{"id":30,"count":48,"description":"The Catalac 9M was Tom Lack\u2019s first venture into catamaran design. He commissioned John Winterbotham of MG Duff LTD to design the Catalac 9M in 1968, forming part of a range of cruising catamarans which eventually ranged from 8m to 12m. All were built at Lack\u2019s yard in Christchurch. \r\n\r\nThis design was envisioned as the successor to Bill O\u2019Briens venerable Bobcat Catamaran. They would be safe cruisers, aimed squarely at the family marketplace. Thought of as motor sailors because of the boxy design, these boats actually sail very well, don\u2019t heel while sailing and with the 6\u2032 3 inches of headroom in the hulls, no one feels boxed in or forced to go \u2018camping\u2019.\r\n\r\nThe Catalac 9M was constructed with solid fiberglass, chined hulls with lots of rocker and deep \u201cV\u201d sections forward which flattened out at the stern. The combination of \u201cV\u201d hulls and rocker, eliminated the need of keels while providing what was thought to be enough grip for windward performance.\r\n\r\nPlease see our information page for more.","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/brand\/catalac-9m\/","name":"Catalac 9M","slug":"catalac-9m","taxonomy":"brand","parent":28,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/brand"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand\/28"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference?brand=30"},{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yachts-for-sale?brand=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}