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In 2 Deep | 2016 Maine Cat 38

Saint augustine, fl, us.

In 2 Deep | Maine Cat 38 38ft

Us$ 249,000.

Andrew Hodgdon

 Office: +1-215-508-2704   Mobile: +1 910 477-2508   [email protected]

This is a rare opportunity to own the highly desirable Maine Cat 38. It isnt often that a boat like In 2 Deep comes on the market. Maine Cat represents one of the few catamaran brands that were built in the USA. The Maine Cat 38 was based on a performance sailing design, utilizing modern construction techniques and materials, that results in a high-quality catamaran that can out sail any other cruising boat in her size range. With her retractable daggerboards, she will sail to windward like a dream and can take advantage of hidden anchorages with her shallow draft. Her ICW friendly rig height also ensures access to numerous anchorages that are not accessible to other cruising boats.

One of the defining features of this fantastic model is her unique incorporation of her large hybrid salon / cockpit with an open concept layout. This design allows you to take full advantage of gorgeous fair-weather tropical sailing or enjoy a totally weather protected helm when conditions get sporty.

Her modern high quality construction incorporates vinylester resin-infused thermoformed Core-Cell foam composite structure in hulls and decks. In 2 Deep is a true performance catamaran that is also a capable liveaboard cruising boat. A very rare find in this size and price range!

In 2 Deep is available for showings by appointment in beautiful St Augustine, FL.

Specifications

• Length: 38ft
• Beam: 21' 0"
• Draft: 6' 6"
• Hull: Fiberglass
• Status: Active

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• Keel: Other

MEASUREMENTS

• Length Overall: 38 ft
• Max Draft: 6' 6"
• Bridge Clearance Measure: 58' 0"
• Cabin Head room measure: 6' 6"
• Beam Measure: 21' 0"
• Total Power: 50
• Engine Brand: Honda
• Engine Model: 50hp
• Engine Type: Outboard
• Engine/Fuel Type: Unleaded
• Engine Hours: 1708
• Engine Power: 50 hp
• Fresh Water Tanks: 80 (0 Gallons)
• Fuel Tanks: 58 (0 Gallons)

Accommodations

• Number of cabins: 3
• Number of heads: 1

In 2 Deep features a 3 cabin “Owner’s Version” layout with double bunks. The master cabin is located in the starboard hull with the head and separate shower stall. There is ample storage and cabinetry. The galley is located in the port hull with guest berths fore and aft. She has an open concept combined salon and cockpit with an interior helm. The isinglass enclosure can be rolled up for fair weather sailing or zipped down for foul weather protection.

Air Conditioning – Dometic 6000btu (located in owner’s cabin)

Raritan Electric Head

Water Heater – Precision Temp Instantaneous

Sirocco Cabin Fans

ENO 2-burner Propane Stove

Vitrifrigo Fridge / Freezer

SS Sink with mixer faucet

110v / 12V Electrical Circuit

6 x 200ah 12v Dakota Lithium Batteries – 1200ah Total (New in 2023)

Victron 2000W Inverter / Charger

Solar Panels – 960 watts

3 x Victron MPPT Solar Controllers

Honda Portable 2kW Generator

BOSS Stereo

Garmin Navigation Electronics

• Chartplotter

Honda 50hp 4-stroke Outboard – center mounted (1708 hours)

Dedicated Dakota Lithium 60ah Engine Starting Battery

Side Power Bow Thruster

Watermaker – Rainman 36 gallon / hour (New 2023)

Sails, Rigging, Etc

58ft Mast Height – ICW friendly

Daggerboards

Mack Sail Fully Battened Mainsail

Mack Sails Self-Tacking Jib (New 2023)

Mack Sails Screecher (New 2023)

Jib on Furlex furler

Screecher on continuous furler

Removable Bow Sprit

1 x Harken Electric Winch (Main Halyard)

3 x Harken 2-Speed winch

Harken Traveller

Adjustable Running Backstays

Custom Dinghy Davit Arch – Aluminum with Net Bench Seat

Mantus M2 55lbs Anchor w/ 275ft of chain (New 2023)

