Cruising in Catamarans

Charles E. Kanter
406 p, paperback, 21.5x27.8 cm
SAILco Press, 2002

Numerous aids, forms, graphs to help you compare cruising boats, no matter how many hulls they have.

The author has
- 32 years of experience sailing, surveying and critiquing over 1000 multihulls,
- Over 100,000 miles under sail in multihulls and thousands more in monohulls,
- 15 years of full-time liveaboard experience.

Cruising
- Defining Cruising
- Classifying Multihulls
- Cruising Catamaran Features
- Foredecks and Trampolines
- The Seakindly Galley
- Sails and Rigging
- Catamaran Performance Factors
- Comparing Catamarans to Trimarans
- Comparing Catamarans to Monohulls
- Cruising Boats vs Charter Boats
- Defining your Needs

How to Sail a Cruising Catamaran
- Sailing Differences Between a Catamaran and a Monohull
- Maneuvering Twin Screw Catamarans
- Safety
- Helms: Good, Bad, Ugly
- Capsize

Catamarans on the Market
- Alphabetically
- By length

Trimarans