You cant beat a monohull sailboat for good looks.

Monohull pros. You cant beat a monohull sailboat for good looks. When it comes to speed a well-designed monohull can give you a more than acceptable turn of speed. More exhilarating sailing experience.

Although the rule is that multihulls are faster which makes for shorter passages and gives more chance of outrunning bad weather there are monohulls that can do the same. Monohulls are better weight-bearing platforms. You can buy a modern 40ft mono such as a Bavaria or Jeanneau in good condition for under 150000.

How enjoyable it is to sail a monohull rather than a catamaran is personal. Monohulls are more maneuverable have lower costs and better when sailing upwind. With catamarans vastly popular in the charter industry and showing no sign of abating lets compare the pros and cons of monohull and catamaran strictly on the charter work point of view.

Because the boat is not as susceptible to the effects of wave action and does not heal the way a monohull does it is much easier to walk around on deck and within the interior of the yacht while underway. Although no one knows when the first sailboat was built archeologists have found remains of primitive canoe-like vessels dating back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. The stability is achieved by adding the ballast the deep keel.

A monohull on the other hand can accept a much larger load before performance suffers as dramatically. They cut through the water which allows for a quieter sailing experience overall. 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.

Well most of them anyway. The reason why this distinction is important and I write this as a monohull fanatic myself - is because for charter companies catamarans are in huge demand due to the overwhelming number of advantages. Overload a powercat and most of its advantages disappear as the twin hulls sink deeper into the water and the top of the tunnel begins slamming into waves.