Add those in and the monohull still comes in at less than half the price.

Cat vs monohull sailboat. Self-righting if they capsize they will right themselves as long as they dont fill up with water. His cat had TWO king sized berths stuffed into the center plus two more cabins-no. In a monohull however the engines are centered along the transom.

As a catamaran owner Im biased but the Bumfuzzle articles about cat vs monohull didnt compare apples to apples in my opinion. Comfort Underway Speaking of comfort underway a catamaran vs a monohull will sail differently. That buys a lot of years cruising.

Having done a basic cat vs mono comparison our thinking so far is that whilst a monohull under full sail is undoubtedly more of a rush we think it might be a bit too much to handle as we get older what with the heeling over at 45 degrees whilst our 70 year old knees and ankles squeak in protest and obviously it cant get so close into shore. 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. Old cruising catamarans may not go faster than 8 knots and modern monohulls can exceed 10 knots.

But do they actually typically sail when booked around STJ not trips to BVI. Virtually all twin-engine powercats offer better close-quarters maneuvering than monohulls. As a result the cat can spin and turn on a dime with little effort while the monohull has much less leverage when the engines are opposed.

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. This is because their powerplants are widely spaced at either side of the transom. So if you are in for hard pure sailing you will not get that felling on a cat.

Modern catamarans can do a 360 turn in their length. I found our cat incredibly easy to sail. Downwind cats feel like a house gliding on the ocean at speed while monos roll from side to side.