"Garry Beattie" <gjbeattie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "D Parker" <nospamozskipper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Garry Beattie" <gjbeattie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "D Parker" <nospamozskipper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> It would be good to see something like Playstation and her sister
cats
>>>> having a run south though. In fact, with the hobart fleet dwindling
>>>> somewhat since 98, it may be a choice the CYCA might have to make
>>>> eventually.
>>>>
>>>> DP
>>>
>>> If they did make it, then it would be a good decision.
>>>
>>> I still don't understand this "traditional" way of thinking.
>>> "If it isn't a monohul it isn't worth sailing" type mentality.
>>>
>>> I have sailed for 12 hours straight on my RL28 (mono hull) and could
not
>>> wait to arrive so that I could stand up straight again, however I have
>>> sailed for 10 days straight from Vanuatu to Australia on a 50'
catamaran
>>> and could have happily sailed it for another month or two.
>>>
>>> They sit better, they feel better and they are more "human friendly"
in
>>> my opinion, and YES they are faster.
>>>
>>> Yet the old salts will always bag them till the cows come home.
>>>
>>> Garry
>>
>> Interesting point. I did a similar long jouney to NZ a few years back
but
>> on a 55 foot cruiser racer with water ballast. It was a lot of work as
>> there was only three of us.Even though we had 1300 kilos of water to
>> windward to keep us flat, we never were. I have heard ( but dont know)
>> that some large cats "walk" and get a jerky motion going in large chop.
>> Did you experience that Garry?
>>
>> DP
>
> We actually spent 2 days going through a storm front Dave and we did
have
> to change course to compensate for the swell direction. In fact for
about
> 36 hours our course steered us away from Australia and more towards New
> Zealand, but that was mainly to stop the bridgedeck ba****ng on the crest
> of the waves.
>
> I think if you put the cat side onto the waves then yes I would imagine
> there would be a lot of "walking" as the hulls travel over lopsided
> potholes, but when steered into the swell it seemed fine to me.
>
> I think the Cat handled the stormy seas very well.
>
> Garry
Cool.. One of these days I will get to try out a decent sized cat. Havent
had the op****tunity so far
DP
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