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wrote:
A Jeanneau salesperson told me that a Jeanneau 52.2 can
go just as fast under sail as a Fountaine Pajot Belize 42.

Can this be true ? I've always thought that catamarans
in general can go a lot faster than monohulls.

Do you think that the _Jeanneau_ salesperson was trying to
sell you on anything and was a strictly unbiased source of
information?

In general, similar size cruising cats will outsail cruising
monohulls. However in some areas, the mono will probably do
better, especially if the cat has fixed keels instead of
daggerboards. Light winds or light winds upwind are weak
spots. But ease the sheets a bit on a moderate wind day and
most cats will sail away from the monohulls.

FP cats won't point too well, around 100° between tacks.
But a big deck saloon cruising mono won't often be much better.

So in most cases, I think your salesperson is stretching the
truth.

Evan Gatehouse