Overall, 255 Catalac 9M boats were made, making it the most successful model in the range. A Practical Boat Owner magazine review of a Catalac 9M summarised it as a "competent, versatile and long-lasting cat". In Catamarans for Cruising, Jim Andrews (himself a Catalac owner) praises the 9M's interior layout and its good sea-keeping qualities. In 16 hours we had covered 140-odd miles". Kanter wrote,"when sailing in a 41-foot Catalac 12M alongside a beautiful 55 foot gold-plate ketch, Pacific High, we loped along with a steady upright forward motion and in 3 hours they were hull down over the horizon. In Cruising in Catamarans Charles Kanter declared that the Catalac "27 and 30 are among the best cruising catamarans ever produced". Galley-below layout (in the port or starboard hull).Ĭatalacs have been very well-received.Occasional single berths further aft in the hulls.Conventional accommodation, with two main berths on the bridgedeck forward of the saloon.Aft cockpit with protected wheel steering.Twin inboard diesels (sited aft), or single centrally-placed steered outboard.A considerable "rocker" underwater profile to allow manoeuvrability and skidding to leeward under high winds.Widely-flaring chines and overhanging bows.There are no known examples of a Catalac ever pitchpoling or being blown over and upturned. The babystay gives a slight mast curvature to enable a fuller-shaped mainsail. Twin backstays run to the transoms, enabling the forestay to be kept taut. Although modern catamarans tend to have a fractional rig, the Catalac's mainsail has a straight leech, short battens and no roach. The sailplan is a masthead Bermuda sloop of modest area. Only the 9M has a staggered sheerline (which allows easy aft access from a pontoon) the other models all have an unbroken sheerline. Initially featuring lifting dinghy-type rudders, Catalac moved to fixed rudders protected by a skeg this allowed the boats to sail a little closer to the wind. Compared to modern designs, Catalacs had a narrow beam of less than half the LOA, and vertical transoms (rather than the more modern "sugar scoop" with transom steps). Some of the superstructure, such as the solid foredeck, was of sandwich grp construction. All Catalacs were very strongly-built with thick grp hulls and glass windows. All the other models are derived from the 9M and use a similar design concept the 8M even used the same hulls as the 9M. The Catalac company's main model was the 9-metre 9M. In the 1990s, the Catalac 9M was briefly revived and updated in the US as the. After a successful period of production, the company closed in 1986. The company was founded by Tom Lack (hence 'Cata + Lac' ), in Christchurch, Dorset. A Catalac 9M, showing the solid foredeck, the flared bow, and the hard chine hull section which gives reserve buoyancy. Catalac is a defunct English maritime construction company that specialised in building sailing catamarans.
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