Performance Cat makers?

[Matt Johnson]

Originally Posted by iliohale

Hi Boatingnewbie,

Be sure to check out the ITA 14.99 if you are looking at performance cats. Website is: ITA CATAMARANS - SAIL INTO A DIFFERENT WIND and they are active on their FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/itacatamarans/?ref=br_rs

Hull No. 1 was recently launched and will be at the Canne show. I have been considering a purchase of the ITA for over a year now and I had the opportunity to visit the factory late last year while No. 1 was in construction. You can check out my video on my youtube channel "iliohale Productions".

I have looked at the Outremer, Seawind, and HH boats and in my opinion, the ITA is a great value and a fantastic design. The key guys at the ITA factory are outstanding and I believe their build execution is one of the best in this class of boats. My opinion.

Good luck

Gary

Beautiful boat. But, electric drives?.... ugh

Matt

[Catmandu]

The ITA can be had with diesels also ... just "green marketing".

[Matt Johnson]

Originally Posted by Catmandu

The ITA can be had with diesels also ... just "green marketing".

Nice! Not that I'd ever be able to afford either choice.

Matt

[boatingnewbie]

Originally Posted by arsenelupiga

reality is that performance cats are coastal cruisers at best.

Overload it and I am going to be faster and will ruin your weekend.

So, if you buy one, do not do ocean passage

People are known to starve on such cats trying to cross oceans.

have nice day

Actually, they'd only need HALF the food inventory since they're twice as fast.

[boatingnewbie]

Originally Posted by funjohnson

Beautiful boat. But, electric drives?.... ugh

Matt

I'm curious as to what the biggest NEGATIVES are for electric motors? Obviously, if you run out of battery power you're screwed. But don't most have a diesel generator back-up that can be run to charge the batteries, hence power the motors?

[RPotter]

https://www.mecat.com

https://www.cruisingworld.com/maine-...tamaran-review

For those on a more modest budget and less ambitious ocean crossings, this looks like a practical sailing cat.

[RPotter]

Tried to post a link to Maine Cat 38. Didn't seem to paste

[Matt Johnson]

Originally Posted by boatingnewbie

I'm curious as to what the biggest NEGATIVES are for electric motors? Obviously, if you run out of battery power you're screwed. But don't most have a diesel generator back-up that can be run to charge the batteries, hence power the motors?

A high performance cat is about the only time I feel electric really can work for cruising.... But, I still would much rather have the simplicity, repairability and performance of a diesel if I were building new.

Matt

[BigBeakie]

Would you consider a Saba 50 a high performance cruiser then?


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[boatingnewbie]

Originally Posted by BigBeakie

Would you consider a Saba 50 a high performance cruiser then?

I like the Saba 50, it's a nice boat and I am definitely open to it.

[arsenelupiga]

Originally Posted by jdazey

Got a chuckle out that one, Arsenelupiga, keep it up.


Our Chris White Voyager 48 loaded with cruising/liveaboard odds and ends including an extra sandwich hasn't had any problem staying ahead of Lagoons. Of course the Lagoons we've met haven't been sailed by you so that could change. Toss us some crackers as you go by


Cheers,

you werre lucky that time. Next time it could end in tragedy. No wind, run out of fuel, in no fish area, yeah, it can get that bad.

[arsenelupiga]

Originally Posted by Catmandu

Funny ... spoken like someone who has never sailed (or tried to sail a lagoon) I sailed lagoons twice both times with a professional skipper on the boat. It motored faster in 25 kts of wind on the beam than it sailed ... I was amazed ...

funny you mention that. what qualification that skipper had? This is with 2x reefs in main and 1 x jib. No, i cant motor that fast.

[BigBeakie]

boatingnewbie,

Sorry, I was not suggesting the Saba 50 is a performance cat, it is clearly not.

I was responding to the post above mine that opined that EP was only for performance cats, and pointing out , in my perhaps too subtle manner, that the Saba 50 Jajapami owners are cruising quite viably & happily over thousands of miles with their Oceanvolt EP system.


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[Catmandu]

Swisscats

[jdazey]

Originally Posted by arsenelupiga

you werre lucky that time. Next time it could end in tragedy. No wind, run out of fuel, in no fish area, yeah, it can get that bad.

You have a point. When it gets that bad I put Sue in the skiff with a couple of oars and have her tow me to shore (true story!).


To the OP, a friend has an Ocean Cat 49 that is remarkably similar to our boat. It's basically a copy of a Le Rouge, so put those on your list along with the Switch 51.


Cheers,