So if you are in for hard pure sailing you will not get that felling on a cat.

Cat vs monohull sailboat. In a monohull however the engines are centered along the transom. This is because their powerplants are widely spaced at either side of the transom. Too shallow for a fixed keel monohull of similar size Stability is one of the truly great advantages of a cruising multihull.

Had a ball with it this summer sailing every weekend in the Chesapeake til July then in Delaware BayAltantic Ocean til now. Add those in and the monohull still comes in at less than half the price. I know that cats are much more stable and are move comfortable to move about etc.

But most people agree that the way monohulls heel to the wind cut through the water and give feedback to the helmsman makes monohulls more satisfying to sail. His catamaran was 35-weve been on a bunch of those and the difference between a 35 Wildcat catamaran from the early 00s and a 2009 Lagoon 380 ours is enormous. Self-righting if they capsize they will right themselves as long as they dont fill up with water.

Power Cat Pro. Monohulls are more maneuverable have lower costs and better when sailing upwind. Monohulls heel upwind and when the wind is on the beam while catamarans stay flat but pitch upwind.

Downwind cats feel like a house gliding on the ocean at speed while monos roll from side to side. This is because they face less water resistance and their narrow hulls dont have to deal with their own bow waves as a monohull does. Now thinkin about a Catamaran instead between 36 and 40 feet.

Old cruising catamarans may not go faster than 8 knots and modern monohulls can exceed 10 knots. A catamaran is much better than a monohull in many ways. Virtually all twin-engine powercats offer better close-quarters maneuvering than monohulls.