25 & Under Multihull Coastal Cruiser

thesnort · #1 (**permalink**) 11-25-2007

OK, I know I'm asking for a lot with this request, but I believe I missed out on picking up a Hirondelle catamaran (24 feet and decent for cruising and 'camping' aboard). What would be a good substitute for this? The place I'm considering mooring has a 25 foot length limit. They say nothing about how wide, so....I want to sail as flat as possible, but a 10 degree angle on a trimaran would be OK . Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I really like the look and speed of the Telstar 28, but can't justify sawing off the stern just a tad to make her fit the requirements.

kwaltersmi · #2 (**permalink**) 11-25-2007

Check out the Heavenly Twins catamaran. I believe they're 26 feet, but they might be smaller. They're a seaworthy, small multihull that's quite affordable.

onremlop · #3 (**permalink**) 11-25-2007

My recommendation is to get a Telstar and have them measure the boat with your tape measure, if you get my drift.

sailingdog · #4 (**permalink**) 11-26-2007

There are quite a few smaller catamarans and trimarans that could suite your needs. Unfortunately, many of the smaller catamarans are not production boats, but home-builts. Once you get below 25' you start getting more performance oriented beach-cat type boats, rather than cruising type boats. Is there any real reason you need to moor in this particular place?? and what is your budget???

You might also consider an older Telstar 26 or the Corsair 24.

GulfCoastSkimmer · #5 (**permalink**) 11-26-2007

You could check out advanced search on yachtworld. Juts type in the specs of what you are looking for and see what comes up. Just a way to start looking and researching.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...ncedSearch.jsp

thesnort · #6 (**permalink**) 11-26-2007

Howdy!
The mooring area with the length regulations is much cheaper and easier access for me than any other place around (and there aren't a lot of places around to moor a boat). I'm OK with a small boat in order to lessen costs of replacing sails and other stuff and a multihull under 20K fits my budget.
Yes, it's back to yachtworld and "advanced search". I was just looking for feedback on pocket multihull cruisers and hoping someone would throw out a name I wasn't familiar with and give reasons why it's the cat's whiskers or the dog's bollocks (depending on which side of the ocean one is on).
Apart from the aft cabin, the Heavenly Twins looks a lot like the Hirondelle.
The Telstar and Corsair are really intriguing because of their speed. I've read good things about both.