Catamarans
In partnership with Catamaran Gurus, Northstar represents Bali, YOT and GranOcean throughout the Northeast — sailing and power catamarans, supported from Portsmouth.
Catamaran Gurus
Stephen and Estelle Cockcroft built their first boat in a Cape Town backyard in 1992 and have logged more than 70,000 nautical miles since. Over three decades, Catamaran Gurus has grown into one of North America's most experienced multihull specialists.
Catamaran Gurus is more than a dealer. Alongside new-boat sales they run charter-management programs, a sailing academy, and an ownership advisory practice that has walked hundreds of owners through the parts nobody warns you about — ownership structure, offshore preparation, and what a boat really costs to keep.
In 2025 the Catana Group named them exclusive distributor for YOT Power Catamarans across North America, extending a partnership that already covered the Bali range. They represent GranOcean's custom power catamarans as well.
Northstar Yacht Sales is their Northeast partner. You get the same boats and the same factory relationships, with sea trials, commissioning and service handled here in Portsmouth by the team you already know.
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Bali Catamarans
Sailing Catamarans · Catana Group
Bali rethought what a cruising catamaran should feel like inside. Instead of a saloon boxed in by bulkheads, a full-width tilting door lifts away so the cockpit and saloon become one room, and the trampoline is replaced by a solid foredeck you can actually live on.
The result is a boat that sails like a modern multihull but entertains like a waterfront home. Every model above the Catsmart adds a flybridge — Bali calls it a rooftop — that puts the helm, the sun pads and the sea view on the same level.
Bali is built by the Catana Group, which has been designing and building catamarans in the south of France for more than 40 years. The range spans eight models, from the compact Catsmart up to the 73-foot Bali 7.0 flagship.
- Builder
- Catana Group, France
- Range
- 8 models · up to 73 ft
- Signature
- Bali tilting door
The range
- CatsmartThe entry point into the range
- CatspaceCompact cruiser, loft-style saloon
- Bali 4.2 · 4.4 · 4.6The core cruising trio
- Bali 5.2 · 5.8Long-range owner and charter layouts
- Bali 7.073-foot flagship
YOT Power Catamarans
Power Catamarans · Catana Group
YOT is the newest brand in the Catana Group, launched at Cannes in 2023 and built around a simple idea: take the stability and deck space of a catamaran, and give it the pace and immediacy of a performance dayboat.
Designed by J&J Design, the outboard models pair fold-out side platforms with a wide, uninterrupted deck — two cabins below, four helm seats up top, and a cockpit that reconfigures for a long lunch or a fast run offshore.
The YOT 41 took European Power Catamaran of the Year in 2025, and the range now runs from the 36 up to the YOT 53, the first inboard model built for genuine ocean cruising.
- Builder
- Catana Group, France
- Range
- Outboard 36 & 41 · Inboard 53
- Award
- European Power Cat of the Year 2025
The range
- YOT 36Outboard · twin V10 power available
- YOT 4112.5 m outboard · award winner
- YOT 53Inboard flagship for ocean cruising
GranOcean
Semi-Custom & Custom Power Catamarans
GranOcean sits at the custom end of the power catamaran market. Twenty-five years of builds delivered worldwide, structural engineering developed with Gurit, and a build slot that starts as a conversation about how you actually want to use the boat.
The semi-custom W-Series covers 60 to 72 feet with a choice of deck and accommodation layouts, so owners settle the important decisions — galley placement, cabin count, crew arrangement — before the tooling is committed.
The X-Series goes further still: fully custom builds from 24 to 32 metres, where layout, finish and furniture are drawn for one owner. Both series are built for range and quiet, comfortable passages rather than headline top speeds.
- Experience
- 25+ years of deliveries
- Range
- W-Series 60–72 ft · X-Series 24–32 m
- Engineering
- Composite structures with Gurit
The range
- W60Semi-custom · three deck layouts
- W72Semi-custom flagship
- X-24MFully custom, 24 metres
- X-32MFully custom, 32 metres
Talk to us about your next catamaran
Whether you are weighing sail against power, comparing layouts, or ready to spec a hull, our team will walk you through it — and arrange a sea trial when you are ready.