His catamaran was 35-weve been on a bunch of those and the difference between a 35 Wildcat catamaran from the early 00s and a 2009 Lagoon 380 ours is enormous.

Monohull vs catamaran offshore. As a catamaran owner Im biased but the Bumfuzzle articles about cat vs monohull didnt compare apples to apples in my opinion. Having sailed on both and built then lived for 5 years on a catamaran in this. Speaking of comfort underway a catamaran vs a monohull will sail differently.

He talked to three experienced sailors for their opinions and stories. We must have read a few dozen articles but the one we found most insightful wasnt from a sailing expert. World Cat Powered Catamarans vs Monohull.

So we decided a catamaran was the way forward and put a deposit down on a Leopard in the Caribbean and even went as far as a survey. As a result the cat can spin and turn on a dime with little effort while the monohull has much less leverage when the engines are opposed. In the size range were talking about a catamaran has about the volume of a 10 longer monohull ie.

If you are thinking of building or buying a yacht you have a significant choice to make before you even start looking at individual boats. Feeling the conditions. Ride quality of course can mean a number of things such as how the boat deals with rougher conditions stability at rest handling and more.

The sense of exhilaration you experience when a monohull hits its stride just cant be overrated. Especially if youre considering loadcarrying capability for a monohull. It was a well-rounded perspective from someone who wasnt firmly rooted in one camp or the other.

Because you get a smoother ride. Do you want one hull or two. In a monohull however the engines are centered along the transom.