Excess Catamarans to debut Excess 13 at San Diego boat show
Excess used San Diego to put the Excess 13 in front of West Coast buyers for the first time, pairing a 42-foot family cruiser with a starting price from €465,000.
Excess Catamarans brought the Excess 13 to the San Diego International Boat Show for an exclusive West Coast preview, giving local buyers their first in-person look at a model the brand says had never before been shown at a West Coast boat show. The show ran June 11-14, 2026, alongside Sail Pacific, as Excess used one of the region’s biggest marine stages to make a direct pitch to sailors who know Pacific cruising, Baja passages and the tradeoffs of owner-use aboard a performance catamaran.
That setting mattered. San Diego International Boat Show promotional materials said the 2026 edition featured 30-plus builders and brokerages, 150-plus vessels and 75-plus on-land exhibitors, which put the Excess 13 in front of a dense concentration of buyers already shopping the multihull market. Sail Pacific, which describes itself as California’s exclusive Excess catamaran dealer, gave the launch a clear local sales path. The message was simple: step aboard, compare the boat against other cats on the docks, and see whether the Excess approach fits the way Pacific sailors actually cruise.
The boat itself is pitched squarely at that audience. Excess says the Excess 13 was unveiled on July 17, 2024 and designed by Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group, not the VPLP team used on earlier Excess catamarans. The configurator lists the boat at 12.99 metres, or 42 feet 7 inches, with a 7.25-metre beam, 6 to 12 berths and about 115 square metres of upwind sail area. Online pricing starts from €465,000, a number that places the catamaran in the performance-cruiser bracket rather than the pure luxury segment.
Excess has built the model around twin helm stations, a Pulse Line rig and optimized living space, a combination that points to a boat meant to be sailed actively and lived aboard without giving up the spirited feel that defines the brand. That positioning was reinforced by the boat’s recent recognition, including Multihull of the Year 2025 and European Yacht of the Year 2026 in the Family Cruiser category after real-life sea trials. For San Diego visitors, the first West Coast showing turned those awards and brochure figures into something more concrete: a chance to judge whether the Excess 13’s sailing style, layout and price make sense for Pacific owner-cruisers, not just for a showroom floor.
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