Germans snare French flair

This first entry from the recently bought Nautitech sees Phillip Ross impressed with the visionary marriage between two respected builders.

The move by Bavaria into the multihull market could be seen to be a smart one. The multihull charter market is growing world wide and the opportunity to buy straight into multihulls through a known and respected designer and builder in Nautitech was too good to pass on. Mark Blake and Michael Galbraith are the owners of Ensign Brokers latest sale, the Bavaria Open 40. Mark is an ex-Seawind owner and experienced catamaran racer. Michael is retired, has always sailed but not multihulls. They were looking for the perfect vehicle for them to take cruising, either together or separately with families. Given their history they wanted a catamaran that also performed, “Nautitech pedigree said they could deliver and indeed this is able to tack upwind and hold a similar-sized monohull,”…

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Cruising Helmsman (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2016

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