When looking for my first sailboat- I really wanted a Pacific cat. Alas, I could not find one (to this day I haven't even seen one).
Why did I want a "P-Cat" so badly? Sail area! I'd been checking out the specs of all the boats listed in Phil Bermans "Catamaran Sailing" and noticed that the P-Cat has gobs more sail area than most.

Incidentally sail area is why I went with a H16 instead of a G-Cat 5.0 for my first boat Live and learn!