Excess 11 tour - bags of space in a 37-footer - Yachting Monthly 

A few observations from my experience of these boats. 1) The targa top prevents you reaching the end of the boom (the full hardtop is better) 2) One winch either side is not enough, one more ideally needed on stbd. side to help deal with gib singlehanded 3) the helm seats are great when new, but given a few years of sun degradation, they could be a hazard as there is nothing else to stop you going overboard if/when the back rest fails under strain (suggest installing conventional lifelines behind the seat back as well) 4) Don’t even think about putting a dinghy on those davits in anything but absolutely benign conditions. 5) The ‘fuses’ as fitted to the mainsheet connections to the boom are either inadequate - or - the boom and mainsheet needs upgrading as the fuses blow in a force 3-4 under not particularly excessive loads. Positively…. Loads of boat for the money if you can live with with things like plastic shower hoses and other value fittings. External styling is great. The mainsail is very powerful and it literally flies along on a broad reach.

Good boat. The review, as always, is concise, interesting, with an emphasis on the necessary details. Thanks

We had a local 34’ cat flip over and turtle last fall in Wisconsin…3 very experienced sailors aboard sailed during a storm on an inland lake.

Crossing oceans, you really need more protected helm positions. Fun to sail in good weather or moderate winds and good weather, but horrible for the helmsperson in heavy weather and heavy rain. A few days of bad weather and your crew are going to be cold and wet and miserable and tired.

Sound was only on the right side. Boat seemed interesting. As commenter below said, they can flip and if they do the cannot right themselves.

Its a fine cat I suppose, but nothing about it was particularly exciting. Some parts felt a bit cheap or poorly considered in my opinion. Still, might be an ok boat to consider in 20-30 years when the price has come down enough for a normal person to consider affording.

How about it for charter business?

sound?!

I thought that VAT was not charged on exports, or refunded.

no sound :(

no sound

I have sailed monohulls all my life and am half thinking about a cat for long term cruising in retirement. One thing that always concerns me is that they feel the need to put escape hatches in the hulls. Yes, better to have one, but how many time do these thing turn over? I would be interested to know?