Catalac catamarans

Catalac is a defunct English maritime construction company that specialised in building sailing catamarans.

Although modern catamarans tend to have a fractional rig, the Catalac's mainsail has a straight leech, short battens and no roach.

Kanter wrote,"when sailing in a 41-foot Catalac 12M alongside a beautiful 55 foot gold-plate ketch, Pacific High, we loped along with a steady upright forward motion and in 3 hours they were hull down over the horizon.

In Catamarans for Cruising,[7] Jim Andrews (himself a Catalac owner) praises the 9M's interior layout and its good sea-keeping qualities.

A Practical Boat Owner magazine review of a Catalac 9M summarised it as a "competent, versatile and long-lasting cat".

A Catalac 9M ashore, showing underwater hull profile with pronounced "rocker".
A Catalac 9M, showing the solid foredeck, the flared bow, and the hard chine hull section which gives reserve buoyancy.