| Author | Another Reason Why |
| WebCaptain Coutts | # 1 Trans-oceanic voyages have became commonplace for multihulls despite predictions of grave disasters that would beset them. Currently the fastest circumnavigation, the longest 24-hour distance, and most line honors belong to multihulls. Even if one disregards "speed" as one of the virtues, comfort, space and safety are dramatic.(author unknown) back to top |  |
| Trevor and Marilyn Fry | # 2 Catamarans were around long before monohulls, 3000 years ago in the Pacific - maybe our ancestors knew a thing or two. back to top | |
| Russell and Betty English | # 3 How many monohulls have you seen that you can sit a 8 person outdoor table setting on the deck and enjoy the breeze and the view with friends over dinner and wine! back to top | |
| Schulz | # 4 The solution for a retired Sailor. Stay in sailing - Stability with tranquility. back to top | |
| Sean | # 5 Nobody ever scales up to a mono from a multihull. back to top | |
| Jan Kirchner | # 6 The tops of nasty waves are confused water. Cats will "slip & slide" in a storm to react to these extreme forces and not trip (and sometimes sink!) like a leaner! Multihulls are safer! back to top | |
| Jim Works | # 7 Very simple. They are beautiful! back to top | |
| Srvy | # 8 I like Catamarans because we have more fun with my family. My wife likes it better. back to top | |
| Laurie Corbett | # 9 If you are going to spend most of your life in a cockpit, get a big one! back to top | |
| Yanni M. Combis | # 10 I can be in one hull, while my mother in low is in the other ( or the children...) back to top | |
| Richard Eisin | # 11 Only a cat will turn on its own boat lenth - allows you to maneuver a wide boat in a narrow space. back to top | |
| Steve Marshall | # 12 ENORMOUS usable deck space. Remember, this is your yard while cruising. back to top | |
| Cherritia | # 13 I don't have 10,000 lbs of toxic metal in my Keel to drag me down to the depths! back to top | |
| Brian S. | # 14 More room to fish from and more stable. back to top | |
| Jim Philips | # 15 Sppeeeeeeed!!!!! back to top | |
| Jon Gontier | # 16 If you think "flying on two hulls" is fun... try "flying on one!".....The only way to sail a cat! - posted on 2003/9/25:02:23:47 back to top | |
| Mark Clouse | # 17 After your wife finds out you bought a sail boat - they are more wheel chair friendly. back to top | |
| Daniel Kostur | # 18 You can have 6 aboard with drinks in their hand and comfotably tack in 20+ knots. back to top | |
| Ed Snyder Boatbuilder | # 19 Speed...the best part of the trip is arriving, being able to stay a day or 2 longer and leave for home (& work!) a day or two later, yea! back to top | |
| Shez Letten | # 20 Keeps 'her indoors' happy!! back to top | |
| Chris Flatley | # 21 Sail level, not at 30 degrees. back to top | |
| Mark Johns | # 22 Mono hulls...6knts in 16knts of wind, 6knts in 46knts of wind ( how droll) back to top | |
| WebCaptain | # 23 Just a little more room and we could setup a volleyball court... Eat your heart out Monohaulers. back to top | |
| Keith MacKenzie | # 24 A flat level ride is safer, the ability to easily sail at 10 knots, allows better weather choices, flat, fast, fun. back to top | |
| Doug Kay | # 25 I was in the unenviable position of owning a mono and sailed it around the Med for 11 years and came across many a cat owner,they were always smiling,now I have one I know why. back to top | |
| Andy (N.Z) | # 26 There's more room for bikini girls to sunbathe on deck. back to top | |
| Andrew Smith | # 27 Your gravy stays on the plate in a cat. back to top | |
| Aurthur Hamilton | # 28 My wife likes it A LOT. Her comfort and happiness is EVERYTHING! back to top | |
| Aitkin Family | # 29 A boon for split personalities-one for each hull! back to top | |
| Paul Roussin | # 30 Sail Tobago Cays (Grenadines) with only 5 feet of water. For cats only! back to top | |
| Jim Rutledge | # 31 When the wind builds, and the boat gets to moving, my wife's heel (squeel) indicator no longer goes off as the boat leans and leans. back to top | |
| Claude Brisson | # 32 Ever see monohulls in an anchorage with swell ! long live cats. back to top | |
