Excess 13 wins Best Sailing Catamaran Under 14m in Singapore

Excess Catamarans has added another major stamp of approval to the Excess 13, which won Best Sailing Catamaran Under 14m at the 2026 Yacht Style Awards in Singapore. The result is its sixth international accolade, and it underlines why this 43-footer is resonating far beyond the brand’s European launch markets: it delivers the performance-cruising brief in a package that feels simpler, lighter and more direct to sail.

The award was handed over on April 22 at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove, where the Yacht Style Awards gala brought together more than 300 guests on the eve of the Singapore Yachting Festival. With winners spread across 35 categories, the Excess 13 was competing in a field that was both broad and highly visible, which makes the verdict all the more telling for the under-14m multihull segment.

Yacht Style’s jury, as quoted by Excess, called the twin-helm Excess 13 “arguably the finest example yet” from a young brand that continues to assert its sporting DNA. That language matters because it captures the boat’s place in the market. Excess is not chasing the soft, condo-style cruising-cat formula. It is pushing a more active, helm-driven experience, and the latest award suggests that approach is gaining traction with owners who still want the comfort of a cruising cat but care just as much about the feel of the sails.

The practical reasons are easy to see. Excess points to the twin-helm arrangement, fold-up helm stations and easy aft access as key advantages, while the interior uses brighter colours and a more contemporary feel than many conventional cruising cats. The brand says the spaces were optimized to make life aboard easier, increase storage, lighten the structure and improve sensations under sail, and it describes the boat as ready for ocean passage-making. In other words, the judges are not just rewarding styling. They are rewarding a layout that works at the dock, at anchor and underway.

This latest win also fits a clear pattern. Excess first unveiled the model in July 2024, and by September 2025 it was already nominated for European Yacht of the Year 2026 before taking that title in January 2026 in the Family Cruiser category. Add the Multihull of the Year 2025 title, and the Singapore result starts to look less like a one-off than a sustained run of validation.

Excess also used the Singapore Yachting Festival to show the boat with regional dealers PRO SAIL ASIA and PRIMUS MARINE, a timely move for a model that is increasingly becoming a reference point in the under-14m performance-cruising slot. For owners looking for a smaller sailing cat that blends simplicity, speed and usable onboard space, the Excess 13 is starting to look like the benchmark others will be measured against.