Hot / Cold Transom Shower

Collapsable Swim Ladder

AB 9VL Fiberglass w/ 9.9hp Yamaha 4-stroke Outboard

Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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• 09/03/2024: US $275,000

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2016 Maine Cat 38

• Description

Seller's Description

A rare opportunity to purchase a Maine Cat 38 catamaran available for immediate delivery. High quality construction using vinylester resin-infused thermoformed Core-Cell composite structure in hulls and decks. Large cockpit ideal for appreciating the outdoors–the reason you sailed to your favorite anchorage!

Located in Corpus Christi TX, needs nothing, ready to go wherever your dreams take you.

Additional Details

General Design Theory – lightweight – high performance – simple to sail and maintain

Open bridgedeck – better visibility, better looking and great air flow

High Fineness ratio – length to beam ratio close to 12:1 when kept light.

Flared hulls with protective “shoulder” – drier ride and huge interior volume

Retractable daggerboards and electric outboard motors – beachable, higher pointing angles and less drag off the wind. Gunkholers delight – 2′-9” draft

Very simple layout – lightweight Core-Cell cored resin infused interior cabinetry, cherry framed caned panel doors to allow great ventilation in cabinets avoiding mold.

High speeds – Under sail averaging 200+ miles per day. Hydro-generate 1 kW to 2 kW per hour at 9 knots.

General Design Parameters

Design to be single-handed. Fun to sail and out-perform all current cruising catamarans on the market. Comfortable, safe, easy to sail and affordable.

Build the lightest structural components possible by thermoforming Core-Cell PH core and resin infusing 100% vinyl ester resin in female molds. Finished boat is 2 hull and deck units, capped bridgedeck platform, rig and roof and you are ready to go sailing in an ocean capable, high performance cat. We are offering a very simply equipped package to keep the price as affordable as possible. We offer a host of options you can add yourself in time or we can install at the shop during the initial build. Our goal is to get you out on the water sailing as economically as possible, before you start adding “stuff” you might be able to live more comfortably without. Every piece of equipment you add requires maintenance and time taken away from sailing.

Hull Shapes are designed to maximize the interior volume, minimize the waterline beam and keep spray down and off the deck and windscreen. The nicely radiused chine and “shoulders” we designed provides almost 6 feet at the maximum beam of each hull, yet the waterline maximum beam is only 38” when she is fully loaded to 12,400 lbs. Our chine is over 12 inches above the DWL and will provide very little resistance or interference for our racer owners and huge additional buoyancy for our loaded-up live aboard cruisers in large seas.

Maine Cat’s approach to the rig design is also going to offer our owners a number of choices to fit their skill level and cruising area. Our standard rig will be a Selden fixed fractional rig with furling self-tacking jib and fully batten main similar to our MC 41 setup. Options available will include pole mounted free furling screacher, flat top mainsail, and a number of upgrades to our standard Wrap Drive radial cut Dacron for owner looking for the highest performance. All sails designed by Calvert Sails.

Specifications

Construction: Vinylester Resin infused thermoformed Core-Cell composite hulls and decks LOA 38 ft LWL 37 ft 6 in Beam 21 ft. Min Draft 2 ft 9 in Max draft 6 ft 6 in. Max Draft 6 ft 6 in

Light ship weight 8,100 lbs DWL displacement 12,400 lbs Max. headroom 6 ft 6in Mainsail area 568 sq ft Self tacking jib 227 sq ft Screacher 523 sw ft Bridgedeck clearance 31 in Water tankage 80 gallon

Accommodation, General

From the builders web site:

