Old cruising catamarans may not go faster than 8 knots and modern monohulls can exceed 10 knots.

Monohull yacht speed. Monohull boats tend to sail downwind and in choppy seas better than catamarans. Read says 650 miles is definitely within range. For a ballasted 23ft monohull thats extremely respectable and there is bound to be more to come as the foils are tweaked and refined.

The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising. A small number of Premium yachts have air conditioning - this is clearly indicated on each yacht specification so make sure. This emulates starting with low boat speed and converging to the final speed.

In 2011 I was involved in a test of three cruising catamarans and among my fellow judges was multihull design legend Nigel Irens. It marries some of the best features of the multihulls such as high speed and design innovation to traditional monohull sailing action and manoeuvres. This gives them a speed advantage during ocean voyages.

The consistent speed promised by this boat could break new ground for a monohull. This is known as planing to plane. Because when they reach speed the hulls are substantially lifted above the water.

Upwind most cruising multihulls wont point like a monohull with a deeper keel and when it gets lumpy and fresh the motion can become distinctly unpleasant. Professor Emeritus. We have a separate post with complete average speeds per type of catemaran.

Your speed is very dependent on the point of sail and the particular designs strength. 80 rows Current Outright Ratified World Records speed order Yacht types. S - Single-hulled yacht.