Because of the wide beam and the lack of weight tacking can be challenging especially in light winds.

Monohull sailing characteristics. To read the curve we look at the following features. The righting moment at 15 to 30 degrees of heel tells us about the boats sail-carrying power. Model A 112 scale model was constructed of a 136 metre catamaran which had been designed for the charter industry by Alexander Simonis.

This is somewhat misleading as the characteristics of a beach. Basically the operations of sailing a multihull and monohull are the same. This type of sailing also provides instant feedback as youll know what you need to do with the sails as youll feel what is going on through the boats motion.

One shows up in tacking. A few differences will surface. Catamarans generally have the most space of the common sailing designsmonohull catamaran and trimaran.

Monohulls rely on stability through the weight of their keel and while far slower they will sail closer to the wind with far less leeway. Learning to tack the boat is a more important factor when comparing sailing characteristics but as with most things a bit of practice and you will overcome this difficulty. However they are weight sensitive and utilizing all the stowage space they provide can hinder the boats performance.

Many people are first introduced to catamarans in the form of sport beach cats like the Hobie Cat. Being a much lighter vessel the multihull will slow radically if the helm is thrown over too far too fast so a gentle touch is whats needed. This 14 meter long sailing boat with double wheel steering and foldable XXL-cockpit-table has been built by Bavaria Werft in Giebelstadt since autumn 2013.

If you prefer comfort and more space multihulls are your go-to yachts for sailing vacations. I dont know much about catamarans but I assume theyre builtshapedweighted to sail in a much more uniform manner than monohulls. Conducted on monohull sailing yachts in 1989 as part of a programme of work on sailing vessel stability which was conducted for the Department of Transport Deakin 1990.