Chartering a catamaran - some great tips

8:51 PM Tue 7 Jun 2011 GMT

'Catamaran sailing - your drink won't spill' .

In this article Grant Headifen, Principal of Nauticed online sail training school, talks about bareboat chartering of a catamaran on a sailing vacation, and gives some great tips: Of the dozens of flotilla trips I've lead to the Mediterranean, Pacific and the Caribbean, I'd say it was about 50/50 between monohull charter and catamaran charter. Chartering in the Mediterranean, however tends to be more monohulls because of the tight space available in the marinas. Not to say that you can't do a catamaran charter in the Mediterranean but if you want to, you should plan ...

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by Grant Headifen, Nauticed

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