Lekker, lekker we are the 2nd owners of hull no 1 Catana 47, I would love to change out my front windows to open. Maybe we can get some frames welded up and convert that some time. We are cruising south east Asia with very light winds and most times we can sail still where we would be motoring in our previous Leopard Cat.
😜 howzit Mike! The Catana is such a great boat and yes the front windows make such a big difference. Have fun in Asia. I hope we will be free to sail that way soon.
Great tour. I was curious about this boat and your impressions after several months of use. Do you prefer this half-helm closure to your Bali 5.4 - which was also enclosed ? How much faster is this boat over the Bali (which has a hard/closed bow)? I'm waiting for the front sailing cockpit version of this - similar to Windelo.
They are two very different applications as you know. The semi raised helm station is great because you stay in contact with people inside the boat and that is particularly great when you do long passages. However we quickly got used to the Bali 54 flybridge after we sold our Lagoon 450 Sportop. It is obviously removed from the living space down below and that is not ideal for some - even for us in the beginning. But we got used to it and now we love the flybridge. We now prefer the flybridge purely because we love the space. We spend a ton of time up in the flybridge.
Great walkthrough. Thank you!
Probably the best review of this fast and lovely boat... thanks for that...
Thank you! Hopefully this will give people insight into what to expect on one of these boats.
Nice setup 😁👍
Nice Boat with all the right systems for enjoyable blue water sailing and maybe a little friendly racing.
We agree! Racing…well yes of course! We did a fair amount of that and she did not disappoint!
Lekker, lekker we are the 2nd owners of hull no 1 Catana 47, I would love to change out my front windows to open. Maybe we can get some frames welded up and convert that some time. We are cruising south east Asia with very light winds and most times we can sail still where we would be motoring in our previous Leopard Cat.
😜 howzit Mike! The Catana is such a great boat and yes the front windows make such a big difference. Have fun in Asia. I hope we will be free to sail that way soon.
Nice cat.. congratulations
Thank you! 😊
Great tour. I was curious about this boat and your impressions after several months of use.
Do you prefer this half-helm closure to your Bali 5.4 - which was also enclosed ?
How much faster is this boat over the Bali (which has a hard/closed bow)?
I'm waiting for the front sailing cockpit version of this - similar to Windelo.
They are two very different applications as you know. The semi raised helm station is great because you stay in contact with people inside the boat and that is particularly great when you do long passages. However we quickly got used to the Bali 54 flybridge after we sold our Lagoon 450 Sportop. It is obviously removed from the living space down below and that is not ideal for some - even for us in the beginning. But we got used to it and now we love the flybridge. We now prefer the flybridge purely because we love the space. We spend a ton of time up in the flybridge.
Hello, where are you buy your table?
Hey Julian, we had it made ourselves. It is a game changer for us. The space is much more usable.