Built to cross oceans, and to be lived on

CONAN is a 78-foot trimaran — drawn by Michel Joubert, launched in 1988, and built heavier than she had to be, to cross oceans and last decades. Three hulls set her apart from the usual charter boats both ways: she doesn't roll like a monohull, and she doesn't pound through a swell like the wide production catamarans — steady at anchor, easy under way. And a single deck the full width of her gives a dozen people room to spread out.

And she's set up to be properly lived on. Six double cabins, each with its own bathroom — real, house-style toilets, not the cramped marine kind. Air conditioning and heating, 220-volt power, a watermaker so the tanks never run dry, and Starlink: connected when you want it, off-grid when you don't. A professional restaurant range — a galley that genuinely cooks for twelve, every night.

For the days at anchor, there are paddleboards, a kayak, water skis and snorkelling gear off the back — and the range, under sail and engine, to reach the quiet anchorages and the coasts the charter fleet never bothers with. Refitted in 2002, 2014 and 2024, kept working rather than just afloat.