Who said cruising catamarans have to be ugly?

I hate to say but in my opinion thats more ugly then the lagoon types. It looks like a jeanneau chopped down the middle and a platform stuck between. Although i wouldn't say no to a cat.
 
As one who paid good money for one of the 'ugly Lagoon types' .....

I like my boat. And more importantly, the wife likes it a lot too.

As for the original OP, the SIG 45, at only 5 foot longer than my boat, costs 4times as much. It's an out and out racing machine inspired cat with a small eye to accomodation mainly suited to racing sailors. Cruising yachts are never built with such attention to detail and lack of attention to price.

Any catamaran that can lift a hull is probably unsuited to most cruising sailors, but a bit like fast cars, undeniably has some of what most of us would desire given an unlimited budget.

Pretty? Seems like there's multihull lovers and haters, and the two will never agree. I really like it, but then I look at most multihulls and like them.

Cheers

Garold
 
Certainly prettier than your average Lagoon branded council high rise, but I'd question whether it's truly an effective "cruising" boat? Alright it's quite pretty :)

The oft-touted reason for a big cat is the open living space, whereas that looks (from the manufacturers website) to be very much comparable to a monohull with the lack of any real usable bridgedeck.

Looks like a great weekend/regatta boat, but for a longer trip (weighed down with kit) I'd probably plump for a less attractive boat...
 
Just because it is less ugly than the others, doesn't exactly make it pretty. But then so few new boats are these days...
 
Nice cat, but I would never classify it as a cruising boat. It is a high performance boat with minimal accomodation.

Examples of good looking cruising cats are
St Francis
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Maverick
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Seawind
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Privilege
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Talbot said:
Nice cat, but I would never classify it as a cruising boat. It is a high performance boat with minimal accomodation.

Examples of good looking cruising cats are
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The St. Francis looks quite "ruggedly handsome", especially with the grey deck, but the others (to my eyes) remind me of cheap "futuristically styled" grp dayboats that you see rotting in canals round the country (the Privilege especially).

Practical, but ugly, sorry.
 
Flying Penguin said:
The St. Francis looks quite "ruggedly handsome", especially with the grey deck, but the others (to my eyes) remind me of cheap "futuristically styled" grp dayboats that you see rotting in canals round the country (the Privilege especially).

Practical, but ugly, sorry.
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I agree. The St Francis looks like a boat I'd be proud to look at and say, "wow, that's my boat". The others? I'd want to go back to them in the dark :D
 
Judders said:
Just because it is less ugly than the others, doesn't exactly make it pretty. But then so few new boats are these days...
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I think what prompted me to post this thread is annoyance that the French are prepared to experiment with new designs and materials to achieve new levels of performance such as this Sig 45 and Hydroptere.

We on the other hand tend to hark back to yesteryear with undeniably gorgeous boats like the new Fairlie 55:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUaoe56HPLo&hd=1

and the new Rustler 33:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OMd0XREmpc&hd=1

Other British designs like the new Gunfleet don't do it for me I'm afraid. Am I being unfair?
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There are two ways to make a cat look sleek - sacrifice bridgedeck headroom or make it more than 50ft loa.

Then again

As one who paid good money for one of the 'ugly Lagoon types' .....

I like my boat. And more importantly, the wife likes it a lot too.
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You can enjoy the view from your wrap-around windows and who cares if it's ugly on the outside - you're not the ones looking at it!
 
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