A catamaran sailboat is a multi-hulled ship or boat that has two hulls, joined by a frame-like structure.
Some catamarans are powered and some are sailboats.
The catamaran sailboat is somewhat new in the selection of models for sport and leisure sailing, although fishermen have used them overseas for some time, in forms quite similar.
As far as recreational boating goes, the catamaran sailboat and other boats with multiple hulls were looked upon with some skepticism, since more boaters were accustomed to boats with one hull.
But the catamaran sailboat offers great stability and speed.
The catamaran sailboat became popular as people realized how maneuverable it was, and it inspired the sailboat called the Beach Cat.
In California, the Hobie surfboard company made a catamaran sailboat called the Hobie Cat.
It only weighed 250 pounds, and was a big success.
The Hobie Cat is roughly sixteen feet in length, and has a trampoline-type fixture between the two hulls.
The mast has been mounted to allow for the usual crew of two to handle this craft.
You can sit on the trampoline of a catamaran sailboat if there are only light breezes, but if the wind gets stronger, you will normally be leaning outward. In the strongest winds you will probably sail in, you will be attached, so that your weight, when you’re leaning, will help to counterbalance the wind’s effects.
Small catamaran sailboats like the Hobie Cat are an exciting way to sail.
Two years after the Hobie cats caught on, the Hobie company made the Hobie 16, which has enjoyed even more success.
More than 100,000 Hobie 16′s have been made since their inception.
In 1976, the first catamaran sailboat was used in the Olympics, having been designed for that purpose in 1967.
It was known as the Tornado catamaran, and it defeated all the rest of the challengers easily.
The catamaran sailboat is also built in Australia, with the builders Incat and Austal.
