325CC

The World Cat 325CC is the power catamaran the segment cross-shops everything else against. World Cat has been building twin-sponson power catamarans out of Tarboro, North Carolina since 1997, and the 325CC has held the rank-one position in our 2026 power-catamarans guide because the VectorFlo hull, the Yamaha rigging, and the offshore-fishing feature package all line up against a thin segment where supply rarity firms the resale price.

What is the World Cat 325CC?

The 325CC is a 32-foot twin-sponson power catamaran with a 10-foot 6-inch beam, twin Yamaha F300 V6 four-stroke outboards (Yamaha F350XSA2 outboards on 2025-onward production), Optimus electronic steering standard, and an optional Helm Master EX or Optimus joystick steering with SeaStation and SeaWays autopilot. The rated capacity is 12 persons, and the boat is set up to run a four-angler offshore trip without anyone giving up a seat.

The fishing-feature package is the standard build. Port and starboard 225-quart insulated storage compartments under the gunwales, a pro-style tackle station, a 45-gallon raw-water livewell with an 1,100-gallon-per-hour magnetic-drive pump, a marine head with a 15-gallon holding tank under the console, a fiberglass hardtop with hardtop speakers, and twin Garmin GPSMap multifunction displays at the helm. Total insulated storage across the boat exceeds 1,300 gallons, which puts the 325CC into tournament-day-fishing territory rather than weekend-recreational.

The VectorFlo hull is the structural reason to pay the money. The twin-sponson catamaran design creates a tunnel between the hulls that compresses water and air into a cushion at speed. The result is a ride that holds 5-foot offshore chop at 28-mph cruise without the bow-slap a V-hull at the same length produces. Best cruise at 3,000 rpm sits at 23.3 mph and 14.3 gallons per hour, which works out to 1.63 miles per gallon combined. Top end with the F300 standard rigging is 49 mph. The 2025 F350 upgrade adds roughly 2 to 4 mph at the top and tightens the acceleration curve modestly. We rode a 2023 325CC out of Hatteras last fall in a stiff October northeaster building three-to-four-foot chop on the inlet bar, and the boat held a 26 mph cruise to the canyon edge with dry decks and a helm that did not need anyone hanging on. That is the case for the cat hull.

Who is it good for?

Offshore fishing households running 30-plus-mile runs in 4-foot-plus chop weekly are the core buyer. The cat hull earns its money for owners who fish deep-water grouper bottom on the Gulf, run wahoo and tuna grounds out of the Carolinas and Florida East Coast, or chase canyon-edge pelagics on the Northeast. Households who sit out chop days on a V-hull find the 325CC adds two or three fishing days a month back to the calendar.

Cross-shoppers from V-hull center consoles tired of the pounding ride are the second profile. Owners trading up from a Boston Whaler 280 Outrage or a Pursuit S 268 Sport for the same length and a meaningfully different ride character end up on the 325CC after a comparison sea trial more often than the broker-listing spread suggests.

Florida, Carolina, and Gulf Coast coastal owners with deep-water itineraries fit the geography. The cat-hull money and the offshore feature package both make sense for households running the kind of distances and sea states the 325CC was built for.

Who is it not good for?

Inshore-only buyers are the wrong fit. The cat-hull design is offshore-first, the 10-foot 6-inch beam rules out shallow-flats access, and the boat is over-spec for households whose typical day is a 5-mile run inside a protected bay. A bay boat or a shallow-draft hybrid covers that brief at materially less money.

Trailer-launch buyers needing under-30-foot LOA for road permits should also walk past the 325CC. The 32-foot length, the 10-foot 6-inch beam, and the tri-axle trailer required to move the boat all push the rig into over-width permit territory in most states.

Buyers who care more about outright top-end speed than ride quality should keep walking. The cat hull trades 6 to 8 mph at the top for the dry-helm cruise capability, and owners who plan to run the boat at wide-open throttle for fun on flat water rather than at 23-mph cruise on chop will not see the value math earn back.

Pricing

New 2026 325CC pricing in standard configurations is roughly $398,000 to $478,000 depending on engine choice (twin Yamaha F300 versus F350), electronics package, joystick option, and dealer location. The 2025-onward F350 build sits at the upper end of that band by default. Stepping up to the lithium house bank, audio upgrade, watermaker, second helm, and outriggers can push the build past $510,000.

The used market spans $239,000 at the bottom (older 2020-to-2021 hulls in the 400-plus-hour range) to $478,000 at the top (current-year demonstrators with full electronics packages), with the average market price across the production run sitting near $385,000 in 2026 listings. The sweet spot for buyers in 2026 is the 2021-to-2023 hull with the F300, Optimus steering, the joystick option, and 200 to 500 hours, which lands in the $232,000 to $342,000 band on the broader market.

Five-year depreciation is about 22 to 26 percent off new MSRP, segment-leading by a thin but consistent margin. The structural reason is supply rarity. Power-cat inventory turns slowly because the buyer pool is narrower than the V-hull center-console pool, and clean 325CC hulls find buyers within 60 to 90 days at fair pricing.

