Next year, after a summer heading north towards Alaska, we will trailer it to the Great Lakes and do a "Great Circle" cruise, stopping off for a couple of years in the Bahamas. Our plan is to go to Desolation Sound in a couple of weeks time, and then cruise the San Juans and Puget Sound in Sept/Oct. I said "But we haven't cruised it yet ourselves". The other offered to buy my boat on the spot for 20% more than we paid for it. I have only taken a couple of people out for test rides, one bought a Skoota 36 plan.
#SKAT SKOOTA INSTALL#
Cheaper to install and repair (I take the engine to the mechanic, not the other way round) More reliability, more manouverability, no smell in the accommodation, quieter. One reason for the Skoota 28 narrow beam is so that it fits in a standard 14ft wide slip One reason for the Skoota 28 wide beam is to fit in the accommodation. And for sure the ride is way more comfortable than in a conventional planing powerboat In part because they don't heel - which effectively reduces the clearance. But I have found that powercats don't need the same clearance as sailing catamarans. So a high bridgedeck clearance means a slower boat.
#SKAT SKOOTA PLUS#
In an ideal world every catamaran would have a very high bridgedeck, but that is clearly not possible, because of aesthetic reasons and also because of windage plus the fact that, as the freeboard increases, so does weight. So the implication is the Skoota 28 could do the same if it could carry the fuel Two of my 28ft Gypsy sailing catamarans have made Pacific crossings, and several of my 30ft Windsongs and Sagittas have crossed the Atlantic.
So anywhere it is safe to take a 28ft sailing catamaran you could take a 28ft powercat. Having said that, a powercat is no less seaworthy than a similar proportioned sailing catamaran (more so really, as it cannot capsize). Obviously one of the major limitations for all small powerboats is their range under power. Or crossing the English Channel and going through the French Canals to the Med. Including going to the Bahamas and island hopping south. I don't know the conditions in the Philippines, but the Skoota 28 is certainly seaworthy enough for the coastal cruising most people do. However about 40 of my smaller Skoota 20 and 24's are building or launched. One other is building (in Europe) and two Skoota 36's (one in BC, one in the UK). Only one Skoota 28 is in the water (mine, in BC, Canada).
As Groper says, and as I write on my website, the Skoota 28 and 36 are new designs. Thank you for your interest in my Skoota designs.
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