BoatsMaine Cat 38 Ls-E

Maine Cat 38 Ls-E

Catamaran, twin daggerboards · Fractional Sloop · First built 2013

A high-performance electric catamaran featuring twin retractable outboards and a powerful, versatile sail plan

Designed by Dick Vermuelen.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 0.84 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 105
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 23.8
  • Draws more than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 230 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
23.8
Displacement / length
105.0
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Dbrd.
Construction
Vinylester Resin infused thermoformed Core-Cell
Production
Years built
First built 2013
Designer
Dick Vermuelen
Builder
Maine Cat

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Multihull of a sensible sizefrom SEILmagasinet
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Privilege 3911.81 mSame hull family0.2 m longerAn Eric LeFevre-designed cutter-rigged catamaran with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built primarily for charter
Caribbean Cruising: The Leeward Islands0:06from TheSailingChannel.TV
Seawind 116011.60 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1.1-metre draft catamaran built for the charter trade, balancing a 20.91 sail area-to-displacement ratio for agility
Monohull Guy sails CATAMARAN for 2 weeks, here's the actual TRUTH!0:45from Reversing Entropy
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Tropical REFIT of 1986 catamaran (in 1 hour!) [Ep. 62]41:54from Sailing Supernova

The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Maine Cat 30A Dick Vermuelen-designed catamaran with a rotating fractional rig and high sail area for spirited performanceLeopard 38A Morelli and Melvin-designed catamaran with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performanceC-Cat 37A Marc Lombard-designed catamaran featuring a fixed twin-keel hull and a high 27.25 sail area-to-displacement ratioLagoon 38A 2025 twin-keel catamaran with a 1.26-metre draft, blending exterior styling by Patrick le Quement with a Nauta interior

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