The ALUMINUM CATAMARANS Built to SAIL ANYWHERE! - Part 1 - (Episode 368)
14 de junho de 2026 · 31 min · 235K visualizações · La Grande-Motte, France
Crew demonstrates forward boarding ladder on modern catamaran
O que este vídeo aborda
At the International Multihull Show in the south of France, Colin tours two aluminum catamarans built for high-latitude and expedition sailing.0:55 The first is the Total 147, a 48-ft aluminum catamaran built in Tunisia, priced from €1–1.5 million, with 8–10mm hull plating below the waterline and 6mm above, three watertight compartments per hull, 5.5 kW of solar, 20 kWh of lithium batteries managed by five Victron units on a 48V system, and twin 57 hp Yanmar diesels.3:18 The builder lived aboard for eight months and started the generator once.12:36 The second is the Garcia ExploCat, built by Garcia — founded in 1973 — starting at €2 million, with a fiberglass superstructure to save weight, saildrive propulsion protected by aluminum skegs, 1,100 L of diesel in integral aluminum tanks, 660 L of water, an ice-breaking bow derived from the Exploration 45 Jimmy Cornell used for the Northwest Passage in 2015, and 85 cm bridge clearance.16:51 One ExploCat crossed from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas averaging 8 knots with surfs to 24 knots.19:52 Both builders address galvanic corrosion between dissimilar metals, aluminum water-tank coating for potability, paint layering and longevity, and the 16-month hull build time that makes each aluminum boat a from-scratch project.10:52
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