Bart Senior wrote:
If you were shopping for a cruising boat to circumnavigate,
and decided that you wanted a catamarran for this purpose,
what characteristics would you want it to have?


A lower price than most seem to. However, with all the cats
coming out of the charter fleets up for sale, prices are
coming down fast.


Long range implies duration without outside sources
of supplies such as food and fuel. !

Fuel is a bigger issue than food IMHO, and cats are more
sensitive to weight load. Especially fast ones.

I'd have to do some research on solar panel charging,
although I think a diesel genset is still a very attractive
option for a multi big enough to circumnavigate.

Bob Crantz wrote:
Simplicity = easy to operate for one person, easy to fix

Durability = does not break or malfunction


Good characteristics for any boat & it's gear. But one
point- anything is easy if you know how. Preparing for
serious cruising *should* include learning as much as
possible about how all the stuff on the boat works.

The most attractive characteristics of a big catamaran are
that they are fast & have shoal draft, so getting a boat
that maximizes these two benefits would make sense. That
means daggerboards, although some people seem to hate them.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King