Sail Magazine - Best Large Multihull 50ft and Above 2022

We’re delighted to have been awarded best large Multihull by Sail Magazine for 2022! Read the article below from their judging panel

There have been a few different builders striving to make inroads in the high-end performance cruising catamaran market that Gunship first popularized decades ago. Kinetic, a U.S. company operating in South Africa, is a recent contender in this field and made a big splash this past year with its impressive all-carbon Kinetic 54. A slightly scaled-down version of Kinetic’s first offering, a 64ft cat that debuted two years ago, the 54 has all the features buyers now look for in this niche: a modern performance-oriented design with narrow hulls, a high bridgedeck, retractable boards, aggressively lightweight construction, an easy-to-use forward working cockpit and elegant finely finished accommodations.

What set this boat apart for our judges is the level of sophistication and thoughtfulness Kinetic brings to the package. The boat boasts a very modern DC-based 24-volt electrical system that allows for an all-electric galley. Fully exploiting C-Zone’s ultra-modern power-monitoring software, this system will automatically balance any high loads placed upon it and can auto-run its DC generator as needed. Large-capacity fuel and water tanks in the two hulls are inter-plumbed with transfer pumps to shift weight from side to side. The boat’s three steering stations (two outside aft on each hull, one inside right behind the working cockpit) are cleverly engineered so that only the active station engages the boat’s steering system. There are several other eye-opening details as well, like a live bait well that can be installed in the back of one hull for those who like to fish on passage.

And of course, the Kinetic 52 sails well. With its carbon rig and laminated sails, including a screecher or A-sail that can be set on a generously long carbon-fixed bowsprit, the boat can exceed wind speed in light conditions and scoots along comfortably at double-digit speeds when the breeze gets up.