U.S. tariffs push South Africa's luxury catamaran industry into choppy waters

Ana Maria Rus

(12 May 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS Cape Town, South Africa - 8 May 2026 1. Pan day charter catamaran motors out of the V&A Waterfront harbour 2. Day charter catamaran motors past Sea Point near the V&A Waterfront 3. View of Table Mountain from a day charter catamaran 4. Tourists take photos aboard a day charter catamaran 5. Johannesburg tourist Sihle Kgomoeswana looks out to sea with his fiancée 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sihle Kgomoeswana, tourist: “It’s a very nice, stable boat, you know, when you’re