Catamarans are more stable faster and spacious.

Monohull vs catamaran. While you can get away with a cruising load on a monohull the same weight has the tendency to slow a catamaran. The only downside is that multihull vessels are only this fast if the load is relatively light. 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.

Many monohulls take more spray over the bow. As a catamaran owner Im biased but the Bumfuzzle articles about cat vs monohull didnt compare apples to apples in my opinion. Squeezing into a marina can be nigh on impossible and expensive if you can get in.

But as you know the purchase price is only the beginning. In general catamarans are more expensive to buy compared to a monohull of the same size condition and age. Modern catamarans can do a 360 turn in their length.

Monohulls are more maneuverable have lower costs and better when sailing upwind. Of course catamarans arent always faster. Catamaran vs Monohull 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.

Monohulls sink catamarans float. Its less tiring to sail a catamaran than it is to sail a monohull. Which is better a catamaran or a monohull.

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. Some power catamarans sneeze when compressed air in the hulls blows a mist back out of the tunnel. Catamarans capsize monohulls dont.