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

Monohull sailboat vs catamaran. Catamarans are usually more expensive to buy or rent and to moor and dock than monohull sailboats. Catamarans can be difficult to anchor and take twice as much docking space as a monohull. They are the classic sailing yachts that you see old black white photos of racing off Newport or Cowes.

Do you want one hull or two. A catamaran is faster than the average monohull boat. Having sailed on both and built then lived for 5 years on a catamaran in this.

Of course catamarans arent always faster. This means catamarans can get into places monohulls yachts often cannot reach and that they can also anchor closer to shore. Catamarans have great maneuverability since most catamarans have twin engines they can be more comfortable to dock than a single engine monohull.

Due to their lower waterline surface area catamarans are certainly faster. Due to their lower water line surface area catamarans are certainly faster. If anything you can outrun bad weather with a catamaran.

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. A cat can sail at half the speed of wind but this will of course upon the angle of the wind. In contrary monohulls might provide you with more of a real sailing feeling more thrills and exciting moments.

Although catamarans are fast when sailing downwind monohulls can be faster sailing upwind. Monohulls heel upwind and when the wind is on the beam while catamarans stay flat but pitch upwind. Deciding between a catamaran and a monohull is a big decision and one worth considering well before taking the plunge.