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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-03-2017, 13:01 |
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Views: 94,079
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robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Some of the new monos are offering really large cockpits and bright spaces below for low dollars or more than comparable to many Cats. It will be interesting to see how they are out. |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 09-03-2017, 19:17 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
No I anchored in the next bay but we dinked into the marina and I asked the gal at the yacht club their rates. The Mooring balls were a couple of hundred Euro there. I was so surprised I asked her... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 09-03-2017, 17:34 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
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robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
I should mention we were traveling in high season there. |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 09-03-2017, 16:48 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Should have added a waver for those islands:smile: yup they are expensive. Try Sardinia where in the Porto Cervo you can pay upwards of 600 euro for a 40 foot mono hull, per night:thumb: We stayed... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 09-03-2017, 15:21 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Spain is cheap, even short term transient prices are low there. Real Estate is also very cheap, it really got over built prior to 2008 when the USA gave the rest of the world the financial gift that... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-03-2017, 17:05 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
I have zero issues with new sailors no matter what they sail. Most of the new Cat owners are light on experience but what do you expect from new sailors? The last couple we met bought their boat in... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-03-2017, 15:59 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
I think Cats have captured a market no one really expected and that is brand new sailors that had zero monohull experience. We must have met a dozen Cat owners of large Cats that had only sailed on... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-02-2017, 13:58 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
We have 2 female single handers in our present anchorage of 13 boats that are sailing Cats. Not normal for sure but it's the way it is in this particular area. The Cats are not small either, mid 40's... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-02-2017, 12:32 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Yes your right, that used to be the belief, if you were beside a taller mast you were protected by the "cone of protection " however Cats have changed this belief as there have been Cats in the same... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-02-2017, 06:40 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
This thread could go on forever, in my opinion Cats aren't much different than monos. Some are designed for more protected waters and some are designed for most conditions offshore. We all know... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 27-02-2017, 14:48 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
You may be overstating although I don't have the support numbers, maybe you do. While many Cats have been delivered on their own bottoms these days I believe most are shipped. As to those thousands... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 26-02-2017, 16:28 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Our home is Vancouver and like Seattle the marinas are generally filled. It's also super hard to get a new marina approved in either area plus the land is so expensive it doesn't make economic sense.... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 26-02-2017, 06:18 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Rolling at anchor is way overstated, sure sometimes it happens and some anchorages are bad but I have to say that uncomfortable rolling while at anchor over the last full year of cruising might have... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 26-02-2017, 04:35 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
I'm getting too long in the tooth to be making major changes plus it took me several years to get our boat all worked out and I don't have the time to go that whole route again with a Cat... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 25-02-2017, 18:12 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
That's too funny:redface: can't say I have ever seen a mono hull cruised like that unless the skipper didn't know his butt from a hole in the ground. The boat is way overpowered even to the point... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-02-2017, 16:40 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Who knows what kind of deal they got but they are a constant advertising agent for the builder so they may even be paying for it by how many videos they produce. Anyone that has the high traffic... |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-02-2017, 16:22 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
Affordable financing? What does that mean? Did they pay full price and simply got a low interest rate or did they get deep discounts plus a low interest rate or what? :whistling: |
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-02-2017, 16:12 |
Replies: 747
Views: 94,079
Posted By
robert sailor
Re: The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls
GPS opened cruising to the masses, really nothing else. Cats have simply given people more choices and women have been making many of the decisions so the Cat market has really expanded but on the... |
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