DRAFT AND EFFICIENCY.

Catamaran vs monohull fuel efficiency. In Conclusion To this end its easy to see that a catamaran comes out on top as the best option on many fronts. Monohulls are much better under a heavy load - pile on the anglers pile on the fuel pile on the gear and most importantly pile on the fish. Usually a larger one but you just need one reducing the expense and complexity.

A monohull consumes more fuel than a catamaran so a cat is an ideal option if youre looking for fuel-efficiency. CATAMARAN vs MONOHULL We were dyed in the wool monohull sailors for 15 years. This is due to a few things.

A catamaran is faster than the average monohull boat. The ride may have a different feel to it especially in the turns. The important difference however was how each banked in the turn.

The diameter of each boats turn was about the same although the V-hull averaged 84 seconds compared to the cats 89 seconds. If you want to use a diesel motor there is more space available for an engine in a monohull than in the cats slender shallow hulls making it more accessible and easier to work on. Limited access to shallow areas.

We loved the pretty lines of monohulls the sailing ability and what we believed at the time to be much safer vessels. I have been reading about the benefits of Power Catamaran Yachts in terms of ride stability and better fuel numbers than that of a mono hull yacht of the same length. However this is not the case in heavier weather where the higher efficiency of monohull hull designs present less resistance.

This is because they face less water resistance and their narrow hulls dont have to deal with their own bow waves as a monohull does. Lastly there is an abundant supply of monohull charters yachts so the charter costs tend to be less to match the demand. Many cats lean outward or remain flat in turns instead of banking inward like a monohull.