CANNES BOAT SHOW UPDATE

The Cannes International boat show starts next week. Here is an update of the luxury catamarans docked at the show.



AMBERCAT 210 : This fast catamaran designed by Eric Lerouge and built in Latvia will be exhibited for the first time in Cannes.

CATANA 65 : CATANA will display 4 cats this year including the CATANA 65. Designed by Christophe Barreau and Frederic Neuman, the CATANA 65 was launched in Cannes two years ago. There is a nice virtual tour on CATANA's website.

GALATHEA 65: Designed by Berret Racoupeau Yacht Design with an interior by Jean Jacques Coste, the flagship of the Fountaine Pajot range was launched last year in Cannes.

LAGOON 620 : The flagship of the Lagoon range designed by VPLP with an interior by Couedel Hugon Design has been sold to more than 15 units.

SUNREEF 70 POWER : The successful SUNREEF 70 Power will be exhibit at the same spot as last year. This will be the only large

SUNREEF 102 DD : The largest catamaran of the show. This amazing unit, built by Sunreef yachts will be exhibited for the first time. It is also the first double deck catamaran ever finished and launched.

Charter GALATHEA catamaran with Windward Islands.

AMBERCAT 21O

The Ambercat 210 was the largest catamaran introduced at the La Rochelle Boat Show. I took of few pictures of her docked, very impressive look and was given a tour by Eric Lerouge the architect.

The Enmar shipyard which builds the Ambercat is located close to Riga in Latvia. The Ambercat 210 was designed to be a fast, easy to sail and strong catamaran. This first unit was launched in June 2009 and a second one is actually being built. Eric Lerouge started designing boats back to 1976 and scores more than 300 designs up to today, amongst them many fast sailing, blue water cruising catamarans. He is also fan of planes and is building his own Choucas. The first Ambercat 210 was designed for charter and offers a lot of space in the salon and on the deck with a large galley in the starboard hull. The comfortable and soft interior design is by Marex Birznieks and Linda Bogustoff.

The Ambercat 210 will be exhibited at the Atlantic Multihull Boat Show.