Old cruising catamarans may not go faster than 8 knots and modern monohulls can exceed 10 knots.

Catamaran vs v hull fishing boat. Below is a pros and cons list of flat bottom Jon boats and v hull bottom Jon boats. The important difference however was how each banked in the turn. Recommend hull type depends on the body of water you are fishing and size.

I have a cat and I think retrieving is about the same. The advantage is once you get the front lined up is just sort of goes on. They go on similar to a pontoon almost.

Jul 27 2009. Whereas traditional V-hull designs have trade offs between draft fuel efficiency and comfort of ride catamarans do not. Properly designed the result is the most efficient hull inch for inch and horsepower for horsepower in the go-fast boat world.

Catamaran hulls incorporate the best qualities of the deep V hull and the flat bottom hull. Catamaran fishing boats hailing from manufacturers such as Barker Calcutta Insetta Invincible and World Cat now rival long-established monohull models in the 30-. Because you get a smoother ride.

Cats are built with serious go-fast hardware and can go 40 to 50 mph faster with the same set up as a V-Hull. A deep vee may list as it rides up the front or back of a wave unless taking the wave head-on because the single hull will remain perpendicular to the waves diagonal surface and roll with the wave. A catamaran is faster than the average monohull boat.

The wider footprint of a World Cat helps negate the effect of a rolling. Our electronic angle indicator showed the cat leaning outward by 26 degrees. 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.