Can anyone tell a novice what advantages you have in a conventional
sailboat vs. a catamaran or trimaran.

Thanks

Small cats have less space inside compared to similar length monos. Tri's
have less again.
After about 36ft things start to equalise a little. Multis are usually
faster than monos. multis are more sensitive to weight and will lose speed
rapidly when overloaded. While multis feel more stable they will not right
themselves after a knockdown.

DP


"akoda" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell a novice what advantages you have in a conventional
sailboat vs. a catamaran or trimaran.

Thanks

What 30' monohull comes close to the interior volume of my Gemini 3000 catamaran?


"d parker" wrote:
Small cats have less space inside compared to similar length monos. Tri's
have less again.
After about 36ft things start to equalise a little. Multis are usually
faster than monos. multis are more sensitive to weight and will lose speed
rapidly when overloaded. While multis feel more stable they will not right
themselves after a knockdown.

DP


"akoda" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell a novice what advantages you have in a conventional
sailboat vs. a catamaran or trimaran.

Thanks

Don't know much about the class, other than they are from the 60s. But as a
general rule most small cats have less cubic space than monos.

DP
wrote in message ...

What 30' monohull comes close to the interior volume of my Gemini 3000
catamaran?


"d parker" wrote:
Small cats have less space inside compared to similar length monos. Tri's
have less again.
After about 36ft things start to equalise a little. Multis are usually
faster than monos. multis are more sensitive to weight and will lose
speed
rapidly when overloaded. While multis feel more stable they will not
right
themselves after a knockdown.

DP


"akoda" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell a novice what advantages you have in a conventional
sailboat vs. a catamaran or trimaran.

Thanks

It doesn't make sense to talk about cats and tris without being a bit more specific on
style and size, but I don't think you'll find very many cruising cats over 30 feet that
are not much larger than a monohull of the same length.

Now if you're talking about an F27, that's another story - but what monohull would you
compare it to?

-jeff



"d parker" wrote in message
...
Don't know much about the class, other than they are from the 60s. But as a
general rule most small cats have less cubic space than monos.

DP
wrote in message ...

What 30' monohull comes close to the interior volume of my Gemini 3000
catamaran?


"d parker" wrote:
Small cats have less space inside compared to similar length monos. Tri's
have less again.
After about 36ft things start to equalise a little. Multis are usually
faster than monos. multis are more sensitive to weight and will lose
speed
rapidly when overloaded. While multis feel more stable they will not
right
themselves after a knockdown.

DP


"akoda" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell a novice what advantages you have in a conventional
sailboat vs. a catamaran or trimaran.

Thanks

49er .....

DP
"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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It doesn't make sense to talk about cats and tris without being a bit more
specific on
style and size, but I don't think you'll find very many cruising cats over
30 feet that
are not much larger than a monohull of the same length.

Now if you're talking about an F27, that's another story - but what
monohull would you
compare it to?

-jeff



"d parker" wrote in message
...
Don't know much about the class, other than they are from the 60s. But
as a
general rule most small cats have less cubic space than monos.

DP
wrote in message
...

What 30' monohull comes close to the interior volume of my Gemini 3000
catamaran?


"d parker" wrote:
Small cats have less space inside compared to similar length monos.
Tri's
have less again.
After about 36ft things start to equalise a little. Multis are
usually
faster than monos. multis are more sensitive to weight and will lose
speed
rapidly when overloaded. While multis feel more stable they will not
right
themselves after a knockdown.

DP


"akoda" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell a novice what advantages you have in a conventional
sailboat vs. a catamaran or trimaran.

Thanks