What the fleet has seen
The Prout Ltd. Snowgoose 37 Elite, as the fleet has seen it
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Prout Ltd. Snowgoose 37 Elite is a cutter-rigged catamaran designed by Prout and built from 1986 to the present, an updated version of the popular Snowgoose 37 with more beam and hull shape changes. The Snowgoose 37 (all iterations) sold more than 500 units. Aboard *Otilla*, The Sailing Brothers sailed a 300-mile passage from New Plymouth to the northern tip of New Zealand in gale-force conditions and confused seas, encountering 30-knot gusts and heavy swells that washed over the cockpit.6:27 They completed an 82.5-mile overnight passage from Vanuatu to Port Sandwich on Malakula Island without using their engine, navigating island passages with a wind vane in 15-to-25-knot easterly winds.4:36 Aboard *Atlas*, they sailed 47 miles from the Bahamas to Nassau in 18-to-25-knot winds and a 1.8-meter beam swell, adjusting sail plan by reefing the main and furling the genoa.3:46 They also sailed 32 miles from Port Stephens to Newcastle, Australia, using their engine in light westerly winds before a 15-knot northeasterly breeze filled in.3:54 In Surigao City, Mindanao, the crew addressed a persistent cabin window leak caused by high humidity and heavy rain.20:08
