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First look: C-Cat 48

• September 6, 2021

The new C-Cat 48 is a high performance cruising catamaran, which is available in two different specifications. Rupert Holmes reports

The C-Cat 48 is a lightweight and fast Italian cruising catamaran from the Comar Yachts yard near Rome, Italy.

The newly announced catamaran features C-foil daggerboards, which should reduce displacement at speed, in turn helping the cat achieve high speeds on passage, and high bridgedeck clearance.

The C-Cat 48, follows the same philosophy as it’s younger sister, the C-Cat 37 and incorporates the same key concepts to create a single large outdoor living space. The cockpit is protected by a large bimini, which is fully closable for pleasant outdoor living, and the cockpit and dinette are both on the same level, divided by a large sliding door.

Young French designer François Perus has created a boat that fits at the high end of the performance cruising spectrum, yet still offers spacious and comfortable accommodation.

This accommodation includes a very sheltered cockpit that opens onto a large saloon with optional inside steering position.

Two customisable versions are offered: the Antigua is the higher performance option and emphasises the boat’s sporty potential, with a lightweight interior, while the Saint Barths offers a greater degree of luxury for those who may spend extended periods on board.

The first boat is scheduled for a mid-August 2021 launch at Fiumicino near Rome and will be unveiled to the public at the Cannes boat show .

C-Cat: 48 specifications

LOA: 14.8m / 48ft 6in Beam: 7.3m / 24ft 0in Draught: 0.57m to 2.2m / 1ft 11in to 7ft 3in Displacement: 9,700kg / 21,400kg Price: €649,000 / ex VAT Builder: c-catamarans.com

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One of my favourite performance catamaran designs is the Gunboat 48. They only ever built six of them, and they still change hands for well into 7 figures, so it has always surprised me that no-one has tried to fill this market gap. Outremer and Marsaudon have a 45 and a 42 respectively – slightly smaller, and they seem to sell well.

Well, no-one up until now that is, as the Italian yard C-Catamarans is launching the C- 48 and she looks like she might clean up in this sector of the market. This Italian yard has a history of spotting an opportunity. They successfully launched a 37 footer: another market that has been forgotten by the major manufacturers.

This Italian boat is competing with the likes of the Windelo 50 catamaran in the performance cruising market. It’s a busy market.

The C-Cat 37 was designed by Marc Lombard, one of our favourite architects, and is a neat entry level cat. They plan to launch a range of high performance, top of the range catamarans: a 62 footer, a 56 footer and the C-Cat 48. Exciting stuff and they’ll be going up against the likes of HH, Icecat, Kinetic, Balance, O Yachts and even Gunboat.

This fast cat is the same length as the Bali 4.8 but that is where the similarities finish. This catamaran is all about safe performance.

• The look! This is a fantastic looking boat: Italian styling at its best
• The combination of twin aft helms and the interior helm station means that you get the best of both worlds: maximum sailing feel and protection when the weather turns nasty.
• With an SA / D ratio over 26, this is a fast, light boat along the lines of an Outremer (with more living space thanks to the Open design)
• Pretty good value compared to the competition
• Comar Yachts have plenty of experience in building boats.
• The quality of the interior finish is a cut above the competition.
• With twin 35 HP engines, she seems underpowered when the wind dies. I am guessing there will be an option to upgrade to more power here.
• With only 300 litres of fresh water capacity, you are going to need a water maker
• The fuel tanks are fairly modest too (2x 130 L). But then again, you should be sailing on this boat most of the time if you keep the weight off and your sail locker is full.
• Aft helms. They always go in the pros and the cons, don’ t they? Great for maximum sailing feel when the C-Cat 48 accelerates, but you are exposed back there if it blows up. There is a great option for an inside wheel at the nav station as well. That would be top of my options list after the gennaker, Code 0 and water maker.

The Team Who Love Fast Cats The C-Cat 48 was designed by the Yacht Design Collective (François Perus and Romain Scolari) who are the team behind the ITA 14.99. It’s a catamaran that has been inspired by the likes of the Gunboat 60 and the Outremer 4X, but also has a healthy serving of Italian styling. This 48 footer  has been designed to cross oceans at speed in safety and comfort. She is built in Fiumicino, about an hour from Rome at the C-Catamarans yard.

