A UNIQUE NEW MULTIHULL SERVICE FOR NEW BUILDS AND BROKERAGE, BOTH POWER AND SAIL

Robert Underwood Multihulls (Rumulti) has been established to provide a unique service for anybody wishing to enter the exciting world of catamarans and trimarans by purchasing a new or used boat.

The Managing Director and driving force behind the new operation is Robert Underwood, a passionate sailor who hand-built his first 45ft multihull in 1973 before joining forces with the Prout brothers in 1976 to form Prout Catamarans.  For the next 25 years, he expanded the Company before moving on to start Broadblue Catamarans and set up the entire business, including the design, manufacturing, marketing and sales sides of the business.

Based in offices at Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex, with views of the River Crouch, Rumulti now offers customers the benefit of Underwood’s 35 years as a multihull specialist. He continues to be involved in all aspects of multihull design, construction and sales.

The dynamic new brokerage department draws on a huge network of multihull contacts throughout the world, and Rumulti is also the UK new-boat sales agent for two distinct high performance brands that have particular strengths in terms of quality, versatility and pricing.

At the top of the range are the Polish-built Sunreef catamarans, the only multihulls currently available from 60ft-150ft in both power and sailing versions. The Sunreef range is all custom-built to a very high standard, and offers exceptional value.

Rumulti is also the dealer for the Australian-designed 40ft Fusion catamaran, also available in power or sailing versions, and imported into the UK for semi-custom completion. The Company will use its vast expertise to ensure that each new Fusion owner receives exactly what they desire in terms of layout, finish and equipment.

Rumulti is the next stage in a career that has involved Underwood in over 1,500 new catamaran projects, and the personal delivery of hundreds of multihulls over tens of thousands of sea miles.

“With the founding of Rumulti, I’m very proud to be able to offer such a comprehensive service to the multihull market,” Underwood said. “We set up the Company as we believe there is a niche for a holistic approach to new and existing customers. The multihull market is growing, yet there are only a limited number of serious brokers in the UK, and very few people with experience right across the board.  We think that the two great brands we are representing, Sunreef and Fusion, offer the very best for their target markets.”

“For buyers of used boats, our full range of brokerage services is combined with our personal experience of the construction of many of the boats on our books, so we are in a position to give the best advice available. Our large database of past clients will also help us find new boats for our ever-increasing brokerage list.”

Rumulti has also launched a comprehensive website that has full details of all their services, together with specifications of all the boats on offer – www.rumulti.com