STABILITY AND SAFETY
- Unsinkable structure
- No-heel environment, smooth cruising
- Inherent stability
- Easy operation and sail handling
- Safer for navigation with children on board
- Easier access from water
- Duplicate systems for maximimum reliability
- More vulnerable hull type
- Roll motion (seasickness, injury risk, fatigue)
- Often requires stabilizers
- More experience required
- Less family-friendly than a catamaran
- Less stable, no transom steps
- Less redundancy, risk of single point failure
DRAFT AND EFFICIENCY
- Access to the best anchorages
- A more dynamic motion
- More fuel efficiency
- A better hull type for electric propulsion
- More space for wind generators and solar panels
- Limited access to shallow areas
- More hull friction than a catamaran
- More drag, increased fuel consumption
- Less efficient with electric engines
- Limited space to accommodate eco modifications
COMFORT AND PRIVACY
- More beam: can double the space of a monohull the same length
- 360° degree views on main deck
- More privacy
- More options for customized layouts
- More comfort at anchor
- More comfort underway
- Vast aft cockpit, flybridge and foredeck
- Narrow, less open living spaces
- Less main deck visibility
- Cabins closer to one another
- Less flexibility in arrangements
- Tendency to roll
- More beam-to-beam motion
- Narrow outdoor living spaces
