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Catamaran vs monohull sailing speed. When I try to figure out the duration of whatever sailing trip I have in the making I always need to know this one thing first. Monohulls are slower than Catamarans At least that is the short answer this applies if we only compare the length of the boat but if we compare the total length in the water its a different story more info on that in another post. If anything you can outrun bad weather with a catamaran.
Catamarans are typically 25-30 faster than a comparable monohull but some argue that it comes at a price. Due to their lower water line surface area catamarans are certainly faster. If everything including length remains the same a catamaran is about 30 faster than a monohull.
A monohull navigates waters with high waves and strong winds much more efficiently than a catamaran. So if you opt for a catamaran therell be no more. Where as non-planing monohulls can really only go as fast as when their bow wave reaches their stern sqrtlwl x 134 the long skinny cat hulls speed.
Much of this speed comes from the decreased drag bigger sails and a catamarans lesser weight. This is the classic sailing experience on a streamlined vessel which keeps water resistance at a minimum. Sailing catamarans can sail half the speed of the wind depending upon their angle.
Stability - Catamarans have minimum heeling which makes them a very comfortable ride and a stable platform while anchored out. Its often said that a catamaran is usually faster than a monohull of similar size but even on our old heavy displacement monohull a Tayana 37 weve overtaken modern bigger cruising catamarans. On the other side the experience of sailing on a monohull is unlike anything else.
The Gunboat 66 Phaedo 1 piles on the speed but for blue water cruisers comfort and stowage is. Speed - Speed always comes up in my research as one of the advantages of a catamaran over a monohull. Some boats can sail faster when close to the wind - monohulls normally fall into this category - while others can sail very fast when the wind is on their side aka a beam reach - catamarans usually like this sort of reaching.