hi for what its worth i was docked in durban south africa at their international jetty and a 50 t0 60' aluminum catamaran docked next to me, after the initial shock of finding out that they had just covered the mauritius- durban leg in half the time that a monohull would take, i found out that there were quite a few sailing around the world, the only gripe was that they had, was that they had to be really carefull with weight ie equipment and stores, if i remember correctly they were concerned with metal stress etc,but the vessel was very impressive and they had just crossed the indian ocean so im impressed.over and out Ray.