Atlantic Catamarans
25 Years of Development
The first Atlantic Cat was launched in 1985, and the concept has been steadily developed and refined in the 25 years since. They are the most popular of my designs, and for good reason. They are powerful sailing boats that are easy to handle, durable, and with great cruising accommodations in a unique layout.
What sets them apart from all the other catamarans is the midship cockpit, aft pilothouse configuration. The advantage to this is clear; you can see where you are going, both from the sailing cockpit and the inside steering station in the pilothouse.
Added benefits are that all the sailing controls are within easy reach of the helmsman, and there is zero risk of falling overboard from the cockpit. I think it is the safest cruising catamaran design possible.
The Atlantic Cats are also among the fastest, if not THE fastest cruising catamarans available.
The Atlantic 57 and the Atlantic 48 are in series production; other models are available on a custom-build basis. All of the Atlantic Cats are built in modern high strength epoxy/glass/carbon composites - materials that are far superior to the mainstream production catamarans. This ensures ruggedness, long life and low maintenance costs.
"Chris White's design is brilliant. Unlike all other catamaran designs I know of,
Chris's Atlantic cats feature a waist-high cockpit forward of the pilot house and
right behind the mast that you walk into from the pilot house through a full-size
door. Catalyst's pilot house is the perfect complement to its forward cockpit. Now
that I've been living in it for a while, I can say it is the best "room" I've ever
owned, a combination of living room, study, office, observation perch, and (its
designed functions) inside steering station and navigation station."
– From Sib Reppert aboard "Catalyst" in the S. Atlantic, June 2001