Cruising World - June 2018

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CAN THE SPEED, SPACE AND

STABILITY OF A CATAMARAN

WOO EVEN THE MOST

DIE-HARD MONOHULL

SAILORS? THIS PAIR OF

VETERAN VOYAGERS AIMS TO

FIND OUT WHILE DELIVER-

ING A BLUEWATER 50 ACROSS

THE POND.

Story and photos by and

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onohull or

multihull? Have you ever gone back

and forth pondering the pros and cons

of cruising on each? We certainly have,

so when my husband, Paul, and I were

given the chance to deliver a brand-new

Bluewater 50 catamaran across the

Atlantic from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria,

in the Canary Islands to St. Lucia in the

Caribbean last winter, we jumped at the

chance.

Paul and I have been cruising and living

aboard since 1989 and have sailed more

than 100,000 nautical miles on the four

boats we’ve owned over our nearly three

A drone offered a birds-eye view
of Zão, a Bluewater 50 catamaran,
during an Atlantic crossing.