Catamaran Vs MonoHull The Ultimate comparison

[Polux]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Would you be referring to the Futura (or something like that) cat with telescopic arms and all the accommodation in the centre pod..??

Yes, it seems your memory is better than mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKufq0CDAK4

[Sand crab]

The Futura is so last millennium. You need a Quadcat.
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...at-107051.html

Encore Quadcat, 1997, Macon, Georgia, sailboat for sale from Sailing Texas, yacht for sale

[sailr69]

when I think about cats, two things come to mind. when we as a family charter in the BVI's it is always a large cat. seems we motorsail place to place. and when we motor up wind the boat has a disjointed feel to it. but it has tons of room on it. then you have two engines to maintain.
second, if I owned one, you now have two hulls to clean and polish. where and how do you accomplish this. there is a vast surface of fiberglas to clean and maintain. my Corbin is large enough already. they are expensive and I guess if you can afford to, you can have a yacht service clean and maintain it.

[med]

I used to have a catamaran. A Hobie Cat FX one. In a modest force 4, it would go like a bat out of hell. It was wet - spray everwhere. You could hardly see where you were going. You would be soaked completely through in just a few minutes. On a windsurfer, you would only get wet up to the waist. On the cat you got completely drenched in spray.

But 16 knots in a 5m boat is fun and very tiring.