Transatlantic Crossing on a Day Charter #1 | Multihulls World

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:01:04 +0000

► Aurore was only 5 years old when her father took her on her first transatlantic crossing. Her father is well known among multihull enthusiasts - he is Christian Hernandez, founder of the Multicap Caraïbes (Martinique) and Multicat Algarve (Portugal) shipyards. Thirty years later, father and daughter are once again heading across the Atlantic aboard the Punch 21.10 DC Palm Pleasure 2, a large day-charter catamaran!

► Friday, April 24, departure from Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. We are delivering the boat to Aruba, a small island in the Dutch Caribbean just off Venezuela. The crew consists of five people alongside my father, the Captain - one of the designers of this Punch - the catamaran’s rigger/sailmaker, a journalist, and myself. I’m taking part in this crossing as a crew member, and it’s my second transatlantic aboard a day-charter boat, whose comfort is naturally a bit basic for long-distance cruising.

► The first leg was to reach the Canary Islands; we sailed mostly under sail, primarily on starboard tack with a steady northerly wind of around twenty knots, which at times also allowed us to sail wing-on-wing.

► We arrived in Las Palmas on the night of Monday, April 27, around midnight. Average speed observed: 8.5 knots, with peaks close to 16 knots while surfing. A technical stop of a few days has been planned to complete the final adjustments, restock supplies, and prepare for the next leg of the crossing.

► Next stage: about two weeks one-on-one with the ocean before arriving in Le Marin, Martinique. We can’t wait - and we’ll keep you posted!

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