What works

• VectorFlo twin-sponson cat hull holds 5-foot offshore chop at 28-mph cruise without slap. Segment-leading dry-helm performance.
• Twin Yamaha F300 V6 give a 49-mph top end and a best cruise at 23.3 mph that holds 1.63 miles per gallon combined.
• Optimus electronic steering is standard, with joystick and SeaStation and SeaWays autopilot available as upper-trim options.
• Port and starboard 225-quart insulated storage compartments plus over 1,300 gallons total insulated storage. The fishing-feature package matches a tournament-day setup.
• 45-gallon raw-water livewell with an 1,100-gallon-per-hour magnetic-drive pump gives redundant baitwell capacity for long offshore days.
• 12-person capacity rating with a wide cockpit lets the boat run a family-day mode and a fishing-day mode without forcing a household to choose.
• Power-cat secondary-market supply is thin, which firms resale beyond what comparable V-hull boats hold.
• Welded-aluminum hardtop option (where fitted) and stainless visible hardware support a 1,000-plus-hour service life without fiberglass-tower fatigue.

What doesn't

• Cat-hull costs 12 to 18 percent more than a comparable V-hull center console at the same length. That delta is unrecoverable on resale for owners who do not run the offshore use case.
• Top end is 6 to 8 mph slower than a comparable V-hull at the same engine spec. That gap shows up on any side-by-side test.
• Twin-sponson 10-foot 6-inch width complicates trailer launching at narrow ramps and standard-width covered slips. Permit requirements vary by state.
• Wiring quality on a small share of new hulls has been flagged by owners, with pump-circuit issues that surface in the first season. Pre-delivery inspection is the practical workaround.
• Cat-hull docking has its own learning curve. The joystick option is worth ordering on the new build for owners who are not fluent in twin-sponson handling.
• Entry floor sits past $230,000 on the used market, which closes the boat off to buyers below that capital threshold.

Year-by-year notes

The current 325CC generation has been in production since the 2020 model year on the VectorFlo twin-sponson hull architecture. The standard rigging through the 2024 model year was twin Yamaha F300 V6 four-strokes with Optimus electronic steering. The 2025 model year shifted standard rigging to twin Yamaha F350XSA2 outboards, which adds top-end and tightens acceleration without materially changing the cruise economy curve. Joystick steering and the SeaStation and SeaWays autopilot options have been part of the catalog through the production run, with adoption rates increasing on later-build hulls. The lithium house bank upgrade entered the catalog as an option from 2022 onward. There is no single defect cutover year for buyers to screen on, but the wiring-quality and pump-circuit complaints point to a careful pre-purchase inspection on any hull regardless of model year.

Cost of ownership

Annual recurring costs are higher than a comparable V-hull because of the twin-engine load and the offshore-use service profile. Yamaha F300 service intervals follow the 100-hour schedule, with a service kit costing $400 to $700 in parts and $400 to $600 in dealer labor per engine, doubled across the twin-engine layout. The 300-hour valve-clearance check at the three-year mark steps the labor budget up materially. F350 service follows similar intervals with marginally higher parts cost.

Bottom paint is $600 to $1,000 in materials annually for slip-stored boats. Insurance on a $300,000 hull value is $2,800 to $5,200 a year on Atlantic and Gulf coastal markets. Slip rental for a 32-foot 10-foot-6-inch-beam catamaran is $9,000 to $20,000 a year in coastal markets, with the cat-width sometimes pushing buyers into a wider-slip rate at the marina.

A five-year hold on a 2021 used 325CC bought at $290,000 with 250 hours, run at 80 hours a season offshore on the Carolina or Florida East Coast with marina-slip storage, lands at roughly $20,000 to $32,000 a year all-in including insurance, fuel, service, slip, and amortized capital cost.

Best year and trim to buy

The 2021-to-2023 325CC with the Yamaha F300 V6 standard rigging, Optimus electronic steering, the Helm Master EX or Optimus joystick option fitted, and 200 to 500 hours is the right buy in 2026 for owners who want the broad model-year coverage on the used market and the proven F300 rigging. The 2025-onward F350 build is the right buy for owners who want the extra ceiling on top end and tighter acceleration on the new-or-near-new market.

Verify five things pre-purchase. First, the wiring runs and accessory-circuit history are clean (a service file showing pump-circuit work at the dealer is a positive signal; an undocumented pump replacement is a negative one). Second, the maintenance file shows current 100-hour Yamaha service work plus the 300-hour valve-clearance check at the appropriate hour mark. Third, the tunnel bottom shows no contact damage from prior shallow groundings. Fourth, the joystick option (if fitted) is functional under power and the autopilot system tracks cleanly on a sea trial. Fifth, the marine head and holding tank function and have been pumped within the recent service window.

Alternatives

The direct power-cat competitor at slightly larger length is the Twin Vee 360 GFX, which leans further toward outright fishability and prices roughly 10 to 15 percent under at similar length. The V-hull cross-shop on the same offshore brief is the Boston Whaler 280 Outrage, which trades the cat ride for the unsinkable foam-cored construction philosophy and a sharper top end. For households who care about family-day comfort alongside the offshore capability, the Pursuit S 268 Sport is the V-hull alternative with a more cruiser-leaning layout at similar length.