INTERIOR ACCOMODATIONS AND FINISH

• Headroom minimum 6’-3” to maximum of 6’-6”, painted headliners
• Berths for up to five, two queen berths aft in each hull, 60” by 6’-8”
• Large single in port hull forward is 50” wide at the head by 6’-8” long
• Cushions below decks port forward and master are 5” thick medium-density foam
• Port aft queen easily converts into a cozy dinette that seats 4 very comfortably
• Port aft queen convertible dinette/berth cushions are 4″ thick ultra-foam
• All interior bulkheads are resin infused Core-Cell foam cored painted finish.
• Lower cabinets and lockers all resin infused Core-Cell cored composites
• Solid surface Corian counter tops on all horizontal surfaces 1” thick at edge
• Upper cabinets cherry face frames & canned cherry framed cabinet doors per plan
• Large (16’ long) tinted acrylic fixed portlights outboard each hull in cabin topsides
• Two (2) large sealed air chambers forward each hull accessible from interior cabins
• Fiberglass head starboard forward with sink, shower sump pump, marine head, storage cabinet and separate shower area with curtain

USCG safety package including: 5 PFD’s, horn, 3 fire extinguishers, flare kit, four dock lines, Life Sling, mooring/anchoring bridle and 3 fenders.

Accommodation, Specific

Composite hardtop with fixed side and wing windows and horizontal sliders forward All interior, bridgedeck and navigation lighting are LED fixtures Seaward two burner propane stove top Vitrofrigo 12-volt remote compressor upright refrigerator & freezer, 2.7 cu.ft Lower shower area sole and added teak grating Double helm seat extra over single helm seat with raise base mounting Cherry table on bridgedeck folding on fixed pedestal Cherry valances and LED dimmable rope lighting 2 sides aft berths, P&S Upgraded reading lights: dimmable LED gooseneck Rugen fixtures Cherry cabinet and and spice rack about stove top Tambor garage storage area in galley Lower shower area sole with teak grating Double helm seat extra over single helm seat with raise base mounting Cherry table on bridgedeck folding on fixed pedestal Seaward two burner propane stove top Vitrofrigo 12-volt remote compressor upright refrigerator & freezer, 2.7 cu.ft Marine head: Raritan electric fresh water flush with additional fresh water tank Double wire 26-inch high lifelines, stern rail w/davits, horses and two gates Full aft enclosure for cockpit, Sunbrella color Taupe # 4648 with with flexible window panels

Sails and Rigging

Mast, 48 ft. aluminum, Selden Gull striker Bowsprit Aluminum boom with single line reefing system Mainsail, Dacron, square top, fully battened Jib, self tacking, roller furling, with curved track, Spinlock clutches and Harken hardware Screacher, with Selden CX furler, triradial Dacron with bow sprit and all necessary rigging Sail cradle/mainsail cover Sunbrella Taupe # 4648

Electrical, electronic and navigation equipment

12V electrical system with two 8-D AGM batteries for a total of 510 amp hours Circuit breaker panel Four 150 watt solar panels on hardtop with metered controller All interior, bridgedeck and navigation lighting to be LED fixtures Garmin NEMA 2000 system w/ depth, gWind, weather and fluxgate compass Garmin GPSMAP 7612 color chartplotter plotter with BlueChart loaded Garmin GHP 10 Reactor Smart Pump autopilot w/ display head at helm Garmin 200 VHF radio with Metz masthead antenna Garmin Radar Garmin GMR 18 xHD radar mast mounted Garmin AIS 600 transceiver Hailer horn speaker on mast wired to VHF radio Spectra Ventura 200 T watermaker system Victron 2000 watt inverter/80 amp charger with remote Additional two 150 watt solar panels on hardtop with controller Side Power 2.2 kW electric bow thruster mounted in starboard hull Additional one duplex 120 volt outlet and quad box in galley garage

Honda 50 HP four stroke outboard mounted in centerline nacelle Side Power 2.2 kW electric bow thruster mounted in starboard hull

AB 9 VL RIB dinghy with Yamaha 9.9 4 cycle outboard

Additional Photos

For additional photos of the Maine Cat 38 please see:

https://www.mecat.com/maine-cat-catamarans/me-cat-38/

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

Folding system brings beam to 8.5’.

