsequently won “European Boat of the Year”. This success was followed with the launch of the 59ft Outremer…

No other race in Australia consists of two fleets, an offshore and inshore fleet, both starting and finishing at the same place. The Surf to City Yacht Race is also one of a handful of races that see both monohull and multihull yachts compete against each other. Held in January, the Surf to City is now in its 22nd year. In 2014, the Surf to City attracted 85 of the most influential yachts in Queensland and northern New South Wales ranging in size from the mighty Black Jack to 7m trailer sailors. The Inshore Fleet is usually a day race. The course follows the main channel from Southport to Brisbane past all of the islands in the southern part of Moreton Bay. The Offshore Fleet is a day/night race. Starting off the Southport Seaway, the yachts head north around Cape Moreton to enter Moreton…

Nominations are now open for the APC “King of the Gulf” sailing regatta for monohulls and multihulls at Port Vincent, South Australia. The event commences with the racing divisions sailing from Adelaide to Pt Vincent on Friday 20th February (Category 3). The racing divisions will then compete in 5 race coastal series at Pt Vincent while the cruising division will compete in a 3 race series. Great value, great sailing and great competition. The fastest boats in Australia will be there including Queensland’s Mad Max. Nominations Fees: Passage race Adelaide to Pt Vincent $25 5 race (racing) series $75 3 race series (cruising) $50 Passage race Pt Vincent to Adelaide $25 Notice of race: http://myasa.asn.au/kog-2015/45875392

Multihull Central in association with Outremer Yachts is pleased to announce a special tour to the South of France to join and compete in the Outremer Cup. The tour will include sailing on board a late model Outremer and competing in the four days of racing out of La Grande Motte, a tour of the Outremer Factory, plus site seeing and wine tasting at the local vineyards in this beautiful part of the world. The Outremer Cup is open to all models of Outremer and is hosted by the La Grande Motte Yacht Club, home of the French Nacra 17 catamaran Olympic team. Racing is competitive but friendly, with plenty of laughs shared at the end of the day over some nice French wine. Though most of the crews are French, there are several crews from various parts of Europe that travel there to…

The organisers of the Christmas Caribbean Rally have announced that they will be going ‘multihull friendly’ for 2015. As well as an outstandingly well organised event, multihulls can now enjoy reduced costs as they are brought down in line with fees for monohulls. Multihulls will now be charged the same as monohulls for both the event entry fee and berthing in Marina Rubicon in Lanzarote, for up to 3 months in advance of the start on 6th December 2015. This represents a substantial saving for multihull owners for their Atlantic adventure, where the Sailing Rallies team realise costs quickly add up. Entries made before 28th February receive a further 10% early booking discount off the rally entry fee. The CCR welcomed its first multihull, a Privilege 435 in 2014. Skipper Rick Payne commented ‘This is a fantastic event. The organisation has been superb and…

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Active Interest Media Marine Group handed out its Editors’ Choice Awards Friday night at a ceremony held at the Tranquilo Hotel in conjunction with the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. The awards honor boats in five categories: Best Motoryacht, Best Passagemaker, Best Fish Boat, Best Multihull and Best Down East Cruiser. An award also was given for Most Innovative New Technology. The winners were chosen by the editors of the AIM Marine Group magazines: Yachts International, Power & Motoryacht, Sail,Soundings, Soundings Trade Only and Passagemaker, as well asBoatQuest.com. “To find the glimmers of gold — incidences of true groundbreaking innovation that are well executed — and then to share them with our audience of serious boaters across all categories, that’s the goal,” AIM Marine Group publisher Gary DeSanctis said. The Aquila 44 power catamaran was awarded “Best Multihull” in the…