She draws many design cues from her smaller sister, the C-Cat 37.

The entire cockpit and saloon is designed along the “Open” lines so loved by Marc Lombard, the designer of the smaller boat. You are protected by a large bimini with the aft cockpit and the saloon on the same level, separated by a large sliding door which connects the 2 spaces into one large open living area.

Best of Both Worlds? The C-Cat 48 is a catamaran for sailors along the lines of a Nautitech or a classic Catana with twin aft helms at the stern and all the running rigging led back so that you can manage the boat  without having to leave the aft cockpit. She’s been designed for short handed crews. The only sails that you will need to deal with forward are the light wind sails (gennaker, Code 0 and so on). There is a Harken winch on the mast to help you.

Of course, the main concern for most with sporty aft helms is protection and safety in bad weather. The C-Cat 48 has an option for an additional interior helm station with an interior wheel which gives you the best of both worlds. I can only think of Kinetic who offer a similar solution, and they are in the 7 figure price bracket

The ride is smooth like an Outremer, with a high bridge-deck and low Displacement to Length ratio. This cat should get you out of trouble quickly. They have though about weight distribution carefully. The anchor is set back just forward of the mast for instance, to centralise the weight.

A Powerful Sail Plan The SA / D ratio sits at over 26 with the mainsail and self tacking jib flying. There is also a genoa and options for a gennaker, code 0 and parasailor /Spinnaker. That should put the C – Cat 48 at the top of the performance cruiser category along with the likes of the Balance 482 (probably the closest competition?) There are also options for a carbon mast and longeron which will help you safely fly more sail area.

Modern and efficient, the C-Cat 48 is equipped with C-Foil daggerboards which should give you a bit of lift at speed.

This catamaran is constructed with a sandwich laminate structure infused with multiaxial fabrics and an epoxy-vinyl matrix. The bulkheads are made of composite with local carbon reinforcements in higher stress areas. She’s pretty rigid which all helps to improve the performance of this catamaran.

In the interior, there are 2 customizable options available: Antigua: a cleaner, sportier finish if weight reduction is your top priority, and St.Barth for a more luxurious, comfortable finish, albeit with some weight penalty.

The C-Cat 48 is one of the most exciting designs to come out in the performance cruising category. It’s great to see this Italian catamaran out on the water. I’ll be queueing up for a test sail!

How much does a C-Cat 48 Cost? What is the price? Well, as always, we will cover ourselves by saying that it depends on the options you go for, but a very nice example will set you back around €750k plus taxes.

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Description

Designed by the young French designer François Perus, the C-Cat 48 was designed to sail the sea in safety, comfort, and speed with a family crew. The C-C at 48, follows the same philosophy of C-Cat 37 and incorporates the main concepts: the cockpit protected by a large bimini and fully closable for pleasant outdoor livability, the cockpit and dinette on the same floor, divided only by a large sliding door to have a single large open space living room. The maneuvers of the C-Cat 48 are made particularly easy by the double stern wheelhouse, with all deck equipment immediately available to the helmsman, for total control of the sails without leaving the cockpit. This solution makes the boat really manageable by only one person both on sailing and for mooring. Navigation is made pleasant, safe, and easy thanks to the net high on the water, which together with the light displacement, favors the passage on the wave. The solution that cancels the typical blows in the hull of the heavier cat. The relationship between sail surface and displacement has been carefully designed to place the C – Cat 48 at the top of the performance cruiser category. Modern and efficient, the C-Cat 48 is equipped with movable scimitar drifts, with a partial downforce effect and the adoption of an internal wheelhouse (optional). Many construction options, however, start from a very high standard that provides a laminated sandwich structure infused with multiaxial fabrics and epoxy-vinyl matrix. The bulkheads shall be composite with carbon-reinforced spaces. The boat interiors are proposed as the larger sisters in two highly customizable versions: Antigua structured for life on board sportily comfortable with solutions that keep it lighter, and S.Barth more luxurious, with all the amenities for those who love to feel at home on a boat.

