Hi, there. New member here. Looking for some recommendations for cats with the largest hull volume (bouyancy) in the 20' range. Crew capacity and max weight under sail specs are easy enough to find, however, I havent been able to find specs purely based on max buoyancy of hulls.
Any thoughts, ideas, recommendations are highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance and hope all out there are having a great summer season.
Hitch
Supercat for sure. The 20 is beast with a 12 foot beam, the 19 is a little more practical at a road legal width. Great boats, the 17 is my favorite
Hi, there. New member here. Looking for some recommendations for cats with the largest hull volume (bouyancy) in the 20' range.
what are you looking for?
actual hull volume values or opinions/recommendations on what the "best" 20' beach cat is for large crews?
If the latter: it really depends on what you plan to do with it
IMHO
Mystere 6.0 - can be a rocket, or set up for family cruising
Nacra 6.0 is a beast but not really my first (or 5th) choice for a family cruiser -
Supercat21 - wet with insanely heavy mast
Hobie20 - good boat but can be very sensitive to helm
those are what come to mind
(ps) i own 2 mysteres
I am not 100% sure where we are going here but the Hobie 21 Sport Cruiser deserves a mention.
I have been on one with 6 adults and 2 large coolers and it still sailed very well.
More detailed info on why large hull volume is required may be helpful.
Supercat 20 has a lot of volume. Also the Hobie 21 has a big hull volume. Both the 21SE and 21SC have basically the same hulls but very different applications.
The Tornado has slender bows.
Supercat’s can be wickedly fast but wet, wet, wet. Large volume of buoyancy in bows but parts can be challenging.
I have been sailing Hobie 21sc for past 2 years. Its a great boat for families, reasonably fast, but stable and buoyant. Easily holfs my family 7 + cooler and gear. The hulls have huge storage + cat cabin makes lots of room.