Twin floor drains front and rear buoyancy compartments built in swinging keel tacking straps tow rope paddle and drainage buckets.

Monohull keel. Monohulls are more budget-friendly especially as there are lots of very good solid small sailboats from the 70s 80s and 90s that can be bought for dirt cheap. Think of the Albin Vega 27 the Hallberg-Rassi 35 Rasmus and the Catalina 36. 47 companies 108 products.

The rudder is in great condition it has a tiller extension and spare blade. You can buy a modern 40ft mono such as a Bavaria or Jeanneau in good condition for under 150000. This design also allows drying out as long as the seabed is flat.

Production cats have so much buoyancy built in that they are next to impossible to sink. They come in six general variations. Self-righting if they capsize they will right themselves as long as they dont fill up with water.

Its true they are unable to self-right but then again monohulls are pretty useless too if they lose their keel - something you dont have to worry about on Catamarans. No need for a bow thruster. The keel of a monohull prevents the boat from being blown sideways by the wind.

Only a handful of manufacturers produced these such as Westerly Hunter and Moody. Cats are usually pretty easy to dock because you have two motors and two rudders. The keel is a large flat shape with a aerodynamic leading edge.

The keel also carries weight which counteracts the effect of the wind that causes a sailboat to heel or lean over. No monohull I know of can. 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.