Cat v Mono - with a twist

[Dean1]

I realize they are different animals in a number of ways but even so I am still tossing around ideas.

GB - Heavier, slower, thirstier but bigger and probably rides a little smooter. Plus I can also have one landed in Aus at a significant cost savings over the NC. BUT > 2.5m beam.

NC - I think would be lighter and faster as well as more fuel efficient, but is also smaller and more expensive than the GB.

Am I on the right track?

Yeah I have been looking at some US cats (Glacier, Worldkat, Prokat etc) but gee they have small decks for the size of boat. The yanks love all the trinkets with a big cab, and the oversize bit makes it a bit offputting. Very attractive when you work out the $$$ but I still think a NC may be better.

[hsv 408]

what about the stability of a deep V's cylinder boat like stabi craft or ocean cylinder, Ive been in a 7m coastal cat and nothing compares to that so far and ive been quite a few different breeds but you just gotta drive them to the conditions. Cats usually go better when you are going fast but watch out you might have an upside down boat hehe i love the stability of the stabi craft cant go past it.

I too have heard that cats end up upside down !!!! why is this ? not trying to put shit on them but would like to know what type of conditions show up their bad points .

[death_ship]

when one hull fills with water they upside down pretty quick. ask the fellas that went in the drink off gladstone recently. not even time to grab the epirb

[rat_catcher]

Very attractive when you work out the $$$ but I still think a NC may be better.

That is exactly my problem.....GB2670 $90k landed in BNE vs $150k for a NC2300.

Now maybe the NC2300 is better, but $60k better????

[rat_catcher]

when one hull fills with water they go tits up pretty quick. ask the fellas that went in the drink off gladstone recently. not even time to grab the epirb

In a mono when one hull fills up with water you aint in real good shape either!!!!!

[Noelm]

I reckon as a general rule, ANY boat that has a lot of water inside is not all that flash, be it a canoe, a poly, a cat, a tri or a tugboat, water is supposed to be OUTSIDE!

[Snapper88]

I had a 40 foot cat and went back to a mono easy to enjoy both

[death_ship]

I reckon as a general rule, ANY boat that has a lot of water inside is not all that flash, be it a canoe, a poly, a cat, a tri or a tugboat, water is supposed to be OUTSIDE!

thanks for the enlightenment, change your name to noall

[finding_time]

I had a 40 foot cat and went back to a mono easy to enjoy both

I'd go mono every day after about 34 foot, once mono's get to 7 odd tonnes and have twin engines far enough apart there very appealing!

[welder]

Specs and pictures of one of my members Plate Alloy 28' cat at the link below.

http://www.##################.com/viewtopic.php?t=245

OK , I can't post a link to a thread on another site . That's cool , where all the pound marks are just put in, aluminum alloy boats , with out the spaces.

I would just post the pictures but it would take me about 2 days with my dialup connection .

[vertico]

id rather be in a cylinder boat / stabicraft full of water.
Just drive it all out.