Nautorius
Active member
Hi All,
As the weather so so bad over the weekend I spent most of my time trawling boat sites. I got a sudden urge to try and track down all the manufacturers of Powered Catamarans and realised that different manufacturers have different ideas on the best propulsion. I was focusing on small cruising planning Catamarans 24-30ft and found some with Outboards (Motorcat 30), some with Shaft (Excitecat 8.08) and some with Outdrives (Leisurecat).
So my question is this. If you were specing a 28ft x 13ft Planning Catamaran for cruising, Weight 3500KG what propulsion would you stick on the back.
Outboard 2x150hp 4 stroke, Inboard Volvo D3's 160hp on shafts (or similar) or twin Volvo D3 160hp outdrive with SX or DP Drive.
Boat is to be used in our kind of climate, would aim to cruise at 18-22kts and with all engines top speed would be about 28/30kts.
So come on and help me out, as it is bugging me!
Cheers
Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
As the weather so so bad over the weekend I spent most of my time trawling boat sites. I got a sudden urge to try and track down all the manufacturers of Powered Catamarans and realised that different manufacturers have different ideas on the best propulsion. I was focusing on small cruising planning Catamarans 24-30ft and found some with Outboards (Motorcat 30), some with Shaft (Excitecat 8.08) and some with Outdrives (Leisurecat).
So my question is this. If you were specing a 28ft x 13ft Planning Catamaran for cruising, Weight 3500KG what propulsion would you stick on the back.
Outboard 2x150hp 4 stroke, Inboard Volvo D3's 160hp on shafts (or similar) or twin Volvo D3 160hp outdrive with SX or DP Drive.
Boat is to be used in our kind of climate, would aim to cruise at 18-22kts and with all engines top speed would be about 28/30kts.
So come on and help me out, as it is bugging me!
Cheers
Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif