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…