World Cat’s logic is simple: Two hulls are better than one.
The company’s origins date back more than a quarter-century, when Glacier Bay Edition boats were launched in the Pacific Northwest. They quickly made a name for themselves, winning offshore races and making historic open-ocean voyages.
From the start, the not-so-secret of success was the catamaran hull — paired hulls and flotation at the boat’s outer edges providing stable, comfortable rides running and at rest, with deck space beyond expectations for boat length.
The PowerCat Group formed and acquired World Cat in 2001, with Glacier Bay becoming part of PowerCat in 2009 and Livingston Skiffs joining a year later. Carolina Cat was introduced in 2011, and in 2015, the World Cat corporate brand was consolidated — Carolina Cat becoming part of World Cat, and Glacier Bay becoming Glacier Bay Edition.
World Cat is the world’s largest maker of catamaran powerboats, with more than 80,000 afloat. Based in Tarboro, North Carolina, it makes twin-hull boats in a variety of sizes and configurations.
Beyond their stable, comfortable ride across blue water — survey respondents with World Cat experience most like their stability, safety and ride — shallow-drafting World Cat boats are at home in the shallows, too.
320CC
A total 10 and a half feet of beam makes for a wide boat, and that generous width is maximized when it’s atop a pair of hulls in the World Cat 320CC center-console, a hardcore fishing machine.
At 32'2", the 320CC is versatile — running flat-out to points far offshore, prowling coastal shallows or cruising anywhere, all with World Cat’s trademark stable, dry ride.
The 320CC features more than 1,300 quarts of insulated storage — fish box, cooler, or dry storage as you see the need, along with overboard drainage in port compartments and diaphragm pumps in stern fish boxes. You’ll find a 45-gallon livewell and tackle station aft of the helm, as well as a dozen gunwale-mounted stainless-steel rod holders fore and aft. You might need lots of rods: The boat seats up to 12 people comfortably.
Aft, port and starboard lockable storage compartments hold and protect three offshore rods each, with additional port and starboard gunwale-mounted, lockable storage compartments for tackle and other gear. Molded-in toe rails, full cockpit bolsters and fold-down aft seats are all ready to fight fish, too.
The helm is protected by a fiberglass top, and the fiberglass console has wraparound safety glass and side vents.
The large electronics area welcomes two 15-inch screens.