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.

bali 4.8 is safe though some worry about catamarans flipping

Catamaran Safety

How Safe Are Catamarans For Blue Water Sailing? But What If They Capsize? “I have heard concerning stories about cats flipping in strong winds”. This question comes up more often as more people are sailing and chartering catamarans. People generally love the comfort, space and performance of a catamaran, but are concerned about the safety of a catamaran […]

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Stephen and estelle cockcroft offer liveaboard catamaran ownership seminars

Our Story

After much encouragement from friends, clients and colleagues, we took the plunge and created this website. We hope to tell our story as a way to not only entertain, but also to encourage and educate all the sailing dreamers and planners out there. We have owned many yachts (monohulls and catamarans), many in ownership programs,

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