A journal for bluewater buyers.
Owner stories, practical guidance, and real-world perspective for the questions that matter before you reach out.
Articles buyers often read before an advisor conversation.
Current guides, expert advice, and owner-written magazine features — organized around the questions that matter before purchase.
Living Aboard a Catamaran: Real Costs & What Nobody Tells You
Real numbers from Antares owners, from insurance and maintenance to communications, fuel, and monthly operating ranges.
Provisioning for Ocean Passages: The Bluewater Galley Guide
Passage food planning, refrigeration discipline, snack access, storage, family routines, and the quiet work of a galley at sea.
Hybrid Catamaran Propulsion: The Complete 2026 Guide for Offshore Cruisers
Fuel savings, regeneration, battery life, installation cost, and owner feedback from real Antares hybrid configurations.
Find the right reading path.
Life Aboard
Costs, provisioning, owner routines, and liveaboard transition.
4Bluewater Seamanship
Passage planning, weather, sails, and reliability offshore.
4Buying & Ownership
Comparison, build pace, ownership path, and bluewater criteria.
3Systems & Design
Hybrid propulsion, upgrades, MainTamer, and service access.
9Magazine Features
Published Antares stories from sailing magazines and owners.
Current Antares articles, organized by decision.
Life Aboard
Costs, provisioning, crew routines, transition planning, and owner perspective.
Living Aboard a Catamaran: Real Costs & What Nobody Tells You
Real numbers from Antares owners, from insurance and maintenance to communications, fuel, and monthly operating ranges.
Provisioning for Ocean Passages: The Bluewater Galley Guide
Passage food planning, refrigeration discipline, snack access, storage, family routines, and the quiet work of a galley at sea.
The Sailing Sisters: Realities of Life Aboard an Antares
Owner-led perspective on daily rhythms, confidence, capability, and what life aboard asks of a crew.
Leaving the Dock: A Strategic Blueprint for the Aspiring Liveaboard
A staged approach to skills, systems, provisioning, finances, and decisions before moving aboard.
Interview with Ohana Owners Jen and Ted
An owner interview around launch, preparation, early impressions, and life with a new Antares.
Bluewater Seamanship
Passage planning, heavy weather, sail choices, maintenance, and cruising independence.
Mastering the Wind: A Guide to Sail Selection and Longevity for the Luxury Liveaboard
Sail choices, handling expectations, maintenance habits, and longevity for owners planning longer passages.
Mastering the Ocean: Heavy Weather Performance & Blue Water Independence
How design, preparation, and crew routines shape offshore confidence when weather and distance matter.
Blue Water Self-Sufficiency: The Captain’s Guide to Boat Maintenance & Reliability
Maintenance thinking for cruisers who need systems to be accessible, documented, and serviceable away from the dock.
Mastering Blue Water Passage Planning: A Captain’s Guide for Antares Owners
Route planning, crew readiness, weather windows, watch rhythm, and boat preparation for longer passages.
Buying & Ownership
Model comparison, ownership path, build pace, and the buyer questions worth asking early.
Best Catamarans for Bluewater Cruising: A Buyer’s Guide to What Actually Matters
A buyer’s guide focused on seaworthiness, cockpit safety, systems access, loaded cruising, and the decisions that matter offshore.
Why We Build Only 3-4 Boats Per Year (And Why That Matters)
Why measured production in Argentina supports attention, communication, and build discipline for owners.
Catamaran vs Monohull: The Complete Comparison Guide
A practical comparison for buyers weighing space, motion, handling, maintenance, cost, and offshore expectations.
Navigating the Path to Ownership: Insights for the Luxury Catamaran Buyer
What buyers should prepare before choosing a model, build slot, specification, or available-boat path.
Systems & Design
Hybrid propulsion, outfitting, sail handling, reliability, and owner-serviceable design.
Hybrid Catamaran Propulsion: The Complete 2026 Guide for Offshore Cruisers
Fuel savings, regeneration, battery life, installation cost, and owner feedback from real Antares hybrid configurations.
Essential Blue Water Upgrades: Outfitting Your Catamaran for World Cruising
Bluewater upgrades framed around reliability, service access, safety, storage, and cruising independence.
New, Leaner MainTamer
A technical product update on the MainTamer and the design thinking behind simpler sail handling.
Magazine features & owner-written stories.
Nine published features add another lens: Antares owners crossing oceans, learning the boat, cruising Brazil and French Guiana, and writing about the passages in their own words.
Antares University Owner’s Experience
Hands-on learning aboard an Antares 44i, with training and owner education at the center of the story.
From Novices to Bluewater Cruisers
A crew’s move from early learning to bluewater confidence aboard an Antares 44i.
Accidental Circumnavigation – Part II
The second part of a seven-year, 40,000-mile Antares 42 circumnavigation story.
Cruising Brazil’s Costa Verde
Owner cruising on Brazil’s Costa Verde, told through a long-form magazine feature.
Sailing French Guiana on the Antares
A rare-destination cruising story aboard Two Fish, with French Guiana as the backdrop for offshore confidence.
Accidental Circumnavigation – Part I
The opening chapter of Miss Jody’s unplanned circumnavigation through the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
Escapade – A 5,000-Mile Voyage
A 5,000-mile passage from Argentina to Virginia, told through the owners’ South Atlantic and Caribbean voyage.
Leap of Faith – Cruising the Caribbean
A Caribbean cruising feature focused on comfort, reliability, and liveaboard practicality aboard an Antares 44.
Antares 44i Cruising in the Aegean
A racing sailor’s transition into Aegean liveaboard cruising aboard the Antares 44i Salarn.