Review of Aqua Cat 12

Basic specs.

The Aqua Cat 12 is a small catamaran designed by the maritime architect Arthur Javes in the early sixties. Several thousand boats have been built. The Aqua Cat 12 is built by the American yard American Fiberglass Corp..

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. A hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Keel

DaggerBoard aka Sword

The Aqua Cat 12 is built with a daggerboard keel. A daggerboard is a lifting keel that can be lowered and raised vertically, allowing the boat to enter shallow waters.

The boat can sail close to the beach as the draft is just 0.13 - 0.23 meter (0.43 - 0.73 ft) dependent of the load.

Sailing characteristics

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Aqua Cat 12 is 1.87.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 69% of all other designs.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Aqua Cat 12 is 43 which categorizes this boat among 'ultra light racers'.

38% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.

Maintenance

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.