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Performance Indicators

Performance

Bruce Number

(higher is faster)

Sail Area to Displacement

Displacement to Length

(lower is faster)

Specifications

Length (LOA)

Length (LWL)

Displacement ​ (light)

Payload capacity

Sail Area (main+jib)

Draft (min)

Draft (max)

Mast clearance

Bridgedeck clearance

Manufactured Since

Engine (hp) ​

Hull Material

Francois Perus

Daggerboards

Mechanical/Hydraulic

2 x 35 Hp Lombardini Marine

Laminate with epoxy and vinylester resin and the use of carbon at the points where great forces, or 100% carbon

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• Infused lamination
• White gelcoat
• Epoxyvinylester resin
• Multiaxial and unidirectional glass fibres
• Corecell’s core
• Main and stern composite bulkheads
• Oak veneered bulkheads
• 2 dagger boars with tackle 
• 2 rudders with stainless steel shaft and composite blade
• Mechanic transmission rudder system
• Composite steering wheel
• Anodized aluminium mast-foot
• Mast with two sets of spreaders
• Aluminium boom
• Inox turnbuckles and steel spiroidal shrouds.
• Bow chain plate on the bow crossbeam
• 2 side chain plates
• 2 Harken 46.2STA winches (mainsail)
• 2 Harken 50.STA winches (jib)
• 1 46 winch (halyards)
• 2 organizers
• 15 stoppers
• 1 jib furler
• 1 Main halyard
• 1 Jib halyard
• 1 Spinnaker halyard (optional)
• 1 topping lift
• 2 sets of reefs
• Mainsail sheet 2:1 T system
• Mainsail traveller 4:1 with side control blocks
• 2 jib tracks and 2 side cars with pin-stop
• 1 mainsail sheet and 2 jib sheets
• Mooring cleat, 2 bow, 2 stern and 2 for the tender
• Nylon bow safety net
• 2 bow pulpits
• 2 stern pulpits
• Bow aluminium crossbeam with chain plate for the jib furler
• 8 stanchions
• 2 bow hatches
• 2 stern cabin hatches
• 3 Plexiglas salon front windows with one opening skylight
• 2 Plexiglas sides windows
• 2 Plexiglas stern windows
• 2 fuel fillers
• 1 water filler
• 1 side window skylight
• VRT toe rail
• Living room like cockpit, directly connected to the salon by a sliding door composed by a full man- sizeddoor and one over the kitchen.
• Long sofa on the port side and “L” shaped sofa on the starboard side
• Fiberglass hard-top with LED lights
• Steering position on starboard side includes: steering wheel, engine controls, instrument panels engine,compass and compartment for electronics
• Steering position in port side including: steering wheel and compartment for electronics
• Rudder with mechanical system, stainless steel rudder shaft, emergency tiller
• Cockpit table
• 2 stern cockpit seat lockers (only STD version)
• 1 locker with frontal opening
• 1 gas locker
• Anchor chain and electric windlass locker
• Anchor steam head
• Sail locker
• Starboard side cold deck shower and ladder
• 2 x 35 Hp diesel Lombardini Marine S-Drive transmission
• 2 propellers with 2 fixed pitch
• Soundproofed engine compartment
• 2 air exhausts fan
• 2 x 80Amp engine batteries
• 2 Fuel filters with water separator
• 2 Sea water filters
• Exhausts pipes
• 2 x 140 L polyethylene fuel tanks
• 1 x 300 L water tanks
• Fresh water system with 24V pump
• Hot water system with 20L electric water heater and engine heat exchanger.
• 2 x 24 V electric bilge pumps activated manually on the electric panel
• 2 manual bilge pumps in aft cockpits
• 24V electric panel with breaker switch, with: voltmeter, amp-meter, freshwater level, fuel levels
• 4 x 12 V – 120 Ah Services Batteries
• Battery switches
• LED lights in each cabin, in the salon and in the heads
• LED navigation lights
• Bulkheads and interiors plywood finished in natural oak
• Oak laminated floor
• Eco-friendly leather lined ceilings
• Oak and sky bulkheads moulding enriched with wood finishing
• High-density foam mattresses
• Tapestry of choice from our sample books
• STD (2 cabins, 2 heads, 2 separate showers)
• CLUB (3 cabins, 2 heads, 1 separate shower)
• CHARTER (4 cabins e 2 heads)

(2 Cabins, 2 Toilets, 2 Separate showers)

• Salon with large panoramic view and wide sliding door with lock.

