Aquila Catamarans wins sailing and power awards in same week
Aquila’s new 50 Sail and 46 Yacht both won major awards, signaling buyers are rewarding the brand’s push across sail and power multihulls.
Aquila Catamarans is turning a dual-award week into a broader market signal: the brand is landing with buyers on both sides of the multihull market at once. The Aquila 50 Sail took the International Multihull Show Premiere award at the 2026 Multihull of the Year awards in La Grande Motte, France, while the Aquila 46 Yacht won the Power Catamaran 12-16m category at the 2026 Yacht Style Awards in Singapore.
That matters because the 50 Sail is not just another model in the catalog. Aquila premiered it at the 2026 Miami International Boat Show in February and has called it the company’s first sailing model. The brand’s sailing roadmap already points beyond a one-off launch, with the 44 Sail due at the end of 2026 and the 65 Sail scheduled for 2027. The award for the 50 Sail suggests the sailing market is treating Aquila as a serious new entrant, not a curiosity from a power-cat builder testing the waters.
The 46 Yacht tells a different but equally useful story. Aquila announced the model in June 2025 in Clearwater, Florida, with an intended arrival in September 2025. It brought a 23'3" beam, CE Category A ocean certification, and the company’s familiar Explorer styling, positioning the boat for long-range escapes and entertaining. Aquila has framed the 46 as a more intimate version of the 50 Yacht, and that formula appears to be resonating: enough room to feel big, enough restraint to stay manageable.
The judges also highlighted why the 46 Yacht landed so well. Aquila said it succeeds the long-serving 44 Yacht, which had more than 200 sales, and the 2026 Yacht Style judges described the 46 as 2 feet longer and 2 feet wider than the 44. That is the kind of change buyers notice immediately. In a market where many owners want the comfort and stability of a twin-hull platform without jumping to superyacht scale, incremental growth with a clear purpose can be more persuasive than a dramatic redesign.
Taken together, the awards point to a sharper trend in multihull buying: range matters, but so does fit. The 50 Sail gives Aquila credibility in a sailing category where new names often struggle to earn trust, while the 46 Yacht shows the brand can still sharpen a proven power-cat formula. For Aquila, winning in both lanes in the same week is less a celebration than a warning to competitors: buyers are paying attention across the entire multihull spectrum.
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