Light sailing, from the Optimist to the flying catamaran

Monohull or catamaran, single, double or even collective, light sailing offers access to sailing. Often present in sailing schools, but also in private homes, dinghies have the advantage of a quick service for optimum pleasure.

Tiwal
2,80 m

Stored in 2 bags, the Tiwal 2 is easy to transport by car, boat or even plane! Unroll, inflate, clip... and sail! Assembly is quick and tool-free. The Tiwal 2 is the perfect companion for young and old to have fun at anchor. It's compact, lightweight and quick to assemble. With its inflatable wings and scow bow, it's comfortable, stable and great fun to sail. Available with a furling sail (?4990 inc. VAT) or a bowsprit (?5390).

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Nikki
2,90 m

Nikki, the Skeeta's little brother, is a new foiler specifically designed for children and lightweight sailors. It is based on a scow designed for learning to foil. The front sensor is fully adjustable. It allows sailors to start close to the surface of the water and gradually fly higher as they gain experience. Available from ? 9,650, it can give wings to budding foilers.

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ONEFLY by ERPLAST
3,48 m

The ONELY French hydrofoil dinghy has been designed for freedom, speed and thrills. The volume of its hull ensures stability in moments of transition, as well as a fast planing start. An affordable foiler for a taste of foiling.

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Starboard 5S
3,08 m

Tribord (the Decathlon sailing brand) set out to design the ideal dinghy. The one you don't hesitate to buy (cheap), that's easy to set up (light), and that doesn't require a garage or trailer (inflatable). Using the well-developed technique of inflatable paddles, the Tribord 5S can be used by children or adults to start sailing safely and with very little strain. Available at ?2500 inc.

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Maverick
3,35 m

This flashy green dinghy is designed like a windsurfing board. It's an all-purpose sailboat. It can be rigged as a dinghy, used as a paddle or even as a sailboard (without rudder). Its hull remains very stable, making it easy to learn. The future of sailing?

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RS Aero
4 m

If we had to find a replacement for the famous Laser, it would undoubtedly be the RS Aero. Widely distributed throughout the world, this small single-handed dinghy combines ease of use (lightweight, easy to rig) with the pleasure of sailing. Extremely smooth at the helm, very lively and responsive, it will satisfy both seasoned competition sailors and young up-and-comers.

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Astus 14.5
4,38 m

The Astus 14.5 is an outrigger or trimaran version of the Astus. Its lightweight hull weighs just 20 kg, making it easy to transport on the roof of your car. Designed by VPLP Design, its hull ensures a smooth, comfortable ride. Set-up takes less than 5 minutes. This little boat was created to rediscover the simple pleasure of being on the water.

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Birdyfish
4,70 m

Enabling everyone to fly. That's what the Bridyfish is all about. This foiling monohull sails on its 2 J-shaped foils and rudder. There's no need to adjust the trim, just the weight of the crew. Very stable, this foiler is not a racing machine, but any sailor will know how to get it off the ground. A great learning foiler at a very affordable price.

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Reverso
3,40 m

How about storing your dinghy in the boot of your car? Not such a crazy idea with the Reverso, whose hull can be disassembled into 4 parts. Once assembled (in 3 minutes flat!), this dinghy is as rigid as any other, and provides sensation and speed. Rigged as a catboat, it's equally at home in the hands of a beginner or a planning enthusiast...

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M by Erplast
4,24 m

Erplast is the leading builder of sport catamarans. Following the acquisition of New Cat, Erpalast continues to supply sailing schools. In the XS to L range, the M is designed for a "medium" crew, i.e. 2 adults. It's a 14-foot daggerboardless training catamaran that can also perform well in regattas. In fact, it is used as a support for the catamaran collective fleet series in the French minime championship.

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Peacoq Premium
4,70 m

The Peacoq has taken a fresh look at its foil learning series. Faced with the reluctance of sailing schools to offer this type of sailing, it has redesigned its Peacoq for private customers with a sharper, more dynamic version. This Peacoq Premium retains its 2 curved foils that slide on a track on each side of the mast.

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Befoil 16 Sport
4,87 m

The Befoil was designed to enable sailing schools to offer a foiling catamaran accessible to all sailors. This year, the VPLP design gains a higher-performance sport version. As with the basic model, the foils can easily be replaced by classic daggerboards. With the Sport, we're talking about flying from 8 knots of wind. But always supported by the 4 load-bearing foils.

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Happy Cat Hurricane Carbone
4,99 m

The hulls of this catamaran are inflatable. It can therefore be transported in 4 bags (1.83 m max, 21kg max). Set-up takes between 30 and 40 minutes for a single person. The Carbon version gains a carbon mast for greater performance, lightness (-6KG) and rigidity under sail. To support this power, the float has been enlarged to 54 cm in diameter. Note that this platform can also be fitted with a small outboard (6 hp max.) for use as a tender, for example. It is available from BigToysOnBoard at ?11,500 incl. VAT.

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Topcat K2X
5,17 m

For 2020 Topcat improves its sport catamarans with an X version. The Topcat K2X is a 17-footer (2.17 x 2.44 m). It will be well suited to medium-sized crews or "heavy" solo sailing. It is available in 3 versions: a classic version with a 13.50 m2 mainsail. A Streamcut version with a 15.90 m2 mainsail and a Reacher version with a 17.70 m2 spinnaker.

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VX Open
5,79 m

Using the hull of the VX One, Ovington's VX Open is powered upwind by a pair of trapezes and downwind by a 39 m² head-rigged spinnaker! An ideal yacht for open regattas, with its FFV and IRC sportboat rating. It boasts a very high power-to-weight ratio compared to the market for 3-crew sportboats. Used without a trapeze and with a 26 m2 spinnaker, it can also compete in one-design classes on the European and world VX One circuits. For 2020, the VX Open is offered at the same price as the VX One, starting at ?28,700 incl. VAT.

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Goodall F18
5,50 m

Here's the replacement for the famous C2. This Formula 18 is now 10 years old, but has remained at the cutting edge by evolving over the years. Its replacement, about which we still know little, is on its way. The first examples of this new catamaran, heralded as particularly innovative, are expected by the end of the first quarter of 2021. The exact name of this new model will be revealed shortly.

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Nacra F18 Evolution
5,52 m

The F18 Evolution is a Formula 18 designed in collaboration between the Nacra design office and the Morelli and Melvin firm, with a dozen different concepts tested in the "digital" hull tank before arriving at this design. This is the first F18 designed around a Deck Sweeper rig, with the boom almost at the foot of the mast. The first appearances in competition were a fine demonstration, always ranking in the top places.

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Iziboat
4,80 m

Iziboat has been designed to give people a taste for sailing by making it easy to get on board. To achieve this, the crew (up to 4 people) sits on board facing the road. The helmsman steers intuitively with a joystick, and doesn't have to worry about the boom overhead. This catamaran machine can be dismantled (assembly in 15 minutes) and stored on a trailer that can be towed behind a bicycle. Available for less than ?10,000.

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