MiniCat Germany – setting sails for 15 years!

Our longest serving distributor celebrates

We can't believe that he has been with us for 15 years!! Here is the story in his own words.

“Back in the days, it was 2009, and I was searching for a small beach catamaran for myself to take with me while travelling. On the internet I came across the MiniCat website, that was just new for only 3 years on the market at that time and they were searching for dealers worldwide.

From the first second I saw it on my computer, I loved the concept and the boat (it was just the MiniCat 310 at this time). I immediately made contact, and after some discussions I started as a MiniCat dealer in Germany towards the end of 2009.

This really was one of the best decisions in my life ever, because MiniCat not only turned into a dream-job, but it also changed my lifestyle entirely. I started camping, caravanning and spending more of my time at lakes and beaches and ON the water, than ever before! Because sailing with MiniCat for me truly is an outdoor- lifestyle.

I wanted to share that with as many people as possible and to introduce them to the MiniCat lifestyle, so I started to create and launch a MiniCat community here in Germany. From then onwards, it grows from year to year, more new MiniCat sailors and more enjoyment meeting and sailing together.

We organise several sailing & camping meetings each year, and in 2014 at the MiniCat Lake Garda event that all morphed into a European community with our annual big summer meeting at Lake Como, Italy (biggest one so far was with 70+ MiniCats sailing together there!).

Its’ so great to see the MiniCat family growing over the years, and that people got friends with each other, because of our meetings. I just love being part of this and this is way beyond what I expected 15 years ago, back in 2009.

Together with our German MiniCat community including Swiss and Dutch sailors, we also did some epic sailing adventures, like our island-hopping tours in Croatia with the bunch of MiniCat 420’s. Sleeping on the boat or the beach and having a great time using the boats also for longer tours and week cruising! This year we will do our 5th Croatia tour. You can find videos of previous tours on YouTube, just search: “MiniCat sailing adventure Croatia”.

So now, 15 years later (I can’t believe!!), I still love being the MiniCat Dealer for Germany, and myself still being a huge fan of these fantastic boats so much, I’m really looking forward to the next 15 years and being a part of the future MiniCat story…

I am available anytime to help and advise anyone thinking about buying a MiniCat, I’ve sold a lot of these boats over the last 15years, so I think I know all the answers for any question! Also, I organise a lot of test-sailing events throughout the year, so if anyone wants to try a MiniCat for themselves, I’m ready”

Carsten Steinkämper – MiniCat Deutschland www.mini-cat.de

July 2024