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From: David Straton (no email)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2007 - 16:31:55 EDT
Hi Richard,
An endless debate. I had a mono (Van de Stadt 40) and we have just
ordered a multi (Seawind 1160).
Plenty pros and cons. Here in Australia, there are many cats. Not so
many in NZ. It seems to me that where a body of experience builds up in
a country for multis, people get more confidence in them. Along the
Queensland coast, where I live, many of the entrances are barred (ie
shallow) and the relative shallow draft of the cats are a premium.
I also think a critical variable is your wife. I know lots of divorced
blokes sailing alone on a scruffy mono. Attending rallies of Lightwave
and Seawind cats, the main flavour is of couples, having fun together.
Obviously some women enjoy cruising in monos, but there are plenty who
don't.
I am very happy to have made the switch. The only thing I worry about is
extreme weather conditions in a multi. My plan is to limit ourselves to
a maximum of 7 days at sea between safe anchorages, and beef up my
capacity to predict weather. I also plan to resist obsessionally time
pressures to be at a particular place at a particular time. I'm sure
risks rise with trips made under pressure, compared to the situation
where the hops are made when the weather window is right. We will mostly
cruise the SW Pacific, Australia, NZ and SE Asia. There are few trips
longer than 7 days in this area.
My friend, who owns a 52 foot cat, answers the question 'Whats the most
important thing to have on your boat?' with:
'Whatever my wife wants.'
Cheers
Dave Straton
http://psyberspace.com.au/sahula/
http://picasaweb.google.com/davestraton/LightwaveRally2007
http://www.seawindcats.com/index.pl?page=130
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richard9872000 wrote:
> My wife and are trying to decide between a multi or mono hull. Our
> plan is to start in the Pacific Northwest for a year or two, then head
> out for as long as it's fun.
>
> It's hard to put too much stock in what the sales people will tell you,
> so I'm hoping to hear back from people that have made the switch from
> and to multihulls.
>
> The mono that we like is the Outbound 46.
> The multi is a PDQ 44
>
> Thanks
> Richard
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