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  1. Best Liveaboard Catamaran Sailboats

    The best liveaboard catamarans are the Manta 42, the Nautitech 44, the Voyage 44, the Privilege 435, the Elba 35, and the Lagoon 380. These vessels are seaworthy, comfortable, and ideal for long-term living. We sourced the technical specifications of these vessels from maritime records and directly from sailboat manufacturers.

  2. 13 Best Liveaboard Catamarans (For All Budgets)

    Helia 44. Leopard 48. Nautitech 46 Fly. Catana 50. Lagoon 52. If you're on a tight budget but still want to enjoy the liveaboard lifestyle, the Leopard 40, Lucia 40, and Lagoon 400 are some of your best options. If you have a slightly higher budget to live up to your dream life aboard, let's see which of these catamarans will suit your needs best.

  3. 7 Best Liveaboard Catamarans: Seaworthiness and Liveability!

    The best liveaboard catamaran sailboats include Manta 42, Dolphin Ocema 42, Bali 4.5, Privilege 435, Fountaine Pajot Saba 50, Voyage 580, and Lagoon 620. These catamarans offer plenty of space, load-carrying capability, and are very comfortable to live aboard. This article is based on a poll I did with over 300 catamaran owners and sailors ...

  4. 15 Best Catamarans in 2024

    Here's a list of the Top 15 best Multihulls reviewed in this article: Leopard Catamarans - 41 ft 7 in - Leopard 42. Balance Yachts - 48 ft 26 in - Balance 482. Kinetic Catamarans - 54 ft 2 in - Kinetic KC54. Xquisite Yachts - 53 ft - Xquisite X5.

  5. Sail Away in Style: Explore the World on the Best Liveaboard Catamaran

    Picking the right liveaboard catamaran for your crew is a big choice. This list has been handpicked based on personal experience of years living on the water. Boat. Pros. Antares 44. Gorgeous, seaworthy, comfortable, good support. Knysna 440/500. Extremely well built, high quality, pretty. Leopard 42/43/45/47.

  6. The Live-Aboard Life: Best Liveaboard Yachts

    Best Live Aboard Sailboats Brands. Catalina Yachts (the Cataline 30 is the most popular) Beneteau Boats. Pearson Sailboats. Islander 36 / I36 Boat Models. Leopard. Manta. Fountaine Pajot. Nautitech.

  7. The Top Catamarans of 2020

    Leen 56. The Leen 56 power trimaran is a long-range cruising multihull, perfectly capable of transatlantic voyages or living aboard in high latitudes. Built in a highly efficient, new hybrid composite panel system, this power trimaran has a range of 5,000 miles and may only be fueled up once a year. 3. Gallery.

  8. Best Cruising Catamarans, Sailing Catamaran Brands

    Gemini 105M Courtesy of Gemini Catamarans. Pioneering catamaran sailor, builder and designer Tony Smith launched the first of his 33-foot Gemini 105M's (10.5 meters = 33′) in 1993, and soon after found a ready and willing stream of sailors enamored of the boat's compact size, affordable price tag, and such innovations as the nifty lifting rudder and transom steps.

  9. 10 Best Catamarans for 2023

    Let us introduce you to five power catamarans and five sail multihulls, and then let us get you on the water with one! Here are the ten best catamarans for 2023: World Cat 260 CCX. Four Winns TH36. Leopard 40 PC. Aquila 42 PC. HammerCat 45. Fountaine Pajot Tanna 47. Bali 4.4.

  10. How We Chose the Best Liveaboard Catamaran

    In the meantime, we were able to enjoy not having an overabundance of systems to learn and maintain. 4. Owners' Version Catamaran. Whether you choose a charter version or an owners' version catamaran will have a big impact on the boat's cabin layout and purchase price.

  11. 12 Best liveaboard Sailboats To Live on

    Here are our top 12 best live aboard sailboats: Nor'Sea 27Catalina 30Contessa 32Nordic 40Etap 37sHunter 33Cal 34Islander 36FlickaLeopard 45 CatamaranBeneteau Oceanis 57Peterson 44.

  12. 12 Power Catamarans Reviewed

    The Aquila 36 is the first vessel in the builder's series with outboard power. Aquila Boats. The Aquila 36 is a departure from her sisterships in that she is an outboard-powered, express-cruiser-style catamaran, but she also adheres to MarineMax's philosophies.. With a single main living level from bow to stern and a beam of 14 feet 7 inches, the Aquila 36 is like a bowrider on steroids.

  13. Home Sweet Boat: The Best Liveaboard Boats to Fit Your Lifestyle

    Atlantic Ocean. From Kennebunkport to Key West, the Atlantic Ocean offers a wide array of liveaboard locations - Bar Harbor, Maine; Norfolk, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and the Outer Banks of North Carolina - to name just a few. The main downside is winter time in the northern regions.

  14. Best Liveaboard Boats Under 600K

    Some look like actual floating houses rather than boats, others look like more modern and sleek vessels. The 2021 Planus Nautica Aquadomus houseboat in the photo above was listed for sale on YachtWorld for $388,119 by Planus Nautica. With a balanced distribution of space, the capacity is extended to 12 people onboard.

  15. 17 Best Catamarans for Sailing Around the World

    The best catamarans for sailing around the world include: Lagoon 42. The Fountaine Pajot Ipanema 58. Manta 42. Catana 50. Dolphin 42. Gunboat 62. These cats focus on speed, safety, and comfort for longer journeys. This article will show you the seventeen best catamarans for long journeys, and why they're the best.

  16. The 80 Best Liveaboard Boats

    Draft: 3'5". Beam: 15'4". The Carver 4207 is one of the best-selling motor yachts in her class from the 80s. It has a 350 hp gas engine with a cruising speed of 13-14 knots and a 22-knot top speed. The Carver 4207 has two staterooms, a decent-sized head, a dinette, a linear galley and a large cockpit with a hardtop.

  17. 15 Small Liveaboard Catamarans

    The Smart Cat S280 is the smallest catamaran on the market today. The Korean-made catamaran offers a mix of space, shallow sailing, and affordability. At the 2020 Miami Boat Show, the starting price of the Smart Cat S280 was $149,900. It runs on a 19.8 Yamaha HorsePower engine with a 50 Horse Power option.

  18. 13 Best Liveaboard Sailboats (under 30 & 50 ft)

    Conclusion. So there you have it. $15,000 - $50,0000 range, 20 - 50-foot sizes, from cozy towable boats to large sailing houses. A range anybody can choose from to pursue the liveaboard dream. Nothing is stopping you now, so hit the yachtworld.com website and start browsing.

  19. 5 Best Sailing Catamarans for Sailing Around the World

    Photo: Leopard Catamarans. Displacement: 14.5 tons Beam: 24ft 2in Draft: 4ft 11in Features: Forward-facing cockpit, 3 or 4 cabins, 8 to 12 berths, up to 4 heads, up to 5 showers, 2 45hp engines, 780L water capacity, 700L fuel capacity. The big unique selling point of this best catamaran for sailing around the world is the forward-facing cockpit - a shaded and well-ventilated area to relax ...

  20. 10 Affordable Cruising Catamarans

    Here, then, are 10 cool cats to ­consider in the ­$300,000-or-less range: Advertisement. 1. Fountaine Pajot Orana 44 (above) Fountaine Pajot had the misfortune of tooling up this boat just before the global financial crisis, so not that many of them were built between 2007 and 2012.

  21. Texas boasts eight of the nation's top 10 counties for population growth

    Business. Texas boasts eight of the nation's top 10 counties for population growth The Dallas-Fort Worth metro area's growth works out to about 418 new people moving to the region every day ...