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New (Oct 10, 2026)

Aboard M/Y Chase: A 2022 Pursuit S268 Built for BVI Days

Most center consoles in the Caribbean wear their years on their cushions. M/Y Chase, a 2022 Pursuit S268, does not — and broker Ted Reshetiloff spends the opening minutes of his walkthrough explaining exactly why. Filmed in West End, Tortola, the tour begins before the boat even touches the water, with the Pursuit sitting on her aluminum-framed Rocket double-axle trailer. A life mostly out of the water That trailer is a big part of the story. Both the prior owner and the current one have kept Chase in the BVI under the care of a professional management company.…

New (Oct 10, 2026)

Aboard S/V Umami: A Fully Optioned Hallberg-Rassy 340

Anchored in Little Harbour off Peter Island — one of the prettiest corners of the BVI, and, as broker Ted Reshetiloff puts it, one of his favourite spots anywhere — S/V Umami makes an easy first impression. The turquoise water helps. But the real story of this 2025 Hallberg-Rassy 340 is what was ordered, added and refined after she left the factory. “Every box that was on the order form was ticked,” Reshetiloff says, and the cockpit is where that starts to show.…

New (Sep 20, 2026)

Aquila 44 ‘Dickie Chickens’: The Rare Inside-Helm Cat

Most Aquila 44s leave the factory with a tidy run of cabinet space where the inside helm could be. This one didn’t. Dickie Chickens, a 2020 three-cabin example lying in Fort Lauderdale, was ordered new with the rare lower helm station — and as broker Staley Weidman points out in his walkthrough, it isn’t a token secondary console. Every control lives there. An all-weather helm, fully equipped Sitting at the inside station, Weidman runs through what’s at hand: bow thruster, autopilot, multifunction display, chart plotter, radar, full engine vessel management display, engine controls, fire suppression, VHF and electronic throttles.…

New (Sep 19, 2026)

Aboard the Hylas M49: A Down East Cruiser Grown Up

Some boats arrive with a pedigree that isn’t immediately obvious from the dock. The Hylas M49 is one of them. Walking through the first example to reach the United States, Kevin Wensley, National Sales Manager for Hylas Yachts, explains that the hull beneath all this joinery began life as a commercial workboat in New Zealand before evolving into a luxury cruising yacht — much the way the classic Down East lobster boat matured into today’s coastal cruisers. The numbers are refreshingly sane.…

Aboard M/Y Vie Pure: A 2021 Fountaine Pajot MY4.S Tour

Some boats are easier to understand once you’ve walked them, and the 2021 Fountaine Pajot MY4.S M/Y Vie Pure is one of them. In her video walkthrough, broker Caroline Laviolette makes the case simply: this is a sporty, stable, nimble power catamaran from a builder that has been producing powercats for more than 25 years and sailing cats for almost 50. The name translates to “Pure Life” — not a bad philosophy for a cruising boat. Built for the Loop — and the shallows Two numbers do a lot of work here.…

Inside M/Y Margaritaville: A 2018 Great Harbour TT 35 Trawler

Great Harbour Trawlers sales manager Eric Kraft leads the walkthrough of M/Y Margaritaville, a 2018 TT 35 that happens to be hull number two — a boat with a few charming quirks compared to the current production run, and a layout that makes an unusually strong case for cruising in a footprint you can still put on a trailer. A Cockpit Built for Living The tour opens in a genuinely spacious cockpit, flanked by cushioned bench seating on both sides. Storage under those benches is deep enough for bicycles, a dinghy, or a generator — a nod to the TT 35’s practical, expedition-minded design.…

2008 Africat 420 ‘Africa 3’: A Lightly-Used Florida Powercat

Filmed dockside in Fort Lauderdale, this walkthrough with Alexis de Boucaud of The Multihull Company introduces M/Y AFRICA 3, a 2008 Africat Marine 420 that has spent virtually its entire life in the Florida Keys. Originally sold to an American owner who kept her at Ocean Reef in Key Largo, she’s now with her second owners, a liveaboard couple who have invested meaningfully in the boat over the past year. The headline numbers are appealing: roughly 700 hours on the twin Volvo IPS 500 pod drives, a freshly sandblasted and epoxy-barrier-coated bottom, and a brand-new 10-foot Highfield tender with a new Honda four-stroke on the davits.…

2021 Leopard 53PC ‘Caribbean Dream II’: A Phase-Out Powercat

Ted Reshetiloff of BVI Yacht Sales walks us aboard M/Y Caribbean Dream II, a 2021 Leopard 53 PowerCat tied up at The Moorings base in Tortola. She’s just wrapped her phase-out program — a rigorous sequence of in-water and out-of-water surveys, mechanical inspections, and service on every major system — leaving her in what Ted describes as essentially like-new condition. For anyone shopping this size and layout, that’s the headline: a boat that has been methodically brought back to standard by the fleet operator who ran her.…

