[MHml] Superschockwave

[Bill Gibbs]

How about some "close" opinions?
I've never been in a Design # 72, but I owned Sonrisa, a Offshore 40', a Crowther design done with/for Offshore catamarans said to
have similar hulls.  The hulls taper from about 3.5' at shoulder height down to a narrow floor.  We had an aft berth, and a mid
berth that folded up.  A head room was forward in each hull.  Head room was about 6' at the highest, lower fore and aft.  Regular
portholes and several hatches on top.  A long narrow hull.  What made Sonrisa spacious was her bridge deck cabin, spanning the
hulls, providing a galley up and a large salon with a hard pop-top.  

I've never been in a Bladerunner, but I own Afterburner, a 9' stretched Bladerunner @ 52'.  She has similar shape hulls, with more
taper and a narrower floor.  Similar width and headroom.  Her hulls have several bulkhead ribs, breaking the interior up a bit.  The
hulls are also dark with only a couple fixed portholes inboard and no deck hatches.  A berth bow and stern with limited headroom,
one under a bow locker, and one under the cockpit.

Many of the differences between these boats are "build" variations, as you can put as many portholes and hatches in a boat as you
wish.  Different builders put different decks on similar hulls, like the difference between Nice Pair and Aussie Wahoo.  Each
Offshore cat had owner requested variations, like whether or not they wanted a bridgedeck cabin.  Neither boat has a comfortable
hull double berth, though I did share Sonrisa's mid berth with my wife a couple of times.  Sonrisa's salon table became a queen size
bed, but you had to clean up the galley before going to bed.  For cruising I'd take Sonrisa for her cabin.  We had parties in it,
seating and feeding up to a ten.  You entered the hulls from the cabin and could go side to side without going outside.

Having done both, I'm not a fan of 2 hull only cruising.  I like having a cabin.  And cruisers aren't in a rush.

At the moment I'm not cruising I'm racing.  Afterburner is a lot of things, but she's not a comfortable cruiser.

To answer your question, neither boat is going to be "spacious", but I'd expect them to be similar depending on how they were fit
out.

Bill
Afterburner

-----Original Message-----
From: multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com [mailto:multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com] On Behalf Of Nils Rönnbäck
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:28 PM
To: multihulls at steamradio.com
Subject: Re: [MHml] Superschockwave

Hi

"Flat chat" was of interest to me, but the innerspace from what I have been told is not big enough for me to be able to convince my
family that I have bought a bigger boat not just bigger sails.

My formula 28 catamaran  danish "Crocodile" is big enough inside for me one person  "maybe" a little bit to narrow hull down wind it
tends to burie the bows. (previus owner has  flipped forward)

Comparing the inner spare in Crowther hull# 72 to a Tennant Bladerunner what boat is most spacious?

Regards 
Nils

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