| Larry Holt | # 33 Faster passages (hit 23 knts. off Hatteras, E.C.U.S.) means less exposure to adverse weather conditions. back to top | |
| Ed Mayo | # 34 When it comes to speed, overall comfort, and stability there is no other choice. back to top | |
| James Booker | # 35 A Mono is fine, A Cat is divine, but a Tri is numero uno. back to top | |
| Russ and Sue Hills | # 36 When evening happy hour rolls around it end up on the cat. back to top | |
| Jose Maria Albinana | # 37 If you want a happy wife,then buy a Catamaran. back to top | |
| Denny | # 38 Sitting in Highbourne Cay watching all the Monohulls rock and roll in a minor storm (10 seas) and watching the multihulls just go with the waves convinced me.Sailing is Life, Everything else is just details. back to top | |
| Mary Harris | # 39 They're babe magnets...kids love the space and privacy two hulls provide...and nothing like a huge level cockpit for laying out your toys! A level playing field also makes interior redecorating easier...and faster. back to top | |
| Tolga Eyyuboglu | # 40 Its just like cycling and driving, it feels safe with two hulls. back to top | |
| Brian Coe | # 41 Catamarans reach pubs up creeks where most yachts fail to go and don't fall over like their owners. back to top | |
| Rick D. | # 42 If you walk in your sleep there's a lot more room before you fall overboard! back to top | |
| Schulz Surveyors | # 43 The solution for a retired Sailor. Stay in sailing - Stability with tranquility. back to top | |
| Steven Coutts | # 44 Who do you know that has sold thier Cat and bought a Mono? back to top | |
| kevbo tait | # 45 well, i didn't live my former life on land in a house that was 30 degrees off level, so why do it now? (we carpenters aren't as dumb as we look) back to top | |
| Jose | # 46 Twin engines - spaced far apart - allow you to move the boat any which way you like while under power - even sideways, with a bit of practice. back to top | |
| Paul | # 47 Space, comfort, speed....Not the way I've ever heard a monohull explained back to top | |
| Per Gjaerde | # 48 Because it will be the coolest boat in the harbour. back to top | |
| Ernie Brown | # 49 My Wife won't sail in half a boat! back to top | |
| Trevor Richards | # 50 My wife said we can have a boat if it's a cat. Who am I to argue? back to top | |
| Quetzal | # 51 I love cooking but I hate to have to run after the tomatoes... back to top | |
| rosaire | # 52 Sailing at 10 knots and to be sitting around a table whith hot chocolate in a hand. Tranquility, dolce vita etc... back to top | |
| Randall Griepp | # 53 I'm sure there is no boat that could have made our trip easier or safer (About our Chris White Designs Cat). The feeling of confidence which one has even when banging along at 12 kts. has to be experienced to be believed. Tim says he will never be able to sail a monohull again. back to top | |
| William | # 54 Life in a leaner is just crooked back to top | |
| Joe | # 55 Like the song says "Stuck in the middle with you..." back to top | |
| bl_1947 | # 56 You can have a beautiful all female crew without being Rich and/or Handsome! back to top | |
| Chiro Kirk | # 57 IF a cat does roll completely over during a cruise, it can only happen once - you can't say THAT about a monohull! back to top | |
| dave clements | # 58 we are level headed people and we like our world to stay that way back to top | |
| dave clements | # 59 we are level headed people and we like our world to stay that way back to top | |
| Dirk Verstraeten | # 60 you get 2 rudders! back to top | |
| Craig Thomas | # 61 Your babe wont roll out of bed at inopportune moments back to top | |
| Esquarto | # 62 Because Catamarans Get Me all the Sizzling hot babes I need back to top | |
| Bobby S | # 63 When we sailed a chartered cat in Southern waters last year,we noticed that a drink placed on the table in the spacious cockpit styed right where we put it despite a four-six foot chop. That was enough for me! I've spent years on a monohull chasing coffee mugs and wineglasses off the table. I began asking myself every time we passed a 50 foot monohull heeling at 25 degrees why the people on the boat endured the discomfort! back to top | |