2021 Leopard 43 PowerCat ‘Carina’: Turn-Key Cruiser

Few boats manage to feel equally at home crossing open water, transiting the Great Loop, or sitting quietly as a floating waterfront residence. M/Y Carina, a 2021 Leopard 43 PowerCat, was clearly outfitted with all three in mind — and the walkthrough with broker Chuck d’Hemecourt of The Multihull Company makes the case succinctly. Layout Built Around the Owner Carina is configured in the three-cabin owner’s version, dedicating the entire starboard hull to a private owner’s suite. The salon is bright and open, and a forward salon door promotes cross-ventilation to keep the interior cool at anchor.…

2025 Aquila 36 Sport Cruiser: Power Cat Built for Everything

Broker Riley Dunn of The Multihull Company walks buyers through M/Y C-Cock, a 2025 Aquila 36 Sport in the desirable Cruiser Edition trim. It’s a boat that tries to do a lot — day cruiser, weekender, entertainer, even Great Loop candidate — and after watching the tour, it’s clear the platform has the range to back that up. Power, Foils, and Fingertip Control Propulsion comes from twin 300-horsepower Mercury Verado outboards, each with under 150 hours on the clock. Riley notes a comfortable 20–30 knot cruise and a top end around 35 knots.…

2011 Maine Cat P-47 ‘Willow’: A Long-Range Power Cat

Few production power cats manage to blend efficiency, range, and shoal-draft versatility quite like the Maine Cat P-47. Willow, a 2011 example presented by Chuck d’Hemecourt of The Multihull Company, makes a compelling case for cruisers who want to travel far, quietly, and on their own schedule. Range That Rewrites the Itinerary Powered by twin Volvo D3 220-hp diesels, Willow cruises comfortably at 8 knots burning just 2.7 gallons per hour, or lifts to 18 knots when you want to log 150-plus miles in a day.…

2018 Great Harbour TT 35: The Trailerable Trawler Yacht

Say “35-foot trawler yacht” and most buyers picture a single diesel, a full keel, and a slip that stays booked all year. The 2018 Great Harbour TT 35 M/Y Margaritaville upends that expectation. It’s a proper walk-around cruiser with standing headroom, a queen berth, marine air conditioning and a Great Harbour pedigree — but it rides on a road-going trailer, tows behind a regular driver’s license (with wide-load permits), and is driven by a pair of gas outboards. It’s a trawler you can keep in your yard.…

Cherubini 44 ‘S/V MAGIC’: A 1986 Classic Built to Sail

Few sailboats earn a place in The World’s Best Sailboats, but the Cherubini 44 did — and this 1986 example, S/V MAGIC, shows exactly why. Broker Mike Rybas walks through a yacht that is as much a piece of craftsmanship as it is a capable cruiser, with a long waterline and moderate displacement that hint more at a modern performance cruiser than a heavy offshore boat. On the day of the tour, MAGIC ghosts along at four to five knots in just five to six knots of true wind — a fair demonstration of her light-air ability.…

Leopard 39 Powercat: M/Y Island Paws, a Capable Cruising Cat

The Leopard 39 Powercat has earned a loyal following among owners who want the stability and space of a catamaran without the rigging of a sailing multihull. M/Y Island Paws, a 2012 example listed by Michelle Ropiza, brings that recipe to market with the poise the model is known for — a wide, walk-around deck plan, a bright saloon that flows to the aft cockpit, and the kind of shallow-draft, twin-engine layout that opens up thin-water cruising grounds from the Bahamas to the Sea of Cortez.…

Catamaran Market Check-In: A Buyer’s Window, Not a Fire Sale

In his latest quarterly update, Wiley Sharp of Catamaran Central offers a grounded read on where the cruising catamaran market actually sits right now — and it’s more nuanced than the doom-scroll takes circulating online. Activity at his brokerage has picked up in the last quarter, and conversations with peer brokers echo the same theme: the market is uneven, but it’s moving. “Stop go, stop go,” is how Wiley describes the rhythm of the past year and a half. That inconsistency has become the new normal, and both sides of the deal are adapting.…

2018 Lagoon 630 MY ‘Philotimo’: A Rare Power Cat Offering

The Lagoon 630 MY has always occupied a distinctive niche in the power catamaran world: a full-beam motor yacht from a builder better known for sailing multihulls, offering the space, stability, and long-range comfort that discerning cruisers seek. M/Y Philotimo, a 2018 example currently listed by Chesnee Cogswell, brings that proposition to a market where availability is exceptionally thin. A 63-Foot Motor Yacht Built for Space At 63 feet with the twin-hull architecture Lagoon is known for, the 630 MY delivers interior volume closer to a monohull ten or fifteen feet longer.…

Yacht as a Business: Catamaran Guru’s Reality Check

“If you think a boat is an investment, you’re totally wrong. It’s a depreciating asset. It is the worst investment you could ever make.” That’s the opening salvo from Catamaran Guru in a long-form conversation that doubles as a masterclass on the yacht-as-a-business model — and a warning against the glossier pitches making the rounds in charter-ownership marketing. For a brokerage that represents Bali, Voyage Yachts, Fountaine Pajot, Leopard, Lagoon and more, and whose current inventory spans from a $61,650 project boat to a $3.6 million flagship, the message is refreshingly unpolished: a charter yacht can be a legitimate small business, a genuine tax shelter, and a route to a better lifestyle — but only if it’s run like an actual business.…