Catamarans: Tomorrow's Superyachts - Tapa dura

Gregor Tarjan has seen the future and it is multihulls. Catamarans: Tomorrow's Superyachts discusses the future of multihull luxury yachts, what's required to build one and important considerations on choosing and sailing a cat, from aesthetics to seaworthiness. The hardcover exterior with dust jacket is as sleek as the 200 photos by Billy Black -- the perfect gift for any multihull aficionado in your life. * Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal * Want to see just how luxurious a catamaran can be? This book is full of exquisite photographs by Billy Black showing the latest and most decadent multi-hull designs. It includes interviews with the naval architects, interior designers, and the skippers lucky enough to sail them. * Latitudes & Attitudes * Aeroyacht founder, mastermind behind the super-catamaran Aeroyacht 110 and all-around multihull guru, Gregor Tarjan, has produced this survey of high-end catamrans 65-feet and larger. The hardcover coffee-table book, titled Catamarans: Tomorrow's Superyachts, is packed with lavish, colorful photographs of big, beautiful catamarans, along with numerous diagrams and computer-generated models showcasing these boats. Many of the nicely reproduced photos were taken by regular SAILING magazine contributor Billy Black. Tarjan includes a thorough discussion of the benefits of big cats, covering the familiar points of speed, stability and shallow draft, as well as other more subtle differences between monohulls and multihulls. Interviews with well-known designers and builders give insight into the evolution and design of modern performance catamarans, while input from seasoned skippers and racers of these boats provide further appreciation for the big cats. * Sailing *

Catamarans have come a long way from their origins--the double canoes used by Polynesians and Micronesians as far back as the 1700s. The first modern, fast ocean catamaran was built in 1947 in Hawaii, and since then these craft have stretched the limits of speed and luxury for racing and cruising. The largest catamarans have become a phenomenon of naval engineering--the superyacht of tomorrow. Building on his previous book Catamarans: Every Sailor's Guide, Gregor Tarjan analyzes the impact of big ocean racers, the luxury charter environment, and new technologies, on the development of the luxury catamaran. With a focus on craft 65' or larger, this lavishly illustrated book, with numerous photos by Billy Black, incorporates interviews with naval architects, interior designers, experienced multihull skippers and seasoned ocean racers to paint the big picture of today's luxury performance catamarans and their evolution. The advantages of multihulls versus monohulls are examined. Readers will discover what building a large catamaran entails, and what considerations are most important in choosing and sailing such a craft, from seaworthiness to aesthetics to practical seamanship and crew training. Tarjan ends with a look at "Future Perspective" on these remarkable vessels.