◦   LED lights

◦   “L” sofa

◦   2 more optional seats

◦   Inside table

◦   2 storage unit under the sofa

◦   Chart table on port side

◦   1 opening hatch in forward vertical salon windows

◦   Panel for navigation instruments

◦   24V LED chart light

◦   Electric panel Galley

◦   Kitchen on starboard side of the salon

◦   Large sink with hot and cold mixer tap

◦   4 burners gas stove

◦   1 Fridge with front opening

◦   Storage space under chart table

◦   Cabinets and drawer.

• Starboard Hull Cabin with access through salon

◦   Led lights

◦   2 Led reading lights on bed

◦   Bed with front access

◦   1 storage space under the bed

◦   1 seat

◦   1 book shelf

◦   1 wardrobe with clothes hanger and shelf

◦   1 wardrobe with shelves

◦   1 storage compartment

◦   1 opening hatch

◦   1 large fixed hull window

◦   Access from the cabin

◦   Manual marine toilet with black water tank (tank for starboard hull)

◦   Bathroom cabinet with sink

◦   Cabinet e storage

◦   1 mirror

◦   1 opening skylight

• Separated Shower

◦   Double door in white opaline

◦   1 Led light

◦   1 shower column

◦   1 24V shower pump with float switch

◦   1 hot/cold mixer tap

• Sail locker/Crew cabin (opt)

◦   Access through hatch on top deck

◦   Floor and descending step

• Port Hull Cabin and head similar to the starboard hull.

(3   cabins,   2 Toilets, 1 Separate shower)

• Salon, Chart table, Galley similar to STD version.
• Starboard hull as the STD version

◦   Aft Cabin

▪   LED lights

▪   2 Led reading lights 12 V on bed

▪   Bed with lateral access

▪   1 cabinet with 4 doors

▪   1 vertical hatch

▪   1 large fixed side window

◦   Toilet

▪   Manual marine toilet

▪   Resin sink with hot/cold mixer tap

▪   Extractable Shower

▪   1 24V shower pump with float switch

◦   Bow cabin

▪   1 Hatch

▪   2 LED reading lights on beds

▪   1 French bed

▪   1 storage space under the bed

▪   Access door to sail locker

▪   Wardrobe with clothes rack, shelf and shelves

(4   cabins,   2 heads)

• Salon, chart table, galley similar to Club version
• Port hull as the Club version
• Starboard hull as the port Club version hull

The equipment above is the standard equipment list.  Each C Catamaran 48 is built to the specs of the client.  The shipyard is able to configure the vessel to the exacting specs of the owner, regardless of how particular.

We can handle everything from electric drives, to lithium batteries, and so much more.  Contact us for more details.

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The C-Cat 48, follows the same philosophy of C-Cat 37 and incorporates the main concepts: the cockpit protected by a large bimini and fully closable for pleasant outdoor livability, the cockpit and dinette on the same floor, divided only by a large sliding door to have a single large open space living room.

The manoeuvres of the C-Cat 48 are made particularly easy by the double stern wheelhouse, with all deck equipment immediately available to the helmsman, for total control of the sails without leaving the cockpit. This solution makes the boat really manageable by only one person both on sailing and for mooring.

Navigation is made pleasant, safe, and easy thanks to the net high on the water, which together with the light displacement, favours the passage on the wave. The solution that cancels the typical blows in the hull of the heavier cat.

The relationship between sail surface and displacement has been carefully designed to place the C – Cat 48 at the top of the performance cruiser category.

Modern and efficient, the C-Cat 48 is equipped with movable scimitar drifts, with a partial downforce effect and the adoption of an internal wheelhouse (optional).

Many construction options, however, start from a very high standard that provides a laminated sandwich structure infused with multiaxial fabrics and epoxy-vinyl matrix. The bulkheads shall be composite with carbon-reinforced spaces.

