When my wife fell pregnant with our first child, she had (in my opinion) an irrational fear of mixing children with sailing, so we sold our Catalina 28 with the promise that when the kids got older, we will look at sailing again. During that time, I owned various powerboats from tinnies to cabin cruisers and kept my hand in a bit of sailing whenever I could.

Well the Tinlids have come of age (sort of) and we are now starting to look into the yachting side of boating again with the intension of spending 6 months in 2017 sailing the West Coast of WA. We had the discussion this morning on mono vs multi. We discussed the pro's vs the con's (we are talking room, comfort and the likes here), and to be honest, the pro's were stacking up awfully quick. Budget aside for the moment, and yes the budget will play a major role, we come to the question behind this thread.

Has anyone gone from mono to multi and regretted the decision?

The only multihull experience I have are the little hire cats you get on the foreshores and the Shot-Over I think it was called at Sharkbay just as a passenger. While I will try and weasel my way onto someones multi for the morning/afternoon, I am wondering if what I enjoy about sailing will be lost on a catamaran.

I am interested in hearing your opinions either good or bad. Whether you regretted the change or regretted not doing it sooner.

Cheers