This goes back to the stability of cats.

Catamaran vs monohull sailboat. Catamaran or Monohull. Monohulls are boats that have one hull. This makes it easier to do certain activities such as cooking and it provides a more comfortable experience for all onboard overall.

Monohulls heel upwind and when the wind is on the beam while catamarans stay flat but pitch upwind. In contrary monohulls might provide you with more of a real sailing feeling more thrills and exciting moments. They also offer safer anchorage and are easy to control.

Multihulls can be relatively quick in the right offwind conditions but if they are heavily laden as they will be for blue water cruising there really is no significant speed advantage. Speaking of comfort underway a catamaran vs a monohull will sail differently. Sailing to windward or being a passenger in a car you are better off in a monohull.

So keep that in mind as we dive into the big catamaran vs monohull debate. They are the classic sailing yachts that you see old black white photos of racing off Newport or Cowes. A catamaran is much better than a monohull in many ways.

Whereas if you get sick due to the languid downwind rolling motion of a monohull then a cat will probably suit you better. The reason why this distinction is important and I write this as a monohull fanatic myself - is because for charter companies catamarans are in huge demand due to the overwhelming number of advantages. They tend to be newer and are said to be less traditional although some of the earliest sailing boats ever developed may well have been catamarans.

Due to their lower water line surface area catamarans are certainly faster. The Gunboat 66 Phaedo 1 piles on the speed but for blue water cruisers comfort and stowage is. CATAMARAN vs MONOHULL We were dyed in the wool monohull sailors for 15 years.