The boat interiors are proposed as the larger sisters in two highly customizable versions: Antigua structured for life on board sportily comfortable with solutions that keep it lighter, and S.Barth more luxurious, with all the amenities for those who love to feel at home on a boat.

The launch of the first unit is scheduled for June 2021 and will be exhibited at the Cannes and Genoa boat shows.

Technical Details

Hull Length 14,96 m Overall Beam 7,30 m Total Height 21,20 m Mast Height 19,20 m Displacement 9,70 t Full Loaded Ce Displ. 12,50 t Max Draught 2,95 m Min Draught 0,90 m

Engines 2 x 36 Hp Water Tanks 1 x 300 L Fuel Tanks  2 x 270 L

Cabins 3 / 4 + 1 Crew Toilets 2

Mainsail 78 m² Solent Selftacking 34 m² Genoa 55 m² Code Zero 100 m² Gennaker 130 m² Spi Assy 165 m² Staysail 15 m²

Architectural Design  François Perus Chief Design Marco Amadio Marco Rogolino

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COMAR Yachts V.le Traiano 27 00054 Fiumicino Roma - Italy +39 06 6581437 [email protected] C-Catamarans s.r.l. p.iva 13827751002

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Yvette Cooper Launches Immigration Crackdown Amid Soaring Number Of Small Boat Crossings

Politics Editor, HuffPost UK.

Yvette Cooper has launched a major immigration crackdown amid soaring numbers of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Companies which employ illegal immigrants could also face closure under the new approach, which is aimed at keeping Keir Starmer’s election pledge to “smash the criminal gangs” which traffic people from France to the UK.

Under the measures being set out today, 100 specialist intelligence officers and investigators will be brought into the National Crime Agency this year to target the people-smuggling gangs.

A new “intelligence-driven” programme will target employers who are profiting from hiring illegal workers. Those caught face fines, prosecution or “business closure orders”.

The number of immigration detention spaces will also be increased as the government aims to speed up the removal of those whose asylum claims are rejected.

Cooper announced the crackdown as the government comes under increasing pressure to stop small boat crossings in the Channel.

According to Home Office data, more than 800 asylum seekers have made the perilous journey in the last week alone.

The home secretary said: “We are taking strong and clear steps to boost our border security and ensure the rules are respected and enforced.

“Our new Border Security Command is already gearing up, with new staff being urgently recruited and additional staff already stationed across Europe.

“They will work with European enforcement agencies to find every route in to smashing the criminal smuggling gangs organising dangerous boat crossings which undermine our border security and put lives at risk.

“And by increasing enforcement capabilities and returns, we will establish a system that is better controlled and managed, in place of the chaos that has blighted the system for far too long.”

One of the new government’s first acts following the general election on July 5 was to axe the Tories’ Rwanda scheme , which aimed to deport anyone crossing the Channel to east Africa.

However, despite announcing the policy in 2022, no flights ever took off.

Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has vowed to bring back the Rwanda plan as party policy if he wins the race to succeed Rishi Sunak.

A Labour source said: “ On border security and the asylum system, as in every other area of government, the sheer scale of incompetence and the staggering waste of taxpayer’s money under the Tories has left the new home secretary with a huge mess to clean up.

“We know there are no quick fixes to these complex challenges. But already we are taking the swift and decisive action required to strengthen our border security, crack down on the smuggling gangs and get our asylum system under control.”

Shadow home secretary James Cleverly said: “Labour clearly aren’t serious about tackling the people smugglers or stopping the boats.

“While more NCA resource and detention capacity is welcome, this is not nearly ambitious enough. Paired with their moves to cancel our deterrent, give an effective amnesty to thousands of illegal migrants, and failure to hire a head of their phantom border command, it doesn’t scratch the surface.

“It is time Labour offered a credible solution that will cut immigration and stop the boats.”

Steve Valdez-Symonds of Amnesty International UK, said: “A new set of ministers promoting an age-old message of fear and hostility regarding some of the most victimised and traumatised people who may ever arrive in the UK, means that smuggling gangs and racist and Islamophobic hate-mongers at home are likely to feed off this to everyone’s detriment.”

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