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Wright 52 Power Catamaran
The rear cockpit area is a fisherman’s heaven and an entertainer’s delight – it is the perfect platform to spend as much time as possible living your dream.
THE PHYSICS
Choosing a catamaran often comes down to aesthetics, and at times it should. It has been said that ‘cats don’t pound, they just ride soft’. But to ignore the physics of a power catamaran misses the point of a ‘cat’.
Catamarans have two slim hulls, with a fine angle of entry, which at speed generate fewer waves. This means there is less wavemaking drag, allowing higher speeds with less power.
These fundamental physics mean that the catamaran hull slices through the sea as its sharp edges enter a wave. This breaks up the waves and makes for a softer entry into a head sea. The same can be said in a quartering sea, too,
