The Spring 2001 Issue

The Spring 2001 Issue

On the cover: Lagoon Power 43 with Flybridge

Contents:

Letters to the Editors:
• Emilio Gallottini, Italy
• David R. Hall, NH

Featured Products:
• Sea Clock (Tide clocks)
• Lixo Zero (Garbage-collecting catamaran)
• Fish Beware! (GPS fishing hotspots in Florida)
• Nichols Brothers’ 145-foot catamaran ferry
• Weems & Plath hand-bearing Compass
• Furuno’s LCD Radar; West Marine’s Fuel Funnel
• Transom-mount Transducer
• Cellular phone booster

EcoCats
Environment-friendly 22’ trailerable cat, 24’ walkaround power cat and a 26’ water taxi from England.

Scimitar
Australia’s power catamaran now available on the West Coast of USA

Bladerunner
High-speed racing catamaran from England.

World Cat
All new 266 TE, designed for serious tournament fishing

Great Alaskan Adventure
Larry Graf takes a team of adventurers on a trip to the Alaskan wilderness aboard two Glacier Bay catamarans

Zeta, a 32’ Power Catamaran
"Put the Fun Back Into Boating," says the manufacturer from British Columbia

Lagoon Power 43
From the famous French sailing catamaran builder comes this equally exciting power cat with comfort, style and panache.

Meridian Express Cruiser
From the drawing board of Scott Judson on the Gold Coast of Australia comes this 45 footer, destined for Palm Beach, FL.

PDQ MV/32 Power Catamaran
Another successful sailing cat manufacturer adds powerboats to its line, very successfully.

MV/IKE
New from All American Marine, this 55-footer is a long-range, all-weather cruiser born in the State of Washington

Southwind 500
by California Multihull International Yacht Sales

Malolo Cat & The Barracuda
From the design board of Malcolm Tennant, NZ.

Living Aboard Odyssey
In the Spring 2000 issue Don and Ruth Kalen wrote about why they chose a power catamaran. Now a year later they tell us why they live on it.

Solar Sailor
We see an inreasing amount of electric automobiles on the roads, why not electric boats on the water?

Aussie Cats
Four models to choose from: 23’6", 26’9", 28’6" and 33’. Now available in the U.S.A.

Twin Vee’s 4 New Models
Two with large cockpits for fishing and two to go cruising

New Models by Catamarans NZ
36-foot Flybridge Sportfisher, 65- or 70-foot Wave Piercer

Catamaran Ferries are Popular
From Alameda to Alaska, new ferries go into service.