Catamaran design is a specialized business. Or so they would have you believe. If you want to build a catamaran for yourself then you’re going to need some proper plans. You may have found like me that, not only are they extremely expensive, the plans that are commercially available never quite seem to fit the bill.3d boat design catamaran

The alternative is to approach a professional boat hull designer to design it for you. What’s wrong with that? Well, for a start, it’s going to cost you an awful lot of money. These guys don’t come cheap. But more importantly, you’re going to be relying on someone else’s interpretation of the catamaran design that you’re looking for. What happens if, after two weeks of this expensive designer’s time, you find that his design is not quite what you’d had in mind?

1.       Are you going to ask him to spend more time (and more of your money) on redoing the design?

2.       Or, in the interests of keeping costs down, are you just going to go with what he’s come up with, even though it doesn’t quite match your ideal?

3.       Or are you just going to pour the money down the drain and abandon the idea?

You can see the problem. I’ve seen the above scenario unfold a couple of times and on both occasions the customer has gone for option 2. The result is that they’ve ended up with a catamaran design which is similar to their original idea, but disappointingly, not quite on the nail.

A much better way to approach catamaran hull design if you’re considering building a catamaran, or having one built for you, is to design it yourself. For less that the cost of one hour of a professional boat designer’s time you can buy purpose-built software that will enable you to realize your ideas for yourself.

‘Don’t talk nonsense!’ I hear you say. ‘I don’t know the first thing about designing a catamaran’. Well, my father taught me to always be somewhat skeptical of claims people make.  Who says catamaran design is specialized business? Well, OK, there’s a bit of a learning curve involved, but I have discovered that it’s not nearly as difficult as people make out. As usual, they’re just protecting their own interests.

Even if you have no experience and are somewhat daunted by the idea, the software will guide you through the process to help you achieve what you’re looking for. I have now designed and built two catamarans using this software and, let me tell you, I’m never going back to a professional for a boat hull design ever again. The pleasure to be had from both designing then building your own catamaran takes some beating let me assure you. And even if you just want to experiment with your ideas at first, you’ll soon gain the confidence to go on and start drawing up your plans for your first catamaran. And once you’ve done one, you’ll find that you can keep churning them out, one after the other. Well, maybe they’re not strictly free, but with freedom to design at your fingertips, they might as well be.

And when you put one of your catamaran designs into production, then you’ll really start enjoying your catamaran sailing like never before!

 

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