Estelle Cockcroft

Estelle Cockcroft is a seasoned sailor, catamaran expert, and co-founder of Catamaran Guru. With over 70,000 NM sailed and 30+ years aboard, she empowers new cruisers with expert advice on liveaboard life, yacht ownership, and ocean adventures.

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Ocean-Inspired Jewelry by Calypso Sea

American Product Review: Ocean-Inspired Jewelry by Calypso Sea Tanya Burnett and Kevin Palmer are freelance travel photojournalists with a wide range of talents which includes diving, sailing, professional photography, art and anything adventure! We first got to know this dynamic duo while on sailing school with us on our catamaran. Like with everything else, they

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SAIL Magazine’s Best Boats 2016

Cruising Multihull 41-50ft: Bali 4.3 Catamarans Multihulls featured heavily as nominees for SAIL’s Best Boats competition 2016. Multihull designers and builders have challenged the status quo and pushed the boundaries in their 2016 models like never before. Dramatic changes are evident in sailing techniques and technologies with the use of lifting foils and in the

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Our New Cruising Catamaran: 2016 Lagoon 450 SporTop

Why Did We Choose This Catamaran As Our Own New Cruising Boat? While traveling from boat show to boat show in 2015, we conducted numerous seminars and consultations all around America with sailors searching for their “dream boat”. It resulted in the sales of numerous catamarans in 2015 (FYI catamarans prices are VERY affordable now). We

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Catamaran Dealers & Their Biases For/Against: Bali4.0 vs Lucia 40

Bali 4.0 vs FP Lucia 40 Catamarans After the Paris boat show, a Bali owner alerted me about a blog post by a Fountaine Pajot dealer criticizing the Bali 4.0. He was a little miffed and asked for our opinion. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t pay attention to these snipes, but the post was blatantly misleading and

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Dueling Forties Update: Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40 & Bali 4.0

A Brief Look At The 40ft Catamarans Models At The 2015 Paris Boat Show The Bali 4.0 and Lucia 40 catamarans are very different boats and each has unique features that will appeal to different people. Both are boats with good sailing characteristics, are built and finished well and are similarly priced. Personally, I prefer the

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The Dueling Forties: The 40ft Catamaran Lineup For 2016

The 2015 / 2016 yacht buying season unquestionably belongs to the 40ft catamaran. There are several reasons for this popularity. The old 40ft Island Spirits, Admiral 40’s, Leopard 40’s, and others were highly successful cats, but are no longer manufactured. Their departure from the market left a big void in this size range for several

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