Catamarans, trimarans, and the honest trade-offs that monohull sailors never mention
The real trade-offs between sailing's two dominant hull forms — comfort, pointing ability, cost, charter markets, and what life actually looks like offshore on each.
Why transitioning from a monohull requires unlearning as much as learning — momentum management, tacking technique, apparent wind, anchoring with two hooks, and tight marina work without a bow thruster.
From the charter-fleet Lagoon 400 to the performance-focused Outremer 45 — the production cruising cats with proven bluewater track records, and what separates the serious ones from the marina queens.
What separates a trimaran from a catamaran, why tris dominate offshore racing, the folding advantage for marina berths, and an honest look at the capsize risk that keeps cruising tris rare.