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Maine Cat 38 for sale in Saint Augustine, FL United States of America

The Multihull Company

Saint Augustine, FL United States of America

Make & Model

Maine Cat 38

MEASUREMENTS

Description.

This is a rare opportunity to own the highly desirable Maine Cat 38. It isnt often that a boat like In 2 Deep comes on the market. Maine Cat represents one of the few catamaran brands that were built in the USA. The Maine Cat 38 was based on a performance sailing design, utilizing modern construction techniques and materials, that results in a high-quality catamaran that can out sail any other cruising boat in her size range. With her retractable daggerboards, she will sail to windward like a dream and can take advantage of hidden anchorages with her shallow draft. Her ICW friendly rig height also ensures access to numerous anchorages that are not accessible to other cruising boats. One of the defining features of this fantastic model is her unique incorporation of her large hybrid salon / cockpit with an open concept layout. This design allows you to take full advantage of gorgeous fair-weather tropical sailing or enjoy a totally weather protected helm when conditions get sporty. Her modern high quality construction incorporates vinylester resin-infused thermoformed Core-Cell foam composite structure in hulls and decks. In 2 Deep is a true performance catamaran that is also a capable liveaboard cruising boat. A very rare find in this size and price range! In 2 Deep is available for showings by appointment in beautiful St Augustine, FL.

Specifications

Accommodations In 2 Deepfeatures a 3 cabin “Owner’s Version” layout with double bunks. The master cabin is located in the starboard hull with the head and separate shower stall. There is ample storage and cabinetry. The galley is located in the port hull with guest berths fore and aft. She has an open concept combined salon and cockpit with an interior helm. The isinglass enclosure can be rolled up for fair weather sailing or zipped down for foul weather protection.

Air Conditioning – Dometic 6000btu (located in owner’s cabin) Raritan Electric Head Water Heater – Precision Temp Instantaneous Sirocco Cabin Fans

Galley ENO 2-burner Propane Stove Vitrifrigo Fridge / Freezer SS Sink with mixer faucet

Electrical 110v / 12V Electrical Circuit 6 x 200ah 12v Dakota Lithium Batteries – 1200ah Total (New in 2023) Victron 2000W Inverter / Charger Solar Panels – 960 watts 3 x Victron MPPT Solar Controllers Honda Portable 2kW Generator BOSS Stereo

Garmin Navigation Electronics

Chartplotter Autopilot Radar AIS VHF

Mechanical Honda 50hp 4-stroke Outboard – center mounted (1708 hours) Dedicated Dakota Lithium 60ah Engine Starting Battery Side Power Bow Thruster Watermaker – Rainman 36 gallon / hour (New 2023)

Sails, Rigging, Etc 58ft Mast Height – ICW friendly Daggerboards Mack Sail Fully Battened Mainsail Mack Sails Self-Tacking Jib (New 2023) Mack Sails Screecher (New 2023) Jib on Furlex furler Screecher on continuous furler Removable Bow Sprit 1 x Harken Electric Winch (Main Halyard) 3 x Harken 2-Speed winch Harken Traveller Adjustable Running Backstays

On Deck Custom Dinghy Davit Arch – Aluminum with Net Bench Seat Mantus M2 55lbs Anchor w/ 275ft of chain (New 2023) Hot / Cold Transom Shower Collapsable Swim Ladder

Dinghy AB 9VL Fiberglass w/ 9.9hp Yamaha 4-stroke Outboard

Engine Count

Engine Horse Power

Engine Hours

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

MCP38001H516

Hull Material

Bridge Clearance

17.68 meters

Cabin Headroom

1.98 meters

Total Engine Horse Power

Engine Type

Fresh Water Tanks Number

Fuel Water Tanks Number

No of Heads

Length Overall

11.58 meters

Nominal Length

Windlass Code

ABOUT MAINE CAT 38

The Maine Cat 38 is 38 feet long and has a 21 feet beam and a draft of 1.98 meters. This 2016 Petrol Maine Cat 38 powered by Honda 50hp with 50 horsepower. The Maine Cat 38 is made of fiberglass.

