JASON KER

As the cruising multihull revolution accelerates, it was only going to be a matter of time before some big design names from the monohull world started to take an interest. But perhaps surprising that it should be a naval architect whose signature appears on three America’s Cup boats, and whose name is a byword for IRC raceboats.

Jason Ker is a veteran of Ben Ainslie’s last Cup campaign, plus a German and a South African one before it. The Winchester-based designer has named a successful line of one-design racers and one-offs after himself, running from the Ker 9m up to the 16.52m CX Ker 55. He has even ventured into the superyacht arena with a radical 68m trimaran concept. So perhaps it is logical, then, that his first major foray into the cruising catamaran