HH Catamarans is proud to present the newest addition to the fleet, HH55-01 'Minnehaha'. The HH team commissioned the boat in Ft. Lauderdale and spent time onboard with the owners and guests. Minnehaha is the first 55 and the first of the forward helm HH cats. For more information on the complete line of luxury, performance, cruising cats visit hhcatamarans.com.

Hudson 56 Tank Testing. 7 to 26.1 knots, 35 to 38 tonne.

Take a spin around the yard with Hudson Yacht Group's Chief of Operations Paul Hakes. See multiple HH models in various stages of construction, including the HH50, HH55 and HH88. Hand crafted, luxury, high-performance, carbon fiber cruising catamarans, built for serious sailors and adventurers who refuse to settle for anything less than extraordinary.

HH66-03 Nala leaves the Miami Boat Show with Hudson Powercat's HPC48 acting as chase boat for the video and photography team.

drone footage: Dan Sammis

Hudson Yacht Group Promotion Reel (no sound)

HH Catamarans hired ABYC experts Nigel Calder and James Cote to help evaluate the company's new electrical wiring installation. Not all yachts are perfect, but HH aims to learn from each new model we launch to help guide us in perfecting both our past and future yachts. No expense has been spared to ensure we are creating a safe and long lasting cruising vessel.

Nigel and Jim are board members of the ABYC (American Boat & Yacht Council) which is dedicated to ensuring boating safety through developing globally recognized standards for yacht design and construction. Nigel is a world renowned author and marine electrical equipment expert. James Cote is well known for his work diagnosing Stray Currents and helping owner's find solutions.

If you have any questions about this video or would like more information about our yachts, please email sales@hhcatamarans.com.

0:00 - Meet Nigel Calder
0:30 - New System Risk?
1:09 - Why we hired Calder & Cote to inspect our HH44
2:00 - Did HH have Stray Current?
3:27 - Meet James Cote, Stray Current Expert
4:21 - What did they find?: Circulating Current...
5:13 - Difference between Stray and Circulating Currents
6:26 - How big of a problem is Circulating Current?
7:20 - How easy was this for HH to fix?
8:28 - Why do we have grounding conductors on yachts?
9:02 - Is some Circulating Current ok?
9:54 - Is 0.2 amps of Circulating Current ok?
10:55 - What about the other symptoms?
12:26 - Jim Cote's final thoughts on HH Cats
13:58 - Nigel on the use of Carbon Fiber
14:24 - Would Nigel buy a Carbon Fiber boat?
15:05 - Is HH positioned well to succeed?
16:31 - Does Nigel Calder recommend HH?
17:35 - Nigel's final thoughts on the experience
18:13 - The biggest problem was the misdiagnosis of the problem
19:20 - HH President conclusion & commitment to our customers

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Meet Catherine and Todd, proud new owners of HH50 Lickety. Learn more about their decision to purchase a semi-custom catamaran with very little relevant sailing experience, and move aboard with their two dogs, leaving their life in LA behind for good.

HH Catamarans is celebrating four years of excellence on the water and it just keeps getting better... Looking forward to many more years of setting dreams afloat aboard the world's finest luxury performance catamarans. Contact sales@hhcatamarans.com to learn more.

XM80 sailing in Xiamen China November 2014. This day there was only a fairly light wind and we saw at most about 12 knots of wind. As you can see, the boat handles well, and was planing downwind. The XM80 keeps us smiling.

Pure power on display from both HH66 Flash and HH66 Nala both sailing at 20+ knots at Les Voiles de St. Barth in April. The first of many intense match ups within the HH fleet!

Come aboard the stunning, high-performance, luxury, carbon fiber cruising catamaran HH55, Utopia.

Three HH66s joined a 12-strong multihull class at this year's Les Voiles de Saint Barth. The fleet enjoyed the high-flying on-water action in 20-30kt Caribbean tradewinds and off-water action including the first-ever HH owners' event, the famous layday party at Nikki Beach, and a surprise Jimmy Buffet concert. The HH competitors fought mightily throughout five intense days of racing and in the end finished 2nd (R-Six), 3rd (Nala) and 4th (Flash) in class.

HH55-01 on delivery from Norfolk, VA to St. John, USVI.

Join our HH44 Owners in San Juan for a weekend of sailing aboard HH44-SC Titan.

This video explains waht is hogging and sagging. It covers the importance of knowing it and how to determine if the ship is hog or sag through her drafts.

Hogging occurs when the ship’s middle portion (amidships) is lifted higher than its bow and stern. This happens when excessive weight is loaded at the fore and aft parts of the ship, causing the amidships section to rise. The uneven cargo distribution, with a large amount of weight concentrated toward the ends, increases buoyancy at amidships, leading to hogging.

Sagging is the opposite of hogging, occurs when the ship’s bow and stern rise, while the middle or amidships portion sinks lower. This happens when excessive weight is concentrated in the midsection of the ship, causing it to sink lower. Poor cargo distribution, such as heavy cargo stowed amidships, while the bow and stern remain light, reduces buoyancy at midship, leading to sagging.
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This video shows how to calculate a ship's squat and determine how it affects the ship's trim when navigating in open and confined waters. It includes the definition of a ship's squat, under keel clearance or UKC, confined water, shallow water, and block coefficient. It also includes how to use a ship's hydrostatic table to determine the ship's block coefficient.

Ship's squat, also known as "dynamic squat," refers to the phenomenon where a vessel experiences a temporary reduction in draft and an increase in trim when it moves through the water, particularly in shallow or restricted waterways. This reduction in draft occurs due to hydrodynamic forces generated by the vessel's motion.
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This video covers how to determine and mark an Abort Point, Point of No Return, and Emergency anchorage when creating a passage plan.

Abort point is the point along the passage where the vessel can still safely maneuver back, and abandon its planned track for any reason. This point is typically found when approaching or entering a port, or narrow channel, and should be clearly marked in the passage plan.

Point of No Return (PONR) is the point along the passage plan and beyond, in which there is no sufficient sea room to turn back the vessel, such as when navigating in constrained water, when the ship enters a narrow river, or even if there is sufficient sea room, but due to the tide when it is at its low level, the ship is unable to maneuver back, and the vessel has to proceed.
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