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Jeffery, in 4 to 5 ft. seas I think you will be
bounced around a lot more in a 40 ft or so catamaran
than would ever happen in your stabilized 54 ft heavy
DeFever.
The catamaran wont roll like a monohull will, but a
beam sea will first pick up one hull and then the
other as it moves under the boat. You will feel that
happening and things like sliding glass doors not
secured will be sliding first one way and then the
other. If you can quarter the seas and run at faster
than trawler speed, say 12 knots or better, that will
make a large difference and will quiet the motion
substantially. In my Endeavour 38, heading directly
into 4 to 5 ft seas will cause the boat to pitch up
and down and I will get spray on the windshield. The
worst is when the boats bow is pitched down from a
previous wave and is powering directly into the trough
of an incoming wave. Nothing bad happens then but you
do get more spray. I dont experience hull slamming
or sneezing. The 4 to 5 ft. seas I am describing here
are the typical short steep seas we see in the shallow
water of western Florida. The roughest weather I have
encountered in my new Endeavour 38 was when heading
directly into seas from 30 knot winds on Tampa Bay.
There they were short steep and I think in the 6 to 8
ft range. It was wet, with the windshield wipers
running a lot of the time. The boat was getting
bounced around, but it never felt like there was
anything to worry about.
The recreational power catamarans are really just
small boats that will get pushed around by a rough
ocean surface. The motion is different than what you
feel in a monohull but is still there.
Larry Larsen
Endeavour 38 TrawlerCat
Sitara
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