A cat-ketch is a sailboat that is rigged as both a catboat and a ketch.
Cat ketch catamaran. The well-designed cat ketch rig is a simple inexpensive and balanced rig. A reefed mizzen makes a great riding sail in a gale either hove to or hanging on a parachute anchor. The sail plan spreads the sails along the length of the boat on two masts.
DVD 52 foot Aluminium Cruising Catamaran Design 163 183. The sail on the mizzenmast is also called the jigger. The philosophy and basic features of this design are firmly rooted in our earlier successful 62ft Alloy Ketch Cat design which has covered over 100000 nautical miles as an expedition charter boat and is currently January 2019 well into her.
We talk to him about his famous 62 foot ketch catamaran and his DVD 525 version which is being built all over the world currently. The ketch is a two-masted sailboat that has a mainmast front and shorter mizzenmast aft or back. Instead there is a command bridgedeck that combines the.
ME Cats ability to deliver such a quality boat at such an affordable price has earned this boat its well deserved praise. 45 Hardin Yachts Hardin 45 Staysail Ketch Annapolis Maryland Asking 139000. This newly completed design is the smallest in our range of Aluminium Sailing Cats.
Alien II is a performance open bridge deck catamaran built for the owner in 1985 and has been in the same ownership since then. Lightness Visibility Balance and Security are crucial elements for a cruising catamaran. Both masts carry a mainsail.
Ketch rigged boats are also quite fast only. Written up in Worlds Best Sailboats the Freedom 36 has a voluminous interior comfortable accommodations with private staterooms and clear decks for easy movement. The ketch rig also offers substantial advantages for offshore sailing.