Oh I don’t think think it’s on purpose I just don’t think it’s a priority to make them stronger. They last the first owner very well and no doubt many last much longer. My concern I think is just that I can see why they would fail more easily than a mono, and watching Parlay showed that in detail.
I guess I should have chosen better/richer parents!
My parents left me funeral bills, so I wasn't able to afford a cat at 44 either.Oh I don’t think think it’s on purpose I just don’t think it’s a priority to make them stronger. They last the first owner very well and no doubt many last much longer. My concern I think is just that I can see why they would fail more easily than a mono, and watching Parlay showed that in detail.
I doubt I’m right, and I imagine it’s partly jealousy too
It's easy to understand the attraction of cats to recreational family boaters. I haven't checked the measurements exactly but roughly my 13M powercat has around 70M² usable space at the main deck level including a large salon with full galley, comfortable seating for 6/8 people at the salon table plus a table with comfortable seating for 8 at the covered aft cockpit. The flybridge has around 60 M² of usable space including comfortable seating for 6/8 people, a second galley, and cushioned sunbeds at the forward section. Add to all that 4 double cabins, 2 child bunks and two full bathrooms and it's not difficult to see the attraction for families, and for mothers in particular. Cats are very manoeuvrable and certainly much more so than the 20M mono you'd need to give you the same space.
Another reason to keep my monohull, we don't have to do the washing up after a party because cat owners end up hosting on their lovely spacious boats
Get a tri. You get the speed and stability but no obligation to host the party. Get a Dragonfly and keep your marina berth.Another reason to keep my monohull, we don't have to do the washing up after a party because cat owners end up hosting on their lovely spacious boats
A trimaran is something you build if you are trapped on a deserted island with only palm trees, palm fronds and bamboo as your building materials. It’s not something you need to make if you have fiberglass
Need, no. But that has never stopped me from anything.
What are they like to live on and sail across to cruise the Caribbean?
I think that in the middle hull.....there is room to lie down
PORG?
Piece Of Regurgitated ???
Person Of Restricted Growth.
My growth hadn’t been restricted, but I’ll admit theres not a lot of room. But plenty of smaller boats have done it. To a Folkboat owner, it’s like living in a cathedral, but a FP cat owner would get claustrophobia. On the plus side, you can’t fall off the bog even when hammering to windward.
Heads.
I strap myself in over F4 .
Even my flatulence isn't that bad
