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FastWater™ 50 SailCat

Specifications

The FastWater™ 50 SailCat was designed to offer a high strength blue water cruising catamaran that can provide the speed, comfort, and safety required for extensive offshore passages. She is intended for both experienced sailors and new comers alike who are in search of a yacht that will compliment their active life styles. The protected cockpit offers excellent visibility while the interior focuses on the needs of one couple with room for guests and children.

The hull shapes have been developed for performance, safety and sea kindliness. Each hull features a long waterline with a narrow waterline beam for efficiency, and a fine entry forward with broad stern for speed and reduced pitching in a seaway. The generous overall beam provides the stability required for offshore sailing, without limiting the ability to fit into marinas. The bridgedeck between the hulls offers excellent clearance above the water and is v-shaped in order to minimize impact with waves. The topsides are flared to keep the deck dry and to increase the interior volume for living accommodations. The sheer and cabin house profiles have been kept clean and simple for a long sleek look and to minimize weight. Each hull is outfitted with a high lift balanced rudder, and high lift shallow fin keel eliminating the need for complicated dagger boards which would otherwise interfere with the interior layout. The keels are hollow with the forward and aft sections sealed off with collision bulkheads ,creating a centrally located bilge sump in each hull for the collection of bilge water. The twin 56hp diesels with three blade feathering propellers offer fast motoring speeds, and precise control with the standard bowthruster and electronic shift/throttle engine controls. The sail plan consists of a high performance fractional sloop rig featuring the Soloboom™ roller furling, self tacking jib, with all controls leading to a self tailing electric winch at the helm for true single handed sailing.

The hull and deck of the FastWater™ 50 SailCat have been designed for strength and lightweight utilizing our FastForm™ computer aided solid sheet aluminum construction technique, Alustar™ 5059 alloy and CeRam-Kote™ protective coating. The internal structure consists of aluminum longitudinal stringers and aluminum ring frames with honeycomb-cored fiberglass center sectioned bulkheads. The entire hull and deck are insulated for thermal and acoustic considerations. The interior structural soles and bulkheads are of honeycomb cored fiberglass sandwich construction and the interior joiner work is a combination of lightweight wood veneered panels with hardwood trim. This method of hybrid construction offers light weight,. with high strength, and when combined with our SemTech™ (systems, equipment & materials) advanced outfitting technology provides a seaworthy vessel that is truly easy to maintain and operate.

Cortland Steck, N.A.