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Maine Cat Catamarans: Maine Cat 38

A tropics-loving multihull from the northeast.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a nicer couple than Dick and Lynn Vermeulen, who have been in the unlikely business of designing and building lightweight open bridgedeck cruising catamarans in midcoast Maine for more than 20 years. Their latest offering, the new Maine Cat 38, combines the simplicity of a true open bridgedeck boat, with no heavy furniture or accommodations between the hulls, with a deft sense of style and practicality. For construction aficionados, it also features a new production thermoformed-core build process, utterly unique to Maine Cat, that both reduces weight and increases structural integrity.

Flared hard chines on the hulls help open up the accommodation spaces, which are tastefully finished in wood and are much warmer and more welcoming than the Spartan plastic interiors found on most boats like this. The standard layout features two generous double berths aft with one cramped double (or a very generous single berth, depending on your proclivities) forward to port. The simple yet practical galley is down in the center of the port hull. A nav area and a large head fill much of the starboard hull. The bridgedeck between the hulls makes a great social space, thanks to opening windows forward, which provide ventilation when needed, and a hard targa roof that offers shelter from sun and rain.

Construction quality, as befits a Maine-built boat, is impeccable. The thermoformed Core-Cell coring, bent seamlessly around curves and corners with no kerfs or inherent imperfections, is set in infused vinylester resin throughout. Equipment-installation and finish quality likewise meet the high Maine Cat standards that have seen the builder field less than $1,000 per year in warranty claims throughout its long  history.  

Charles J. Doane learned to sail on the Maine coast as a boy and has since roamed the North Atlantic on numerous boats. He has written for various sailing magazines and maintains a blog at www.wavetrain.net .

Maine Cat 38

Draft  29" boards up, 6'6" boards down

Displ.  12,400 lbs.

Sail area   Combinations from 844-1,430 sq.

Power  Twin 15-hp outboards

Fuel 44 gals.

Water  82 gals.

Maine Cat Catamarans

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Maine Cat 38 Catamaran Review

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• Updated: August 16, 2018

Most boats are nouns; the Maine Cat 38 is a verb — a boat that can be understood only in motion, and preferably under sail with a good breeze blowing.

Last March, I sailed the Maine Cat 38 Tamarack , hull number four, in the Sea of Abaco, Bahamas, with my parents, my college-age daughter and her friend. Meanwhile, one of 2018’s several historic winter storms was blowing through New England and the Canadian Maritimes, sending massive swells down our way and contributing to a squash zone of isobars on our local weather map. In the Abacos, that meant 20-foot seas offshore, rages in the cuts between cays and sustained winds edging toward 30 knots all week. Already on the Monday we flew in, Marsh Harbour’s supermarket shelves were empty of milk and fresh produce; for the next five days, the Bahamian mail boats were forbidden to leave the safety of their docks in Nassau. For us aboard Tamarack , the weather forced us to do all of our sailing inside the Sea of Abaco. But even in this usually protected sound, we encountered seas of 8 to 10 feet, sometimes breaking.

In those conditions, the Maine Cat 38 behaved like no other boat, monohull or multihull, that I’ve ever sailed. “This boat just gets up and frolics,” is how Sue Murphy, my mom, described sailing it.

Dick Vermeulen founded Maine Cat in 1993. Since then, his team of a dozen craftsmen in Midcoast Maine has launched some 140 sail- and powerboats, including 63 30-foot and 24 41-foot sailboats. Recently, Vermeulen created the Maine Cat 38 to return to simpler roots — a boat with no genset, no air conditioning, no microwave oven and just one head; a boat that a single person would be willing to take out sailing, with or without crew. And Vermeulen set himself one other goal: “This boat has to be the fastest cruising cat out there, or I’ve failed at everything I’ve done.” (For details about the genesis of the 38’s design, see “Birth of a Cat,” CW, July 2017.)

