This is the best review I have seen for the Explocat. Out of my budget, sticking to the Exploration 45.

The best thing about this boat is the ability to safely beach on the keels. This makes it possible to clean the hull and do quick maintenance between tides, instead of having to be hauled out. Shaft drives instead of sail drives would make this an even better yacht.

Balance really set the cat world on fire with the versahelm. So many builders adopting it now. Good to see Garcia adopting that excellence, makes this cat the best deal for exploring in any latitude.

Thanks for posting and sharing. Very nice to see this great catamaran.

love it.. Getting harder to decide on new boats these days. Good to see

That is one amazing sail yacht.

This looks impressive. I can imagine the price is also impressively high. Still a aluminum hull is very appealing to me.

Great intro to this amazing cat. I was wondering if you had more info on the important parts, engine location, the electrical system, all those little areas which either make an amazing cat, or a huge headache. Thank you.

My new go to Cat. Love this boat.

Ahhh yes, the wonder and magic of cruising in the arctic at an open helm. hahaha lovely yacht

Move those winches up to where the raised helm is and you’ve got an excellent design.

This is amazing. If I ever somehow can afford this lifestyle, I think I would choose this vessel.

Yes I love this boat, it is beautiful.

Reducing the noise of furniture creaking by having greater rigidity is un underestimated way to up the 'luxury' sailing experience of a catamaran. Whilst understandable, creaking noises underway are hardly comforting or desirable.

Thanks for a very good presentation.

Very nice cat. Fast, secure... I'm going ti inquire more about it. 👍

I want the pendulum helm station configuration. Much better for long ocean passages. This is a top pick for Xmas.🙂

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Lovely boat, there`s a great vid with Pete Goss on their site. He`s in several of the photos . BTW Brent, "Workshop space in the galley! " Noice!

Very nice boat.

I absolutely love this boat. I wonder if a daggerboard version will ever be produced? The Cyber 48 and this boat really show the advantages of aluminum boats. Makes you wonder if it weren't for the availability of skilled craftsman and the challenges of the electrical systems, if more cats would be built using aluminum?

Immediately FAVED when you say "Aluminum" (I literally said "HOLY SH!T" out loud when you said that whilst watching the vid!)! I'm now throwing all my attention in purchasing this!

Lovely cat

A dream boat that will never be reality

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Nice 👌

If only you weren't forced to stand out in the breeze on one corner or the other!! the raised helm is the way to go. what a great boat! They should call it "metal Leopard"!

Just looking at this boat and how it was built I will not be able to afford it anytime soon. Looks perfect though

I absolutely love this boat. I wonder if a daggerboard version will ever be produced? The Cyber 48 and this boat really show the advantages of aluminum boats. Makes you wonder if it weren't for the availability of skilled craftsman and the challenges of the electrical systems, if more cats would be built using aluminum? 😀

🤩stunning

Doesn't creek so not a Lagoon , Not to sure about that huge forard cockpit down south in the roaring 40s ? Nice looking boat .

Nice boat , but what happens with that large front well deck when you surf down a wave and it fills with water , that’s a lot of weight on the bow to plowing into the next wave

One would think an "expedition" cat' would have shafts, not saildrives

I was so hoping that this would be the next La Vagabonde… alas, they went in another direction.

Replace the sails with retractable aerofoils?

It is wider than outremer 51, but two tones heavier. How does this affect the performance upwind compared to a performance cat, e.g. angle to the wind specifically?

Gunboat to me are the only ones that have sort the helming position right on cats. Everything thing else just seems like an after thought when compare.

My dream Cat with the pendulum helm system.. A powerball dream for me, but I can still dream.. Anyone know what a round about price is any?

I cant find more detailed video review for the explocat other then this video! The company is not marketing the boat as it should do

Alls I can say is yes please but I'd have to test it out for a couple of years before I commit

Will you guys participate in Cannes Yachting Festival for exhibition?

Question - If they gave you one to trial for 6 months to take it to Antarctica would you attempt it? You onboard of course?

Actually it has to be called "Ali Cat"

Does the boat sink if it capsizes?

It’s alright. Personally I think the Vision 444 should have won multihull of the year hands down. With so many companies just doing the same thing as everyone else. I think we need a recount.

The elephant in the room is going to be the lack of centre or dagger-boards for upwind ability. Everyone knows the small skeg keels mean you will motor upwind.

Lovely! Sign me up! Oh, wait -- I'm poor. Even so, providing a minimum price would have been nice, even though I know it is certainly exorbitant!

does the number in a boat's name tell how long the boat is? For instance the boat in your video is explocat 52.

The biggest problem with Ally is electrolysis ,,, but all good with constant care

I don't get the exposed helm on the stern of the boat. Seems like the last thing you want on an "adventure" boat.

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I would love to own this catamaran! Maybe I’ll get lucky on my crypto selections. Ha

with exposed helm, why is this considered arctic capable?

A"bluewater yacht" with saildrives? Knock out a saildrive and you've ripped a huge hole in the boat... Attached keel - not integral? I can't tell from the quick shot, is there a skeg for the rudder?

Solid aluminum. Only 18 tonnes. Similar to cruising cats around the same size and lighter than some. What that means is heavier than most.

Why not use outboard motors...I know may be ugly, but would eliminate the whole Saildrive vs. Shaft debate.

The helm position looks like a nightmare being exposed to sea spray and weather. NO THANKS!!!! Glad to see it also has a cockpit sport bridge as well if ordered.

