Catamaran For Sale

A relative newcomer to the yachting scene the multihull field originally started with trimarans but has now settled on the catamaran as the best options for both sailing and motor yachts. This segment of the yachting industry started about 25 years ago with small inexpensive trimarans and has now expanded to superior cats over 100’ built at a number of different shipyards in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA.

The catamaran design offers two distinct categories – those for whom speed under sail is the Holy Grail or alternatively roomy spacious yachts with tremendous stability and amenities. This does not mean the second category is slow – these fully fitted out cats can reach impressive speed broad reaching under balmy trade winds. But the ultra light cats are the ones that set the speed records. Catamarans for Sale.

As yacht chartering reached mainstream, the design of production catamarans converged offering clients huge cockpit space, easy water access which is ideal for swimming, snorkeling & scuba diving, plus the ability to offer 3 to 5 very equal accommodations with ensuite baths so that vacationers all the room they needed.

Northrop & Johnson BVI Catamarans for Sale has been offering charter catamarans, primarily sail, to clients for the past ten years. We find that many people prefer the stability and large interior volumes that a modern cat can offer. New to the scene are the very practical and comfortable power cats that are becoming more common. Buyers who like being comfortable yet sporty, love the current range of production catamarans. Buyers who wish to move into larger and more luxurious cats are finding that production boat yards are rushing to meet a marketplace need. There are also a number of very fine designed and builders who produce high quality custom catamarans tailored to an owners specifications.

Built primarily of fiberglass or aluminum to save weight and provide strength. These newly built cats offer the full range of amenities – generators, A/C, ensuite heads with stall showers – items usually found on much larger yachts.

For buyers who wish to sail the Caribbean in the winter months, these broad beamed yachts offer stability under sail & in rolly anchorages with a shallow draft that lets them tuck into secure anchorages that many monohulls can’t reach. Perfect for island hopping, look at the Lagoon, Privilege, Catana, Voyage, Matris or Yaplunka yachts that have a great rack record.

For owners who wish to charter their yacht and offset annual operational costs, a catamaran is an excellent choice as they are strongly in demand in many locations – cabin configurations lend the cat design to three to five guest cabins plus crew quarters, but over time there have been a number of innovations offering cats with a master suite as well.

The BVIs is a very popular area for chartering and has a very wide range of catamarans that are available for sale (or charter). Sailing cats love to reach with exhilarating speed while NOT heeled over on your ear—this is a big part of why buyers love their cats as do their entire families. Many of these new cats are easy to maintain, can be run with a minimal crew which also keeps operating expenses very manageable.

Let the N&J BVI brokers show you options of cats that will fit your budget and lifestyle.