The TRUTH about Buying a CATAMARAN. Don't be LIED TO..

Summary by Krater

The creator discusses the safety paradox of buying a sailing boat and explains various sailboat design equations and concepts, concluding that more performance-oriented, lighter multihulls are safer and more manageable for ocean cruising.

From the video

Answers: What are the safety and performance equations to consider when buying a cruising catamaran?

• safety paradox of sailing
• multihull cruising equations
• Bruce Number
• power to weight ratio
• sail area to wetted surface coefficient
• hull fineness ratio
• stability coefficient
• polar charts for sailing

What it concludes

• Buying a used boat second-hand for a steal that you are happy with is the best thing ever.
• Multihulls engineered properly should not sink and have a very large potential for performance.
• A vessel with a better performance allows you to pick a path across an ocean where you can stay in less than two meter waves rather than waiting for weather conditions.
• For a given boat speed, you can have far less sail up, meaning when a nasty squall hits, you are probably twice as safe.
• Buying a charter cat designed for space, economy, and charter profitability often results in mediocre performance and dangerous behavior in challenging sea conditions.