Reference and adventure books covering seamanship cruising racing construction fitout and handy hints for the catamaran and trimaran sailor.

Catamaran sailing books. If anyone is considering buying a catamaran to cruise to daysail or to livaboard this is the book to buy Sailing Promise. 1 804-815-5054 Fax. Cruising Catamarans Made Easy is the premier sailing textbook to focus exclusively on how to operate a cruising catamaran.

Tips for Sailing a Catamaran With its large area exposed to wind and its low draft a sailing catamaran can drift off easily so anchoring should be performed as swiftly as possible especially if the wind blows from the side. Multihull Sailing Books Online. Search results for this author.

Around the World on a Catamaran by Alayne Main Epilogue Reviewer. Jay from Toronto On Canada. It should be called The complete Guide for Experienced Monohull Cruisuing Sailors.

Its a great resource for passage planning and Jimmy Cornell is the authority on world cruising routes. From Start to Finish. Sailing Around the World by Joshua Slocum Taking on the Wold by Dame Ellen MacArthur.

30 focussed chapters are packed with over 350 photographs showing you exactly how its done with diagrams illustrating key boat parts the various points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. Hardcover 3 Jan. A catamaran is a sailing vessel with two parallel hulls of the same size as opposed to a monohull which only has one.

It primarily depends on beam and individual hull buoyancy for stability. To learn as much about multihull sailing he decided to compete in the two-handed Bicentennial Around Australia Yacht Race. This design offers great stability on the water thanks to the wide beam and reduced hydrodynamic resistance which makes them faster.