The Reason People Are Moving Away From Monohulls

[Red Herring]

Getting back to Elayna and their new ride... I was really excited about it at first, but I am being turned off as a follower by the persistent advertising. Isn't that one of the reasons to sail? To get away from it all... and they have now brought it on board, and I'm not sure if they can separate out the corporate persistence from their new ride and subsequent adventures. If they can't, I will unfollow, and I'll bet I'm not alone.

[CbroTheDude]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Getting back to Elayna and their new ride... I was really excited about it at first, but I am being turned off as a follower by the persistent advertising.

Where?

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Getting back to Elayna and their new ride... I was really excited about it at first, but I am being turned off as a follower by the persistent advertising. Isn't that one of the reasons to sail? To get away from it all... and they have now brought it on board, and I'm not sure if they can separate out the corporate persistence from their new ride and subsequent adventures. If they can't, I will unfollow, and I'll bet I'm not alone.

You're not alone. For nearly two years, I anxiously awaited their next video because they dealt with many of the issues we encounter on a daily basis, but then with the extra cash, they began staying in marinas and going to nightclubs... something us old farts can't relate to, but I stuck with them.

I haven't watched a single episode since they purchased the cat, but it has nothing to do with the boat... we love cats and might even get one some day. The new videos just lost me completely with the marketing and besides.... having worked as a piano tuner for nearly 20 years.... her singing to me is like fingernails on a chaulkboard. I have to shut it off.

I'd still like to meet them someday in an anchorage maybe here in Croatia, they seem like very nice people.

[mikedefieslife]

Here's the anchorage in Palma de Mallorca, just bellow the Cathedral.

There are five of us here.



No mono's. There was one last night that lest early in the morning, or late at night.

It was the same in the last anchorage I was in too.

That being said, South Mallorca is rolley as hell not matter what the weather apps say.

[Polux]

Going for the original question to have an answer you have to look at what kind of cats are increasing a lot and they are not Outremer's or Catana's but Lagoons, Fountain Pajots and the like, condocats that generally are less good sailing boats than older models (specially the Pajot) but they certainly offer more interior space.

So the answer is easy: more interior space, more comfortable and spacious platforms at anchor for easy living.

[savoir]

Correct ! A cat is no more and no less than a waterfront condo, hence the appeal. They offer a much more condo like experience than a mono ever could.

[smj]

Originally Posted by savoir

Correct ! A cat is no more and no less than a waterfront condo, hence the appeal. They offer a much more condo like experience than a mono ever could.

Yes, a waterfront condo that crosses oceans and has a safety record that equals or exceeds that of a monohull. Not a bad choice......

[weavis]

Originally Posted by savoir

Correct ! A cat is no more and no less than a waterfront condo, hence the appeal. They offer a much more condo like experience than a mono ever could.

NO more or no less? You base a person wanting to purchase a Catamaran on its "condo" appeal?

Gosh.

[weavis]

Originally Posted by mikedefieslife

Here's the anchorage in Palma de Mallorca, just bellow the Cathedral.

There are five of us here.



No mono's. There was one last night that lest early in the morning, or late at night.

It was the same in the last anchorage I was in too.

That being said, South Mallorca is rolley as hell not matter what the weather apps say.

Yep. Sometimes I was grateful; that I had an apartment in Mallorca so I could go and rest. When it does those short hard rolls it gets very uncomfortable.

[mikedefieslife]

Originally Posted by Polux

Going for the original question to have an answer you have to look at what kind of cats are increasing a lot and they are not Outremer's or Catana's but Lagoons, Fountain Pajots and the like, condocats that generally are less good sailing boats than older models (specially the Pajot) but they certainly offer more interior space.

So the answer is easy: more interior space, more comfortable and spacious platforms at anchor for easy living.

Which would make sense. This is Cruiser Forums after all (I think some here, especially in other threads, forget that). The vast majority of cruisers will be using their boat as home 95% of the time they are on it, and using as a means to travel for the other 5%.

[Polux]

Originally Posted by mikedefieslife

Which would make sense. This is Cruiser Forums after all (I think some here, especially in other threads, forget that). The vast majority of cruisers will be using their boat as home 95% of the time they are on it, and using as a means to travel for the other 5%.

Not any intention of being negative regarding condocats. They are obviously what most cruisers that buy a cat want even if I find that many cruisers that live full time aboard or live extensively aboard use older cats, less condo then the new ones, with less windage and less interior space.

[savoir]

Originally Posted by weavis

NO more or no less? You base a person wanting to purchase a Catamaran on its "condo" appeal?

Gosh.

I sure do and so do they.

[weavis]

Originally Posted by savoir

I sure do and so do they.

"They" includes me.

I dont want a cat for its condo appeal.

Now where you you go with this prejudice?

[buzzstar]

Originally Posted by weavis

"They" includes me.

I dont want a cat for its condo appeal.

Now where you you go with this prejudice?

SEVILLE - MALLORCA

[hoppy]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

You're not alone. For nearly two years, I anxiously awaited their next video because they dealt with many of the issues we encounter on a daily basis, but then with the extra cash, they began staying in marinas and going to nightclubs... something us old farts can't relate to, but I stuck with them.

I haven't watched a single episode since they purchased the cat, but it has nothing to do with the boat... we love cats and might even get one some day. The new videos just lost me completely with the marketing and besides.... having worked as a piano tuner for nearly 20 years.... her singing to me is like fingernails on a chaulkboard. I have to shut it off.

I'd still like to meet them someday in an anchorage maybe here in Croatia, they seem like very nice people.

I was the same with their videos and stopped watching around the same time.

I'm fine with her singing as I am half deaf and tone deaf