| Leandro Costa | # 64 It´s growing in number, more than "singlemarans", isn´t a smart tendency or what? back to top | |
| Bernard M. Mager | # 65 put your drink anywhere and it will still be there at the end of the night back to top | |
| Josh L Mersantor | # 66 Because the are tougher and will lsat longer than all the rest back to top | |
| Captain Coutts | # 67 God in His wisdom gave women two breasts for balance, speed and beauty, then why would any respectable sailor want one hull? It's just wrong! ;) back to top | |
| Peter | # 68 I can moor in two feet of water and give her hulls a scrub at any beach in knee-deep water. back to top | |
| Cyrille | # 69 Cat : English for swift, fast and nice animal. Marran(t) means fun in French. no wonder ! Catamaran are just that. back to top | |
| Tony Roberts | # 70 I love the look of wonderment on the faces of a mono crew when you overtake them in a big cruising cat, sipping your drink whilst they are are all on the rails in their racing mono hanging on for grim life! It's just exhilerating to watch them! back to top | |
| Rob Arro | # 71 A mono-hull is an outdated design that can be made of old world construction materials. It is inherently unstable and a large heavy thing must be added to the bottom to keep it somewhat upright………… When blessed with more than just wood, put it to good. back to top | |
| Chris | # 72 You can carry a larger dinghy, in davits, or readily useable, without having to manhandle one on deck or peer around it back to top | |
| Klara | # 73 You've got that obvious space to put up a hammock. back to top | |
| Jane Clark | # 74 I don't like having to throw my gin and tonic overboard to tack - multihull is the only way to go back to top | |
| 2hulls4me | # 75 I can take long walks during a passage and then climb into one of my two queen-sized beds for a nap. (cats don't have "berths" - they have real beds!) back to top | |
| Amaia | # 76 we can be 12 on our cat and still find some privacy...hey, you need a fairly large house for that...see why at www.catamaran-thailand.com back to top | |
| Louis | # 77 I like the rugged look reminiscent of a Romulan Warbird. The only thing missing is a cloaking device. back to top | |
| BonyJones | # 78 Cat be nimble, Cat be quick, Cats jump over The Mono Schtick!! back to top | |
| Blake | # 79 IF you have a dog for example they can walk straight in to the cabin, where as its down the ladder in a mono. back to top | |
| John Perry | # 80 There are only three types of boat: a cat, half a cat and a cat and a half. back to top | |
| John Perry | # 81 If it's not a cat, it's a dog back to top | |
| Canibul | # 82 You ALWAYS have enough parts to keep one engine running. back to top | |
| Kerry Young | # 83 The best part is the bridge! You actually have one like a big ship and in this case you have excellent views, and a covered swimming hole. Shade is a wonderful thing. back to top | |
| Jack | # 84 How many friends do you have that love balancing a beer trying to move around on a 30 degree incline. back to top | |
| TC | # 85 If I wanted to be in the water I wouldn't need a boat. I prefer to be "ON" the water! back to top | |
| TC | # 86 If I wanted to be in the water I wouldn't need a boat. I prefer to be "ON" the water! back to top | |
| Chris | # 87 And for even more stability; park it on the beach! back to top | |
| Edouard (SP) | # 88 We are happy in a catamaran. As for me I share the joy to live on board and the cruising lifestyle. My girlfriend discovered that also she can sail: she is a wheelchair user. back to top | |
| Clark Martin | # 89 I can prepare meals underway and not get sick. On a trip from Samoa to Honolulu my coffe cup never fell off the table. CopyCat back to top | |
| Gary Macintyre | # 90 Beers remain upright and do not spill back to top | |
| Grandma | # 91 In a marina stuffed with zillion dollar monos - who gets the most attention? it's because ANYONE can aspire to owning a Cat. back to top | |
| Marcelo Feijo | # 92 back to top | |
| Antonio M. | # 93 one is a boat and other is a half. back to top | |
| Derek | # 94 You get a big build in hammock to recline in on the front of the boat back to top | |
| Trond Are | # 95 We drive on unleaded gas and nsail on unleaded boats back to top | |
