French builder Excess Catamarans launches a new version of its Excess 11, featuring an overlapping genoa.
This is a welcome innovation for a catamaran that talks a lot about its performance. With this new headsail, the Excess 11 benefits from 16.5% more sail area than the previous jib version. An appreciable gain for speed, but one that will also enable the French catamaran to improve its performance in light airs. With this improvement, the upwind sail area of the Pulse Line version now reaches 95.5m2 (vs. 82m2 with self-tacking jib).
The Excess 11 follows in the footsteps of its big brother, the Excess 14, which already features this sail geometry.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the engineers have also optimized the setting capabilities (twisting) to offer sailors perfect control, while maintaining simple, intuitive maneuvers aimed at the helmsman.
This innovation applies to both the standard rig and the Pulse-Line version, which features a longer mast.
The same sail system as on the Excess 14
This new version is in line with the constant desire to improve this range of high-performance catamarans.
Owned by Groupe Beneteau, Excess was launched in September 2019. It now offers a range of boats from 11 meters to 15 meters, all designed by architects VPLP Design and Groupe Beneteau's French shipyards. In its five years of existence, Excess has already sold over 400 catamarans, a record in the multihull world. With this new version, the Excess 11 will undoubtedly catch up with competitors who already have an overlapping genoa.
This new version of the Excess 11 will be one of the stars of the autumn boat shows, starting with the Cannes Yachting Festival (September 10 to 15), followed by the Genoa Boat show (September 19 to 24), the Grand Pavois de La Rochelle (October 1 to 6), and the Annapolis Sailboat show (October 10 to 14).
