Hull form · What it is for
Power CatamaransLiveaboard
Power Catamarans · Liveaboard: YachtCodex lists 23 models, 12.2–24.0 m long. The builders with the most are Aquila Power Catamarans (4), Horizon Yachts (4), and Prestige (4). The largest in production is the Fountaine Pajot FPY 80 (24.0 m); the shallowest draft is the Leopard 46PC's (0.94 m).
Power Catamarans
Two hulls under power. The reasons are the sailing catamaran's reasons minus the rig: a level platform, shallow draft, and deck space that a single hull of the same length cannot offer. Two slender hulls also meet less resistance than one broad one, which is why a power catamaran will often travel further on the same fuel than a monohull of its size.
Liveaboard
Boats with enough room, water and plumbing to be lived on rather than visited. The criteria are a length overall between 11 and 24 metres, three cabins or more, two heads or more where the builder publishes a number, and 300 litres of fresh water or more where that is published; day boats, sport cruisers, centre consoles and racers are excluded. A figure the builder never published does not disqualify a boat on the secondary conditions -- unknown is read as not contradicting -- but cabins and length must be there.
- Models
- 23
- Builders
- 10
- Length range
- 12.2–24.0 m40–79 ft
- In production
- 21