For our gang, mere speed wasn’t the priority. Yet the qualitative experience of sailing a boat whose creator took such care to keep the weight out was a revelation to all of us. Tom Murphy, my dad, has worked as a yacht broker for more than 30 years and has made hundreds of coastal and offshore yacht deliveries, often harrowing ones. “The way this boat lifted in 8-foot seas,” he said, “I mean, you’d see a roller coming in, and you’d tense up and steer into it and wait to take the sleigh ride down the back side and bury the bows — and that just never happened. Instead, you’d get up on top of a wave, and it would feel like the wave was flat, and you would just sort of come down with it. No pitch, no roll, no burying the bows or the stern.” Like me, he’d never experienced a boat that felt like this.

Vermeulen is a mechanical engineer by training. The effect he created in this boat is the result of a single-minded commitment to keeping weight out of it, both in the initial build and in the systems that go aboard. He determined that in order to achieve the speeds he was after, he needed 12-to-1 length-to-beam ratios in the hulls. A consequence of that choice is that you can’t then add all the weight of the luxury items you’d find on a typical production catamaran . Narrow hulls lack the buoyancy to carry heavy equipment or big tankage. Unlike similar-size models from high-production builders, the MC 38 isn’t intended to sleep more than five people; there’s just one marine head fitted in one of the hulls; and propulsion is not from twin diesels but from a pair of 9.9hp outboard motors. The galley stove has three burners but no oven. Cabin spaces are ­separated by drapes, not doors.

The construction of the hull and deck is different from that of the high-­production cat builders too. Typically, builders achieve complex curves in sandwich construction by using core that’s scored in slices called kerfs. When you bend a panel of scored foam, the kerfs open up; in the final composite part, the kerfs fill with resin. In a technique Vermeulen saw at Maine builders Hodgdon Yachts and Lyman-Morse, then developed with Gurit Composites, his team “thermoforms” Core-Cell foam in the shape of the final hull; this is unsliced foam, with no kerfs. His team heats the Core-Cell to 165 degrees Fahrenheit in an infrared oven, then infuses the fiberglass and core with vinylester resin. The result is a uniform part, with uniform physical properties. And the weight? “It’s ridiculous,” Vermeulen said. “When we built the first 38 hull, with three bulkheads in it, but 38 feet long, 6 feet wide and 6 feet of depth, it weighed 426 pounds. I could lift the hull out of the cradles.”

“It takes us a little longer to build hulls,” Vermeulen said, “but it’s just bomber.”

The boat we sailed was in charter service, managed by Abaco Multihull Charters based in Hope Town. It was fitted with good-quality cruising sails, but no screacher or full-on performance sails. Our reaching speeds were typically in the 9- and 10-knot range. We put the first reef in at 20 knots; second reef at 25. It tacked easily with both main and roller-furling headsail and both daggerboards down, but struggled to tack under main alone, as most cats will.

Motoring out of Hope Town Harbor into 25 knots and a steep 3-foot chop at 80 percent throttle with the twin 9.9 horsepower outboards, we made just over 3 knots of boat speed and heard the motors cavitate on every third wave or so. In those conditions, the boat felt underpowered. By contrast, in flat water we easily achieved motoring speeds of 6 and 7 knots.

“You probably know the little auxiliary engines on the MC 38 are by design,” Vermeulen said when I described our experience. “When I hear that sailors on other boats are under power 50 percent of the time, I cringe. If I make the engines small enough, MC 38 owners are going to sail all the time. With a screacher or code zero, the MC 38 will sail at 5 knots in 5 knots of true wind. Who needs motors except to dock or drop the hook? The way sailing should be!”

The experience I most enjoyed on the MC 38 was going forward under sail onto the trampolines as we reached past Tahiti Beach under double-reefed main. I lay face-down and watched the hulls move through uncommonly disturbed water. The 38’s leeward hull didn’t dig in; the windward hull didn’t lift out. No wave ever slammed the bridgedeck. The steep chop seldom even reached the longitudinal chine 12 inches above the waterline on each hull.

The Maine Cat 38 is a boat that positively dances through the waves.

CW editor-at-large Tim Murphy is a longtime Boat of the Year judge.

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