The Maddalena archipelago is granite, sand and shallow water, and it is close to a perfect catamaran cruising ground. The anchorages are short-hopped, popular and often only a couple of metres deep over sand, which is exactly the water a catamaran uses well and a deep monohull has to watch.
Why the archipelago suits two hulls
Draught first: the good spots between Spargi, Budelli and Santa Maria are shallow sand, and a boat drawing a metre anchors where a two-metre keel is nervous. Stability second: this is a swimming and lunching cruising ground rather than a passage-making one, and a flat boat at anchor is the whole point. Space third, because the week is short-hopped and the cockpit gets more use than the sails.
What it costs
Boataround publishes from 592 EUR a day for a 16.7m Solaris 55 at Porto Rotondo, marked Skippered, with the skipper and a transit log charged separately, which is a monohull and a useful anchor for what a large boat costs here. For weeks, Nautilus Yachting's Italian floor of around 1200 pounds for a low-season bareboat monohull is the country figure; no company in this record publishes a Sardinian catamaran rate.
The permit, and arriving early
The archipelago is a national park with a permit priced by boat size and duration, normally arranged and billed by the charter company and absent from every published rate. And the good anchorages fill by late morning in August. A catamaran does not help with either, which is worth saying plainly: it opens water a monohull cannot use, and it does not create space where there is none.
Questions people ask about catamaran charter sardinia
Is a catamaran good for Sardinia?
Very. The Maddalena anchorages are shallow sand and short-hopped, which suits shoal draught and a flat boat at anchor.
What does a Sardinian charter cost?
Boataround publishes from 592 EUR a day for a 16.7m skippered Solaris at Porto Rotondo. No Sardinian catamaran rate is published in this record.
Do I need a permit?
Yes, for the Maddalena national park, priced by boat size and duration and normally billed by the charter company.