Reformed-sailor
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Recently been looking at catamarans designed to be charter condos in the Caribbean and going back and forth between them and Trawlers. I’m wanting to cruise up and down the west coast, as far as the Homer Spit in AK, and as far south as maybe the Panama Canal. (Might get tired of snow and want to check out the Caribbean.)
It seems like a Trawler Cat is a no brainer. Sailing Cats are super popular, even power cats are becoming popular- Xquisite, Lagoon, Leopard, Fontaine Pajot, Sunreef, all make power cats with recent new models. but they are Charter Condos.
Trawler cats-
Domino and other Malcolm Tennet designs are very nice, but not modern.
Journey Catamarans— what happened to them? Their website is gone and redirects to a broker (I sent them an email) ... seems no new boats in years, but the broker has renderings, that seem dated now.
Endeavor Catamaran- seems they were active as of 5 years ago. Really liked their 50 foot model— or at least it was very nice for the time. Seems they were bought by ArrowCat and the focus now is day boats.
Any action happening?
I saw Selene is working in a “split hull” model. Technically a cat, but barrow.
Aspen Power Carsmarabs seems a good choice, but they are Proas, and they seem to lose a lot if the advantage of a cat with that narrow proa hull.
It seems like a Trawler Cat is a no brainer. Sailing Cats are super popular, even power cats are becoming popular- Xquisite, Lagoon, Leopard, Fontaine Pajot, Sunreef, all make power cats with recent new models. but they are Charter Condos.
Trawler cats-
Domino and other Malcolm Tennet designs are very nice, but not modern.
Journey Catamarans— what happened to them? Their website is gone and redirects to a broker (I sent them an email) ... seems no new boats in years, but the broker has renderings, that seem dated now.
Endeavor Catamaran- seems they were active as of 5 years ago. Really liked their 50 foot model— or at least it was very nice for the time. Seems they were bought by ArrowCat and the focus now is day boats.
Any action happening?
I saw Selene is working in a “split hull” model. Technically a cat, but barrow.
Aspen Power Carsmarabs seems a good choice, but they are Proas, and they seem to lose a lot if the advantage of a cat with that narrow proa hull.