Yes cats are normally slower than the standard V bottom.

Ok wondering when I buy a house in the keys I plan to get a freeman and that info helps.

airraptor it depends on the type of the cats, the go fast ones are faster than vbottoms but the freeman is made for fishing so it's a little slower but if you compare to a nortech 39' superfish it might be closer in top speed

Well first thing you have to look at is the weight of that Nortech compared to this Cat and remember that Nortech with the quad 400's also has 200 more hp compared to this boat with quad 350's. Another thing to consider is these cats handle choppy water better