Excess Catamarans launches summer sea-trial offer with free finish packs

Excess Catamarans opened its summer Go Sailing campaign on June 22 and is using it to pull buyers off the page and onto the water. Through August 31, anyone who sea-trials an eligible Excess 11, Excess 13 or Excess 14 through participating dealers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States can leave with a complimentary finish pack tied to the model ordered.

That is the point of the offer: the brand is not leaning on a blanket discount, but on a hands-on demo that lets sailors feel the boat before they decide how they want to use it. The Sail Away pack is aimed at buyers who want to get moving quickly and includes Garmin electronics, additional batteries, an electric winch and optimized interior fittings. The Fleet Up pack is pitched more toward liveaboard use, with an extra water tank, a duo water pressure system, fans, cabin mattresses, a cockpit table extension and a port forward berth.

Excess has put real value behind the campaign, too. For the Excess 11, Excess 13 and Excess 14, the listed finish-pack values run from about €19,200 to €48,240 depending on the model and package. The offer applies only to boats available for sale, cannot be combined with other promotions and requires invoicing and delivery before December 1, 2026.

The timing also lines up with a busy period for the brand’s range. Excess describes its catamarans as built to break sailing conventions while pairing comfort with strong sensations and adventure, and its current boats feature twin helm stations, a Pulse Line rig, state-of-the-art connectivity and optimized living spaces. The Excess 11 is now available in a hybrid version that combines a genset and twin electric engines for quiet docking, fully electric cruising and optimized range.

The Excess 13 gives the promotion extra pull. Unveiled in 2024 and shown at the Multihull Boat Show in La Grande Motte in 2025, it has already collected Multihull of the Year 2025 and Sailboat of the Year 2025 from Voile Magazine. Excess says the model was developed with a new team of architects, with Jean-Marc Piaton named as interior architect, and that it brings more storage, a lighter structure and optimized living space.

Dealer access is the other half of the story. Excess has scheduled a July 3 to 4 sea-trial stop in La Rochelle with West Yacht Broker for the Excess 11, Excess 13 and Excess 14, while an Excess Tour 2026 event in Houston on June 6 already put the Excess 14 in front of U.S. buyers. For readers weighing sporty cruising cats this season, the real sell here is not the free pack alone. It is the chance to step aboard, sail the boat and decide whether the way Excess rigs its cats feels right before the order is signed.