And the eye-watering price is.........?

What did Balance say when you took their helm design?

Finally a real southern ocean sailing catamaran for Australia. And then they gave us a soft option the versahelm. Go break a leg

Aluminum without significant weight penalty? Yeah right. Do the calculations. It's 3x heavier than a composite laminate and still not as strong or as fatigue resistant. Plus you need to add additional weight to insulate the hull and decks for thermal and sound. Plus you have major corrosion problems to deal with. And then you end up with a catamaran that will sink to the bottom unless you have very large flotation chambers. There are many good reasons why aluminum is not widely used for cruising cats. But the main one is that they get very heavy and consequently are very slow.

16 tons only?

Smart design no doubt, but not very comfortable compared to Privilege etc. Monohulls are still the best option for a vessel that can go anywhere. For the same money you can get an Amel 50 with good helmsman protection and no forward opening.

Only 18 tons for a 52ft cat is very competitive

Why is electrolysis not an issue on aluminium boats?

Always remember that there’s only a half inch between you and the bottom of the sea.

How much does the Explocat 52 cost?

This is a really nice boat but I still have yet to see a catamaran that doesn't look like a bleach bottle inside. None of them have finishes and wall coverings or wood paneling that make them feel cozy, so stark and impersonal. Its my biggest gripe about CATs.

18 ton lightship !! you won’t be doing over 200 mile days. Shame as it’s got a lot going for it otherwise.

Nice, but doesn’t feel as romantic as living in the below waterline area of a monohull

Price???

It looks alike IKEA inside and bit boring generally speaking. Not at the same page with Outremer quality in my opinion.

I HAD A 41 FT WHARRAM CAT AND A50FT TRI AND I LIKE TO SEE THIS BOAT IN 30 KNOTS OF WIND????LOL

Multi-hull boats have shallower drafts and wider beams, so they're faster and, yet, more stable. They're prone to capsizing, but not prone to sinking unless the windows break or the doors leak. My only fear of multi-hull boats is their tendency to break in the middle or to run aground even on light ice because of the wider beam and lower force/area. The only realistic multi-hull option for the higher latitudes would be a trimaran, like the Independence Class littoral vessel, but much smaller, which has the central hull leading the lateral hulls to ensure the lateral hulls don't receive any wake from the central hull, to make the structure more robust, to better pierce the waves with the leading central hull, yet, cushion the plunge from a crest into a trough, with the following lateral hulls, and to use the central hull to glide atop on ice-pack, drag the lateral hulls over the pack, and then break the ice-pack with the weight of the yacht, not the force of impact. I would be very much interested in the Garcia Exploration Catamarn if it can be taken all the way up to the Arctic or the Antarctic, otherwise, I'd either settle for the Garcia Exploration 60, which has a very luxurious saloon, owner's suite and sundeck, but still has a single engine and a single propeller. The Murphy's Law has always worked against me, so I'd, ideally, want twin engines, twin screws and twin rudders, not just for redundancy, but also for better steering, like those on the sailing yachts Pangaea and Tara. The ideal expedition yacht, though, would be the Alucia with a 48ftx36ftx13ft hangar for the Gweduck amphibious aircraft.

Niiiiiice boat. . The only downside I see for "more mature explorers " is the lack of walk around births or even semi island briths. We don't want to 'climb' into bed, we want to get into bed (just ask you lady partners). Just makes more sense. And with 52 feet, this is sooooooo possible. Bummmer.

I see that they ripped off the Balance versa helm

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Nice cat for a 52 footer, but those small fuel tanks and the stupid saildrives gotta go. The high maintenance saildrives and not enough fuel for extended off grid remote places expedition stile sailing does not work ! God forbid you hit something solid lurking just below the surface with one of those saildrives and bust open the membrane “5000 miles from nowhere”, you go into the drink 100% ‘cause aluminum ain’t floating unlike those foam cored composite hulls like the Gunboat. Me like the idea of an aluminum “explocat”, but at around 72’ (24m) LOA, a little bit skinnier hulls ratio to improve performance, higher bridge deck clearance, a sail plan more like on the Chris White’s Atlantic 72 cat, aquadrive seal and coupling on a shaft propulsion and more fuel capacity for the heating and the generator while on extended stay above 60 degrees N or S. Something like that would probably convince even Skip Novak to switch from his Pelagic monohulls to the “Explocat” multihulls, right? LOL Nah, absolutely not ! A multihull will never ever be safer than a monohull in the remote arctic regions for the simple fact that a multihull does not forgive an “overpowered situation” and once capsized it will never right itself like a monohull ! So, keep the multihulls for island hopping / leapfrogging and deck partying in the tropical paradises and the good ole aluminum or steel monohulls for the arctic exploration.

Very suprised nothing from the south of France won this 🙄

What a beautiful boat ... but an arctic/antartica expedition boat it is not ... pitch responsibly

Saildrives??? Cheap and easy for the builder to fit. Terrible option for a supposed "expedition" boat

You've got to turn of the sound, look at this cat and think what's so special about this cat that they say its for high latitude sailing other than strong aluminum structure. My answer - is NOTHING. Its just another fancy cat that's being marketed by Garcia but not what they say it is. Brutal - YES, high latitude - NO.

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From $1.5m, prob closer to $2m with options.

this sound in in the background is really annoying and far to loud

Not the best cabins..

Excellent yacht, poor presentation.