Amsterdam in Water Boat Show took place this year (2016) between August 29 - September 3 in Amsterdam Marina. This is a very short post about it, just for the record and pure fun. I have been so busy all month with issues outside my main business, so I have neglected my show articles even about the most fanciest of them all, the one from Cannes. I'm not so sorry because the Cannes Show was already featured on this website, and in Amsterdam they were exposing boats for the second time this year. … [Read more...]
HISWA Amsterdam Boat Show
The Amsterdam Boat Show, organized by HISWA at RAI Amsterdam, is a festival who celebrates water sports fans indoors. It is held in 2016 between 16 to 20 March. HISWA stands for Dutch Water Sports Industry Association. If you are looking for a new boat, you will find a wide array of launches, open sailboats, day sailing boats and speedboats, most of which are ready to immediately be used. The Association also has a fun sports section which offers everything in the field of windsurfing, … [Read more...]
Catana – Sailing Catamarans
Catana is a French brand of catamarans, founded in 1984. They build sailing catamarans, combining speed and comfort. They make at the moment, Catana 42, 47, 50, 53, 55, 59, 65, 70 and custom. Their address is now the following one: Chantier Catana Zone Technique du Port 66140 Canet en Roussillon France Phone : +33 (0)4 68 80 13 13 Fax : +33 (0)4 68 80 13 12 Email : contact at catana.com Catana 42 At the cutting edge of recreational boat building, the carbon infusion process, now … [Read more...]
6 Nautical Terms and other Tips
Some nautical terms need to be mentioned, this blog is for everybody, not only for specialists. LOA means Length Over All, and is the longest length of the yacht. LWL is the Length of the Water Line. Hull is the shell and framework of the floating part of the boat. As a tip, you can know what could be the approximate speed of a boat, just knowing the LWL. This is called Hull Speed, sometimes displacement speed, and is the square root of LWL in feet, multiplied with a constant, calculated … [Read more...]