Catamarans have shallow drafts.

Catamaran or monohull for cruising. The difference in living accommodation between say a Lagoon 410 and a Bavaria 46 cant be overstated. A monohull will be far easier than a catamaran to tack. Stability On The Sea.

The keel of a monohull prevents the boat from being blown sideways by the wind. If you want to sail for a long time far off the beaten tracks you have different demands for a yacht. The average cruising catamaran is big like really big compared to the average cruising monohull.

Cats galore off the Soggy Dollar Bar Jost van Dyke. Not just at sea where the tiresome business of heeling is something that simply doesnt or shouldnt happen to any great extent but at anchor too. A catamaran offers a lot more stability in shallow waters in calm waters at the dock and anchorage.

Monohulls heel upwind and when the wind is on the beam while catamarans stay flat but pitch upwind. They have obligations to their advertisers. More spacious and particularly comfortable for a long cruise the catamaran involves more expenses than a monohull in terms of the price of a berth and taxes 15 times higher.

Too shallow for a fixed keel monohull of similar size Stability is one of the truly great advantages of a cruising multihull. Not only is each space galley cockpit cabin and heads bigger but there are more of them. Passionate sailors choose a monohull over a catamaran because theyre built with sailing as their primary purpose.

Do you want one hull or two. Catamarans are usually faster than monohulls particularly on downwind runs reaches and broad reaches. Typically cruising catamarans will have a beam to length ratio of roughly 50 although many designs nowadays exceed the 50 rule of thumb.