O.K. – I am interested in a Catamaran. What do I do next?

Common Questions:

• Sail, Motorsailor or Power?
• Type of cruising you will be doing?
• Personal Use or Charter? Day Charter or
• Term Charter?
• Approximate Length?
• Additional requirements?
• Accommodations for how many?
• What fits your budget $?
• Speed and range desired?

Visit the Designer’s Showcase and look at a few different yacht profiles and floor plans the designers and concept artists have and they have more.  We can help you find a cat that, size wise, to start with based on the answers to the questions listed above, plus we have others not shown.

Keep in mind the floor plans and nonstructural changes can be modified before construction begins to ensure that this is the yacht you have in mind.   There are a lot more than what is shown there, but these will get you started and keep in mind, these were drawn for someone else and are not set in stone.

Ultimately, you will need to determine the approximate length, and select the profile and floor plan to start working toward what you have in mind and fit your budget. Our stylist can also help put your dreams on paper.  The designers links on our site has other models, plus, they are pretty much available to design you your own cat. There are also links for the Concept artists that have a few ideas shown on our site.

You are pretty much unlimited as to what your dream can look like, inside and out, it is up to you, we are not a production builder that thinks you should have what they like and produce (the same every year)  We have never built the same thing twice, they have all been as different as our clients and their dreams.

Dick Newick, multihull designer for forty years is famous for saying “You can have two of three factors in a multihull – speed, comfort, and economy.  You cannot have all three.” That is true, but could depend on how fast you expect to go.

While true for sailing cats, the new displacement power cats are able to do quite well, reaching speeds of 20 knots with very little horsepower.  Cats must also be balanced and not over loaded, to perform as the designer has projected.  Extra weight to be carried must be disclosed to the designer before adding and before building.
Range is proportional to speed, if you go fast you burn all the fuel you have loaded and if you travel at the speed the designer states for cruising your range increases accordingly.  Most of the designs now will cruise at 15 knots while total burn is 13 gph and top speed will be in the 20 knot range.

Visit our Amenities and Pricing page to get a list of some of the items included on a Cruise Ready, Pedigree Cat. You can sail away knowing you have all the necessary safety gear and amenities onboard. These are updated after every cat is build or being built and prices have changed on the products purchased.

We have been able to determine an average Pricing Guideline for your information.  These are an average price for a Pedigree Cat power or sail, with all the amenities listed as an ocean ready yacht. 

Of course, pricing may change depending on if you want, gold plated faucets or require additional equipment onboard. 

Also, charter yachts are generally less than the price listed, while trimarans generally cost more than the price listed. 

The larger sailing cats do not show the cost of the rigging as it varies so much with what the clients may want i.e. roller furling systems and electric or hydraulic winches.

Everything purchased for your cat will be approved by you before it is purchased.  A copy of the manufacturers estimated cost to us, an OEM builder, will be forwarded to you for approval.  You choose the make and model of the things you want, appliances as well.