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Catamaran sailing books. From Start to Finish Author Phil Berman Illustrated by Bradford Scott Edition illustrated revised Publisher W. A catamaran generally has no ballast. Sailing Around the World by Joshua Slocum Taking on the Wold by Dame Ellen MacArthur.

It primarily depends on beam and individual hull buoyancy for stability. From Start to Finish Revised Edition by Phil Berman Paperback 2995 Only 18 left in stock more on the way. Paperback from Fernhurst Books.

It should be called The complete Guide for Experienced Monohull Cruisuing Sailors. The two hulls are joined by a platform. A catamaran is a sailing vessel with two parallel hulls of the same size as opposed to a monohull which only has one.

Gregor Tarjan Author 45 out of 5 stars. Gipsy Moth Circles The World Francis Chichester In August 1966 Frances Chichester set out from Plymouth on his 53-foot ketch Gypsy Moth VI. This book is not about cruising on catamarans.

After graduating from Melbourne University in Medicine he purchased and moved aboard a 35 Hedley Nicol Wanderer trimaran. Its a great resource for passage planning and Jimmy Cornell is the authority on world cruising routes. It is however a great book about naval architecture and design of catamarans with two shallow chapters that mostly compare semanship and heavy weather aspects of cruising with monohulls.

This textbook highlights the unique art of sailing a larger catamaran with its distinctive characteristics. Sailing Fundamentals by Gary Jobson Written by Americas foremost instructional authority this book combines the training programs of the American Sailing Association ASA and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The wider it is the more stabilityhowever at some point excessive beam becomes unmanageable.