Think of an Italian yacht and I generally think of a stylish cruiser/racer; I’m thinking Grand Soleil, Solaris, Eleva, Italia, ICE yachts – I could go on but the point is made and, frankly I love this genre of yacht. I mean who doesn’t want to sail faster than average in a boat that is better looking than average? What doesn’t spring to mind when I think about Italian yachts is multihulls. Sure, there are a few manufacturers now, but they are new to the game. Multihulls were long the domain of wild haired Frenchmen (and women) and pipe-smoking Englishmen (and women). Those days are long gone, however, and the Italians are warming to the idea of putting together a boat with two hulls instead of one. One of the early adopters was the boatbuilder Comar.
Connoiseurs of Italian yachts will be familiar with the Comar brand which built
