opinions on catamaran hulls

[plumisland]

Iam considering a procat 22 ft walk around, the boat will be a fishing boat seeing use on stellwagon ,jeffries and chatam area. trolling,drifting...................anyone have feedback good or bad about cats? your input would be appreciated

[Greenponded]

I think Ray runs his guide service with a cat. Ask Ray. He is strong on cats for fishing.

[justin080799]

I was on a cat for the first time last summer, I believe it was a World Cat 23 CC With twin Yamaha 150 4-stokes. I have to tell you the ride was AWESOME!!!

These boats are not the nicest looking boats on the market in my opinion but I was blown away at how they handled 4 footers over many deep vee mono hulls I have been on. No pounding at all it cut the waves, many times I held on with two hands expecting a jolting slam at 20 kts, there was none.

Because the cat is not a mono it grabs the water, for example if you turn sharp left you will be thrown to the right more than a mono, need to warn people and get used to this.

Put a guy or two on the bow seat and do 15 -20 kts to test for sneezing ( fine spray up over the windshield) Fishing setup may not be real good.

I am in the market for another boat and I would have considered one of these hulls , but I don’t need twin engines (costs) and my fishing is inshore to 10 miles with other boats.


Good luck,

[Smcdermott]

I think Ray runs his guide service with a cat. Ask Ray. He is strong on cats for fishing.

Ray runs a 20' Whaler. I think you may have been thinking of Bill Straekle (sp?) who I believe runs a cat down in NC now.

Sean

[Greenponded]

You could be right. It's a b#$@* getting old.(#$119)