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Catana 47

Catamaran, twin daggerboards · Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar) · First built 2010

A Christophe Barreau-designed performance catamaran featuring a rotating fractional rig and twin daggerboards

Designed by Christophe Barreau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Dbrd.

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The Catana 47, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from El Viaje de Bohemia

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draftDraws 1.09 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

103 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 103
EasygoingPowered-up

28.9 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 28.9
  • Draws more than ~91% of boats her size on file

Compared with 267 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Catana 47, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Catana 47 is a Christophe Barreau-designed fractional sloop catamaran with a rotating spar, built by Catana Catamarans since 2010. It measures 14.3 meters LOA, has a 7.6-meter beam, a 2.5-meter draft, and displaces 10,902 kg. The Catana 47 features twin daggerboards.33:41 The *El Viaje de Bohemia* crew expressed interest in the Catana 47 for future long-term cruising, alongside the Outremer.12:02 John Kretschmer notes that catamarans like the Catana 47 offer speed but require different heavy-weather tactics due to their inability to easily reef under load and their structural vulnerability in extreme conditions.31:21

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar)
Ratios
SA / displacement
28.9
Displacement / length
103.3
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Dbrd.
Construction
Carbon w/foam core
Production
Years built
First built 2010
Designer
Christophe Barreau
Builder
Catana Catamarans

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