| Cherry | # 96 You don't have to stow EVERYTHING before you go for a sail (like you do in a monohull back to top | |
| Chris | # 97 When you're in the bad books you can sleep in the other hull, rather than in the cockpit. back to top | |
| Ty Ebright | # 98 Because 99% of all monohullers have never been on a Cat! back to top | |
| Terry O'Brien | # 99 SPEED IS THE ULTIMATE COMFORT back to top | |
| Dennis | # 100 Why have the sea railing (tripwire) cut into your back while beating to windward? For hours on end. back to top | |
| Rod Pearce | # 101 I prefer to walk on the deck not the walls of my saloon.... back to top | |
| jim | # 102 It is easier to split up during a divorce. back to top | |
| Roy Adcock | # 103 I would rather wait for rescue on a on a capsized cat than ride a lead weight to the bottom. back to top | |
| larry a. rosa | # 104 because reef station catamarans are quality at an initial low purchase price back to top | |
| Robert Watson | # 105 The monohuller says: The most stable position for a multihull is upside down. The reply is; The most stable position for a monohull is on the bottom of the ocean. back to top | |
| c.spots | # 106 When in paradise, let’s enjoy it. We want to be able to spend time outside, or at least viewing it; not down in a hull looking out throughportholes - especially if you are rocking back and forth with even small waves. With the cat you have a large salon area where much of yourliving is done, with a 360 view. At the same upper level there is a large cockpit (outside), and it can be provided with shade and enclosed easily,even while sailing. This great view of your surroundings even adds to your safety. Not to mention that you don’t need to climb down a ladder tocheck the navigation station! OK, OK, I'll concede that those of you who want to travel to ugly places might prefer a monohull. back to top | |
| Russell Zylstra | # 107 G'day again. Something I really like is being able to be on watch in side kicking back in a comfortable seat with a 360 degree view and have the chart table right in front of me.... It just doesn't get any better than that.... cheers from down under... back to top | |
| joao batista ferreira gomes | # 108 stability back to top | |
| Kenneth McGeehan | # 109 The natural light that you get in the cabin of a cat is at least 95% better that a mono. back to top | |
| Kenneth McGeehan | # 110 The natural light that you get in the cabin of a cat is at least 95% better that a mono. back to top | |
| Xaq | # 111 Tequila + obstruction in monohull = disaster. Tequila + Obstruction in Cat = "what obstruction?". back to top | |
| Poly G. Amous | # 112 Two wives, so I need to leave the country fast to escape morality police back to top | |
| Brian Coe | # 113 You get to meet a lot of nice people ditch-crawling or beaching on a cat and, of course, I never spill my beer. back to top | |
| Leo Brodeur | # 114 Reading all of the comments about SAILING CAT'S I now know why I owne one I guess I just needed to hear it from one else you are all right there is nothing better then sailing SQ when all other are healing. back to top | |
| Dave Truluck | # 115 Two girlfriends, Two dogs, Two hulls, enough said back to top | |
| Captain Coutts | # 116 Because the technology came from the same place as those beautiful polynesian women came from:) back to top | |
| Doc | # 117 Many years ago in Catamaran world Bill said to Fred I'm going to build a Monohull, Fred replied But how will you keep it upright? Bill said Oh that's easy I'll hang a big heavy weight off it's bottom. Fred then replied but won't that make it go really slow... Yeah replied Bill... Enough Said!!! back to top | |
| Skipper | # 118 You can safely rig a spinnaker between the two bows without using any pole. back to top | |
| Skipper | # 119 back to top | |
| Skipper | # 120 You can tango in the cockpit! Or play table-tennis! back to top | |
| Skipper | # 121 You can use the toilet even in bad weather! And the shower! And the gas-oven! back to top | |
| chris | # 122 You can spend yer money twice as fast with a cat. back to top | |
| Roberto Costa Sousa | # 123 catamaran back to top | |
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