LOA 44ft 2in beam 22ft 4in draft 3ft 11in displacement 19780lb light ship.
Catamaran single outboard. February 05 2015 090720 AM I have been on a 45m semi rigid cat with a single 60hp on it and it really battled it would need probably a 90hp to work properly. Compressed cushion of air in the wing-deck a potentially choppy ride is transformed into a pleasant cruise for you and your passengers. Probably the fastest production boats available in.
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Single Outboard on a Catamaran Hull Reply 3 on. 2 Two Outboards Like monohulls you can use two outboards on a catamaran. The XS-2003 Allison GrandSport is the gold standard for small single engine family boats.
The downside is it may make maneuvering in a marina a bit trickier and theres no backup engine if the one outboard has an issue. They are marginal in strong winds and big seas. While a diesel engine is more fuel efficient when compared with an outboard engine of the same size a lighter boat fitted with the same size outboard engines has an improved power to weight ratio.
I have had single 99hp outboards on a number of my own 35ft catamarans. Both are exceptionally fast. However I would not use anything bigger than a 25hp outboard on a 40ft cat better to use twin engines.
I have heard for years that a single outboard motor doesnt work well in the open space between the hulls of a catamaran because there is too much water turbulence between the hulls causing propeller cavitation and in addition. Usually used by smaller catamarans up to about 25 or so. So a boat powered by a single 300-horsepower outboard will go faster than the same boat powered by two 150-horsepower outboards.