Editing Catamaran (section)

=== Cruising ===
[[File:Catamaran de croisière Lagoon 560.JPG|thumb|A [[Lagoon catamaran|Lagoon]] 560 cruising catamaran]]Cruising sailors must make trade-offs among volume, useful load, speed, and cost in choosing a boat. Choosing a catamaran offers increased speed at the expense of reduced load per unit of cost. Howard and Doane describe the following tradeoffs between cruising monohulls and catamarans:<ref name="Offshore" /> A long-distance, offshore cruising monohull may be as short as {{convert|30|ft|m}} for a given crew complement and supporting supplies, whereas a cruising catamaran would need to be {{convert|40|ft|m}} to achieve the same capacity. In addition to greater speed, catamarans draw less water than do monohulls— as little as {{convert|3|ft|m}} —and are easier to beach. Catamarans are harder to tack and take up more space in a marina. Cruising catamarans entail added expense for having two engines and two rudders. Tarjan adds that cruising catamarans boats can maintain a comfortable {{convert|300|nmi|mi km}} per day passage, with the racing versions recording well over {{convert|400|nmi|mi km}} per day. In addition, they do not heel more than 10-12 degrees, even at full speed on a reach.<ref>{{ cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RgHZ2hnnmEEC&q=Characteristics|title=Catamarans: The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors|last=Tarjan|first=Gregor|date=2007|publisher=McGraw Hill|isbn=9780071596220|access-date=2016-01-25}}</ref>

Powered cruising catamarans share many of the amenities found in a sail cruising catamaran.  The saloon typically spans two hulls wherein are found the staterooms and engine compartments. As with sailing catamarans, this configuration minimizes boat motion in a seaway.<ref>{{ cite magazine | last = Sass | first =  George Jr.  | title = Lagoon Power 43—An exceptional first powerboat from a builder of sailing cats. | magazine = Yachting | date = October 3, 2007 | url = http://www.yachtingmagazine.com/lagoon-power-43 | access-date = 2016-01-25}}</ref>

The Swiss-registered [[Wave-piercing hull|wave-piercing]] catamaran, ''[[Tûranor PlanetSolar]]'', which was launched in March 2010, is the world's largest [[solar energy|solar powered]] boat. It completed a [[circumnavigation]] of the globe in 2012.<ref name="Gieffers">{{cite news|title=Ankunft in Monaco: Solarboot schafft Weltumrundung in 584 Tagen |language=de | first=Hanna |last=Gieffers |newspaper=[[Spiegel Online]] |date=May 4, 2012 | access-date=May 5, 2012 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/planetsolar-solarboot-kehrt-von-weltreise-zurueck-a-831418.html}}</ref>