Globe Pequot / Sheridan House
Pages: 280
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Trim: 9 x 11½
978-1-57409-286-8 • Hardback • October 2009 • $65.00 • (£50.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
Gregor Tarjan has performed many dozens of offshore deliveries, multiple transatlantic crossings and has racked up tens of thousands of ocean miles in 35 years of sailing on monohulls and multihulls alike. Gregor, who was involved in the prestigious America's Cup, has crewed under sailing personalities such as Dennis Connor and Yves Parlier on boats ranging from 12 meter class yachts to 120' catamarans. As a merchant marine officer he is a USCG licensed captain and a long standing member of SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers).
Gregor is also founder and president of Aeroyacht Ltd., and internationally recognized dealership specializing in cruising multihulls. He actively sails his 31' custom trimaran and lives with his wife and two sons in Long Island, New York.
Acknowledgements
Forword
Introduction
1. Catamaran Design
2. Catamaran Advantages
3. Catamaran vs. Monohull
4. Designer Interviews
5. Interior Design
6. Catamaran Construction
7. Catamarans- a New Breed of Yacht
8.Catamaran Project Management
9. Charter Considerations
10. Future Perspectives
Appendices
Gregor Tarjan has seen the future and it is multihulls. Catamarans: Tomorrow's Superyachts discusses the future of multihull luxury yachts, what's required to build one and important considerations on choosing and sailing a cat, from aesthetics to seaworthiness. The hardcover exterior with dust jacket is as sleek as the 200 photos by Billy Black -- the perfect gift for any multihull aficionado in your life.
— Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Want to see just how luxurious a catamaran can be? This book is full of exquisite photographs by Billy Black showing the latest and most decadent multi-hull designs. It includes interviews with the naval architects, interior designers, and the skippers lucky enough to sail them.
— Latitudes & Attitudes
Aeroyacht founder, mastermind behind the super-catamaran Aeroyacht 110 and all-around multihull guru, Gregor Tarjan, has produced this survey of high-end catamrans 65-feet and larger. The hardcover coffee-table book, titled Catamarans: Tomorrow's Superyachts, is packed with lavish, colorful photographs of big, beautiful catamarans, along with numerous diagrams and computer-generated models showcasing these boats. Many of the nicely reproduced photos were taken by regular SAILING magazine contributor Billy Black. Tarjan includes a thorough discussion of the benefits of big cats, covering the familiar points of speed, stability and shallow draft, as well as other more subtle differences between monohulls and multihulls. Interviews with well-known designers and builders give insight into the evolution and design of modern performance catamarans, while input from seasoned skippers and racers of these boats provide further appreciation for the big cats.
— Sailing