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From: Peter Mazagran (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2006 - 07:29:42 EDT
Hi Robert,
David said it all ;-)
I had the same problem, Catana being left over in my selection
followed by Outremer. One Outremer in New York is for sale now (or was
a few weeks ago).
Down Under are a few nice cats at reasonable prices, still I ended up
building my own Schionning 43'. Look at his homepage, he provides his
designs with helpfull figures about performance and average prices and
hours to build one. Unfortunatly the carbon prices are exploding right
now. We (I and my wifes family) build in Far East, it is our second
boat of that size, prices are material plus 20% for import/export
expenses and labour hours times 5$. Now you know why this is the only
way to go for me to have a nice and new boat at a reasonable price,
much cheaper than many second hand and I know what I get ;-)
When you compare the cats, weight, sailarea and length are the main
criteria. Just look at Orange II or some other monsters, 120' at
almost no weight but 10,000ft² sail, now look at the same data of a
Prout. I do not know why they choose that name, I'd be ashamed.
Peter
http://www.schionningdesigns.com.au
http://www.emultihulls.com/ look for Fusion
http://www.spiriteddesigns.com.au/
http://www.graingerdesigns.com.au/
http://home.iprimus.com.au/lidgard/
http://www.boatsyachtsmarinas.com/orange/html/the_boat.html
--- In , "gaijingringo"
<gaijingringo at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> Just wondering if anyone has reliable data on 34-42 ft multi-hull
> speeds? I'm not interested in boats that are built for the super-rich
> or for racers - I'm interested in finding a book or some other source
> that lists (honestly) the speeds of various cruising catamarans
> (SeaWind, Prout, Gemini, Corsair, etc.) in various conditions.
>
> It seems that the dealers of these boats depend on anecdotal evidence
> to assure me that their boat really does sail at 22 knots in 3 knots
> of wind - I'm skeptical.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
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