Corsair Panther

CORSAIR PANTHER The Panther is a sailing catamaran along the same lines as Corsair’s Elysium, except that it removed berthing space at the rear of both hulls so it has twin powerboat motors. The motors are primarily accessed from the rear and on deck rather than through the cabin. The engines give it even more power than the Elysium, but the boat design and positioning cost it some turning radius. When under sail the Panther can unfurl three sails— the main, jib, and spinnaker. The main and jib are the standard sails seen on a sailboat off the main mast and front rigging. The spinnaker is a large parachute-like sail that extends further out in front of the boat.
The access adjustment for the motors preserves the remaining portion of those aft berths to be storage, which allows the Panther extended time at sea. With the repurposed berth space, the Panther sleeps eight rather than ten. The added storage and reduced complement means it can store food and water for all passengers for over two months, its normal sea travel storage max. Mathematically it’s 82.5 days, so I could say almost three months.
Below deck the Panther has a large sitting area around the galley with berths in the fore and amidships hull areas on each side. The head and shower are on the port side, with a secondary pilot station and electronics suite starboard. The rear deck of the Panther is like a small covered porch with a pilot station and seating as well as a step down dive deck full aft. The bow has two options, a solid platform that ends a meter before the hulls or a trampoline-like net that runs all the way out. I personally like the trampoline though security conscious folks like the platform.
The Panther’s biggest limitation is the color options. It only comes in black. While this may seem strange for a vessel that may spend its entire existence in the blazing sun, there is a reason and zero issues. The black paint is a combination thermoelectric and photovoltaic material that constantly feeds juice to the ship’s battery system while sapping heat away from the black paint. The power supply isn’t enough to run the motors directly, but it allows the secondary batteries to be gaining charge while the main batteries are in use. Main batteries take about twelve hours of sunlight to fully recharge, secondary batteries take eight.

WATERCRAFT	HANDLING	SPEED	ACCEL	BOD	ARMOR	PILOT	SENSOR	SEATS	AVAIL	COST
Panther	1/3	2/5	1/3	18	10	2	3	8	12	135.000Y

Standard Equipment: Amenities (middle), improved economy, satellite link, secondary manual controls, signature masking 2, SunCell

(Rigger 85-87)