Dandee 8M Catamaran

Dandee 8M Catamaran

This catamaran is 26’ 4” long but 20’ 0” wide! It incorporates many of the best features of much larger multihulls—flat sailing, high performance, shallow draft, huge deck spaces and is virtually unsinkable, but what sets her apart from other multihulls is the unique ability to be demountable and transportable allowing for trailering or container-shipping worldwide! Designed in cooperation with well-respected and world-renowned multihull designer John Shuttleworth, this design has a futuristic, aerodynamic shape with low windage.

The aft bridge deck has wraparound seating for up to ten surrounding a new large dining table and matching wooden floor in the cockpit. A hard dodger canopy with some opening ports and a large bimini give great protection from the sun and spray. Molded-in boarding steps and swim ladders on the transoms allow for easy entry from the dock or from the water.

Moving below deck via the companionway steps into the port hull you’ll find a full length ’cozy’ double berth aft complete with a privacy curtain. The galley area amidships allows for standing headroom and incorporates a comfortable bench facing a generous galley counter with ample shelving over and storage under. The forward berths are suitable for an adult (or two children) and have a large opening screened hatch overhead. The starboard hull features similar aft cabin berth arrangements as the port side both forward and aft but amidships is a navigation/computer area with bench seating opposite. Forward of the navigation area is the toilet with privacy curtains, vanity sink and holding tanks. 

A simple but strong three-stay fractional design rig is used. The mast, boom and aft cross tubes are Carbon Fibre for high strength and low weight. The mainsail is computer cut Pentex with a square cut top with three reefs, a large roach, full length battens and flakes into lazy jacks for easy sail handling. The mast base incorporates a socket that sits on a matching stainless steel deckfitting ball allowing for passive rotation. Halyards exit the mast around the ball and turn via base mounted blocks through deck organizers aft to jam cleats and self-tailing winches. The Pentex jib is self-tacking. Boom mainsail cover and jib bag are included. All deck fittings are stainless steel.

Expect to see speeds up to ten knots on a reach and lightly loaded. Downwind with an asymmetrical spinnaker should allow you to achieve speeds in the low teens or even more. Stunning good looks, high-tech materials and very competitive pricing make this a wonderful opportunity for those wishing to venture into the world of micro-multihull sailing.

• Anchor: Danforth
• Anchor Chain: 10 feet
• Anchor Rode: 150 feet
• Batteries: 2
• Battery Switch Vapor Proof: 2
• Bilge Pumps: 2 Electric
• Boarding Ladder
• Bow Rail
• Bow Roller
• Carpet in Cabin
• Cabin Curtains and Blinds
• Storage Stands
• Bridgedeck Table
• Dinghy
• Dinghy Motor: 1.5 HP
• Docking Lights
• Fenders: 6
• Head: Manual
• Screens on Hatches and Ports
• Shore Power Inlets: 2
• Shore Power Amps: 30 amps
• Shore Power Cord Length: 35 feet

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