Why Marinas Still Haven’t Caught Up to Catamarans
End ties, T-heads and wide-lift yards: the infrastructure gap that every cruising cat owner eventually has to plan around.
End ties, T-heads and wide-lift yards: the infrastructure gap that every cruising cat owner eventually has to plan around.
The charter cat earned its reputation. Writing off every offshore cat because of it means leaving real capability behind.
From a 1986 transatlantic record attempt with Robin Knox-Johnston to the Caribbean Multihull Challenge, one sailor’s ringside view.
Two to four knots faster on a Pacific crossing saves days. The sailors doing this math are not beginners.
Here’s what 35,000 miles on both monohulls and multihulls has taught one saiilor about the pros and cons of each.
Fourteen years and six children aboard light multihulls: speed is not the risk. It is the primary tool for managing risk at sea.
Nim Marsh ran ragtag Narragansett Bay rallies, wrote poetic offshore stories and left Cruising World better each time he arrived.
Median sale prices have eased and seller discounts are widening. Here is where to look and what to look for in the used cat market.
Before you choose your hull, choose your life. The round-the-world gambit and the dock-aboard lifestyle demand very different cats.
PTFE thread, low-aspect Dacron, two-ply leeches and the UV cover mistakes that drain cruising budgets in the tropics.
Dramatic coastline, relentless swell and scarce anchorages. The rewards in Costa Rica are real, but so are the compromises.
No audience, no pressure and a tiller extension: how Lin Pardey spent an afternoon making useful mistakes on her own.
End ties, T-heads and wide-lift yards: the infrastructure gap that every cruising cat owner eventually has to plan around.
The charter cat earned its reputation. Writing off every offshore cat because of it means leaving real capability behind.
From a 1986 transatlantic record attempt with Robin Knox-Johnston to the Caribbean Multihull Challenge, one sailor’s ringside view.
Two to four knots faster on a Pacific crossing saves days. The sailors doing this math are not beginners.
Here’s what 35,000 miles on both monohulls and multihulls has taught one saiilor about the pros and cons of each.
Fourteen years and six children aboard light multihulls: speed is not the risk. It is the primary tool for managing risk at sea.
Nim Marsh ran ragtag Narragansett Bay rallies, wrote poetic offshore stories and left Cruising World better each time he arrived.
Median sale prices have eased and seller discounts are widening. Here is where to look and what to look for in the used cat market.
Before you choose your hull, choose your life. The round-the-world gambit and the dock-aboard lifestyle demand very different cats.
PTFE thread, low-aspect Dacron, two-ply leeches and the UV cover mistakes that drain cruising budgets in the tropics.
Dramatic coastline, relentless swell and scarce anchorages. The rewards in Costa Rica are real, but so are the compromises.
No audience, no pressure and a tiller extension: how Lin Pardey spent an afternoon making useful mistakes on her own.
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