Size
By building a catamaran, we get a 50' boat at a fraction of the cost to buy a production cat of this size, and water length matters to comfort and speed while sailing.
These pages will be all about our future catamaran. Why we choose to construct a kit catamaran ourselves, and some major design alterations we plan to make to the kit boat we build.
By building a catamaran, we get a 50' boat at a fraction of the cost to buy a production cat of this size, and water length matters to comfort and speed while sailing.
We end up with a brand new boat, instead of one that is 10 - 13 years old. That means, all her systems, sails, engines, hulls, etc. are all new.
We got to choose a design that is a performance cat with many comfort features. Then, we get to customize our boat to exactly what we want.
And best of all, we get this new, larger, well designed, and customized cat for less than an older production cat and the refit she would require.
Custom built
Kit Boats
Performance Design
Comfort Designs
Schionning Designs
Fountaine Pajot
Leopard
Other Brands
Length and Beam
Fountaine Pajot Models
Leopard Models
Schionning Design Models
Privately owned
Chartered
We plan to purchase a Helia 44, Leopard 46, Salina 48, or build a Solitaire 1490. If we go with the KIT boat build, we would end up with a new boat. Our search for S/V Lynx has begun, but due to the recent rise in prices for used boats, the KIT boat is becoming a more serious option. If boat prices stay high, or even rise, we may choose to build S/V Lynx as a Solitaire 1490.
So let's take a look at the specs of these boats...
Fountaine Pajot: Helia 44
Leopard: 46
Fountaine Pajot: Salina 48
Solitaire: 1490
In this case, we would have two diesel engines (keeping the current ones if we buy a used boat). We would also need a generator.
Using pod or saildrives for the electric propulsion, we would add two generators for extended range and a large battery bank.
We would add new diesels with parallel electric motors attached to the shaft drives, for the best of both systems.
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