How to choose a catamaran - Catamaran sailing techniques
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2016
- Top multihull designer Nigel Irens guides us through the process of choosing a catamaran. We also speak to Lloyd Thornburg, owner and skipper of record-breaking Phaedo 3 and ask his opinion on what to look for
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Shoutout to all my broke ppl who can't afford a bicycle but still watch the video because we love boats lol
Nigel Irens,,,, Excellent presentation. Many thanks from Lismore nsw Australia
Finally someone breaks it down. Ive watched 10 videos trying to understand the differences and this helps a lot. very straight forward
I appreciate all the effort from folks who take the time to make a vid and share their experiences and knowledge. The most important thing that I took away from this vid is the the importance of understanding compromise.
Thank you for this video. Very informative.
How refreshing to hear a knowledgeable discussion on the realities of choosing a Cat. So often the discussion centers around two misconceptions 1: Cats are faster than monohulls and 2: Cats make better cruisers than monohulls. Go to any number of the larger sailing forums and you will see the heated discussions.
Informative video and advises. To be honest our original plan was to start our sailing trip on a catamaran!
Really enjoyed this little series of videos. I'll never be in the financial situation to be able to afford a cat, but it doesn't stop the desire to spend some months sailing on one, or the dreams (and they literally are dreams) of owning one.
brilliant stuff!
Cheap, fast, good. Pick two.
Thanks
Thanks you Nigel
Thank you for your video. It did help me sleep...
No one ever considers reliability and robustness. Even with all the money in the world a complex comfy boat still has more parts to break which you might not be able to repair at sea or find someone to fix or you'll spend your time repairing it. If you're going long distance offshore, think about robustness, reliability, simplicity, and repairability.
I swear I saw trimarans being shown in this video. I saw two red keels on the center hull on the green boat.
Nailed it!
Good information, I like the comparisons too. But the sound quality was pretty bad for some reason? And near the end it started focusing on raceboats for some reason?? Most of us watching are more concerned about price, size, living aboard...ect.
Daggerboards don't just improve performance to windward. Raising them reduces drag and improves downwind and reaching performance too.
Catamarans are a good example for me, for how the world is changing technology-wise. I am old enough to remember how catamarans were still a pretty much unheard of thing. Some weird, new curiosity a small number of boat builders were toying around with. Interesting how far this has come since then. Feels like it was just a few years ago and when I say "I am old enough", I'm not talking about being a 90 year old living fossile, I'm 40.
You need to add an Expandacraft modular boat to your list of toys on board. You can store a 16 foot boat in a small space below deck instead of littering up the topsides.