From the very outset, CATANA willed itself to be a brand of excellence. The first models were immediately innovative, fast and comfortable. Twenty six years later and with the arrival of Olivier Poncin at the helm of the yard in 2004, the same will to excel drives the teams at Canet-en-Roussillon. Today, Catana is making [...]

By Philippe Echelle For twenty years now, Catana have had an extremely dynamic image. Their world-wide reputation rests on several key values – speed, comfort and safety – and is constantly maintained, not only by certain rather hedonistic ‘Ocean voyagin’ clients, but also by several iconoclastic and talented exegetes, such as Bruno Nicoletti, who discovered [...]

By Lia Ditton Through hard work and deidcation Catana Catamarans have built an enviable reputation for producing great sea boats with a turn of speed. This attracted a loyal and at one time large client base who liked to cruise, race and rally with like-minded individuals all over the world – does this new direction [...]

By Philippe Echelle Orion the giant Catana! In 2006, when Catana took the decision to begin the design and construction of a 27m juggernaut, the international leisure boat market was euphoric, and the exceptional catamaran yacht segment exerted a strong attraction for specialist builders worldwide. Two years later, the construction deadlines as well as the [...]

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By Philippe Echelle Faced with the regular increase in the size of multihulls, certain Malcontents will talk of gigantism, arrogance or unreality with Respect to the reception capacity of harbours and marinas. The Development of the custom and semi-custom sectors does not exempt Builders from the attention they should be giving to small boats and [...]

By David Ory An Open Door to the Ocean Cruising World When we saw it for the first time at the Genoa Boat Show, this lastest addition to the Catana range took our fancy. The show had hardly finished when we embarked for a test… Catana’s 52-footer was not unknown to us; we had the [...]

By Phillipe Echelle Every generation of sailors seems to react in a particular way to the social and economic environment of their times. From Slocum to Pidgeon, from Gerbault to Barnicot, Bardiaux, Le Tourmelin or even Moitessier, sailors, like their boats, have evolved considerably… Multihulls are no exception to this: from Wharram to Newick, through [...]

Dec 17, 2007 By Mark Pillsbury At just over 50 feet long and with a beam of nearly 26 feet, the Catana 50 is a big boat, and one that the BOTY judges found to be the best built and most stylish of this year’s fleet of cruising catamarans, earning it the title of Best [...]

Sep 15, 2008 By Mark Pillsbury On the morning we were to sail the new Catana 50 south into the Florida Keys, it dawned on me that the floating dock put in place for the boat show and which made it easy to step aboard Jadimean’s starboard sugar-scoop transom might make it tough to get [...]

BWS takes a quick look at some of the new cruising multihulls coming to the U.S. market this year. At this year’s Annapolis Sailboat Show, the catamaran docks were once again lined with cruising cats from around the world and the crowds were queued up to board many of them all weekend. There’s no doubt [...]

“(RE) CONQUERING THE WEST” BY: PHILIPPE ECHELLE After briefly taking in a reef in 2004, the builder with the effigy of the Japanese sabre (the katana is the samurai’s emblematic weapon) has regained its fighting spirit and is once again feeding a prestigious image; the range seems to be grouped around the 50’ model, between [...]

By Gilles Abeloos Presented at the same time at Trade Fairs in Cannes and La Rochelle, the latest boat from the Catana shipyard will also be displayed at the Salon de Paris. High, very high in the water, the 471 gives a feeling of comfort and security from the start. To read complete story – [...]

By Phillipe Echelle A storm lashed the leisure sailing industry during the winter of 2009; despite this, the multihull segment seems to have stood up well and is showing, across all sizes, comforting vitality. After having battled in the backwash from the Poncin group’s economic difficulties, Catana is re-launching a homogenous range and re-interpreting its [...]

By Bernard Lelievre A sailing experience most of us would like to have more often… The weather, in mid-june, promised a pleasant blend of wind and sun, so everything was ok to thest the One Off 45′ at last! Unfortunately, we could not participate in the final phase of the delivery from Canet-en Roussillon to [...]

In the same spirit as the Catana 471 launched in 1997 at the same autumn boat show in Cannes and La Rochelle, the Mediterranean shipyard, now “at home” in Canet-en-Roussillon, is successfully pursuing the renewal of its range. To read complete story – click here for Catana 431 Boat Test Full Story

By Jack Horner NA With each passing boat show season, it seems as though the number and size of multihulls on display increases. So, it seems appropriate we take a look at a catamaran that’s growing in popularity. The Catana 431 was designed by Christophe Barreau and is built by Catana S.A. of Cedex, France. [...]

By Gilles Abeloos The “smallest” Catana is taking advantage of the shipyard’s experience and the solutions tried and tested on other models to position herself with many assets in the 40-foot niche. If the general trend on the markets for larger units, the size of some 12 metres enables the owner to consider cruising on [...]

What a long way from the catana 39, built in the 90′s, and the Catana 651, now what is obviously “luxury” sailboat that has lost none of its efficiency. Twelve years after being launched the boat tested is obviously far from being brand new, but she can still cover many more nautical miles. A journey [...]