The Journey of an Outremer 52 Sailing Catamaran

Welcome

We built this site to chronicle our sailing adventures, knowing full well that most people couldn’t care less. However, we believe it’s fun to record some of our highlights and lowlights – for us, for our family and friends, and maybe for some who might find our learnings useful for their own journey.

As of May 2026, we are at the very beginning – in fact, we don’t even have our boat yet. It will be delivered late summer so expect somewhat regular updates to start around that time.

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  • Construction – Part 2

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    Dan

    Constructions proceeds as planned. Here are some of the latest pictures: Coppercoat bottom is on and so are the logos on the hulls! Cockpit coming together nicely. Galley taking shape as well. Sink is in. Also note the Outremer trade mark “bench” seat up on the port hull. Cabins starting to look like you…

  • Construction – Part 1

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    Dan

    Construction takes about 8 months. The boat is build using a vacuum resin infusion process designed to optimize the boat’s strength-to-weight ratio. The construction integrates glass reinforced plastic (GRP) mats laser cut PVC closed cell foam cores to form a rigid sandwich structure. Before infusion, an initial protective vinylester resin barrier is laminated into…