Sailing Catamarans for Sale

Families and charter companies choose catamarans for space and stability. Compared with a monohull, a sailing catamaran draws less water and gives guests a flat deck, but it sails less well upwind. A beam of 20 feet or more makes marina berths harder to find, and two hulls roughly double the haul out cost. Power catamarans offer the same stable platform with engines instead of a rig, and both are listed together on the Catamarans page. Trimarans are listed here too.

Pros

• Sails flat, with no heel
• A large saloon and cabins in both hulls
• Shallow draft for anchoring close to shore

Cons

• Weaker upwind performance than a monohull
• Fewer marina berths for the wide beam
• Haul out costs roughly double those of a monohull

What to check on a used sailing catamaran

• The bridgedeck and the hull to deck joints for cracks
• Both engines and saildrives
• Rigging and the forward crossbeam
• Charter history, as many catamarans start life in charter fleets