Motor & Sailing Vessels (MotorSailer)

Enyar, I don't think so,...I've been away from the sailboat business for a number of years now

I think you need to go back and look at my opening posting,...

Can't find that PDF at this time, but found some other sites with brief mention and more photos of her:
https://www.multihulls-world.com/review/motor/bamba-50-sail-or-engine-the-choice-is-yours









Performance & Range: Powered by twin 150 hp engines, designed as a long-range cruising trawler capable of extensive ocean transit (such as an Atlantic crossing) under power or augmented by its furling genoa.

Capacity & Tanks: Accommodates up to 8 guests across 4 double cabins with 2 heads (or up to 4 staterooms in the hulls); carries large tankage including up to 4,000 liters of fuel and 800 liters of water.
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https://wavetrain.net/2012/04/23/bamba-50-catamaran-motorsailer/
Yo peeps. I’m tapping this out in the wind-blown town of Lorient, France, where I spent all day yesterday browsing through a small, but very interesting boat show, Les Salons du Multicoque. This is a special presentation of multihulls, containing some very cutting-edge boats, that flops back and forth between Brittany and the Med. Ironically, one of the boats I found most interesting was this new Bamba 50, a catamaran motorsailing trawler built right near here in La Rochelle. It serves as a trenchant reminder that the “edge” in boat design can cut more ways than one.

The mast is quite tall (air draft is about 60 feet), is set well aft, and is designed to fly either one big 860-sq.ft. genoa or a 1,075-sq.ft. gennaker.



Check out that funky sailplan profile

The motive force of the sail augments that of the engines, two 150-hp Iveco truck diesels that are configured to run at low revs (max rpm is 2,800, and they cruise at 1,400). Carrying a smidge over 1,000 gallons of fuel, the mighty Bamba reportedly has a functional range of over 3,000 nautical miles under power alone, which, of course, can be significantly increased by simply rolling out the sail. In motorsailing mode, I was told, the leeward engine runs alone, turning just 700 rpm.

Play your cards right on this boat, and I reckon you could easily get through a full season of cruising–or maybe even all the way across the Atlantic and back–with just one trip to the fuel dock.

Accommodations, of course, are astoundingly palatial.



The saloon looking forward



The spacious flybridge



Picture windows in the master stateroom aft



A pair of clever bunk berths in the smallest of the three guest staterooms



A well-appointed galley



On the dock at the show



At anchor in the brochure; note the fold-down transom

What you’re looking at here is hull number one, which was built on spec. Bamba is actively seeking representation in the U.S., has worked out a design for a big Bamba (60 feet) and (thanks to several comments received at the show) is currently drawing a baby Bamba (approx. 42 feet) on the back of the proverbial napkin.
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Bamba without a sailing rig