What is better.

What's better monohull or catamaran. As with many things in life I would not call one better than the other. Of course catamarans arent always faster. Those you can charter do not have daggerboards.

This means catamarans can get into places monohulls yachts often cannot reach and that they can also anchor closer to shore. Monohulls are more back and forth and side to side while the catamaran feeling is circular a washing machine like motion. Catamarans vs Monohulls.

Mono sails better Monohulls like this Amel 55 sail better upwind and her ballast keel adds displacement which means comfort when its rough. Due to their keel monohulls can sail higher into the wind than most catamarans. However 95 of cruising cats ie.

Catamarans have shallow drafts. Cats are more stable faster offer more space and have two hulls. I call them different.

Monohulls offer heeling faster steering response less noise from water slapping are cheaper to buy and maintain and have one hull. 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. Catamarans are faster both under power or sail compared to a similar sized monohull especially off the wind.

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. This is due to the combination of the shallow draft - catamarans dont have to carry a heavy lead keel underneath to stay upright and two engines. This makes production a lot more expensive.