POWER CATAMARANS
Apr 06, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS Kevin Green
PICS
Kevin Green and Supplied
Power catamarans generally come in either planing or displacement versions, of which the former may have larger engines and handle in some ways like a monohull powerboat. Trawler versions use displacement to add stability and frugality, so make ideal adventure vessels, or party vessels, because of vast, stable decks. Handling them is fairly easy in good conditions, but, of course, this changes with adverse weather.
POWER CATAMARAN DESIGN
Those twin hulls generate all kinds of forces. A major one is the air compression which acts as a cushion below the bridgedeck, typically formed by the narrowing of
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