Valiente-
Not really, since I own a Trimaran...
So I pick on the catamarans as well.
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Originally Posted by Valiente
It's an unusual day when you admit a slight deficiency in catamarans, SD!
But it's true that a cat has to take a fairly broad turn, because it is in effect a squarish boat as far as the water forces are concerned. One of the concerns I had going to a full keeler was losing the sort of "turn 180 degrees in a boat length" I had with a fin keeler. I found that having a transom hung rudder of a fair size helped in this regard, as did the someone counter-intuitive action of throwing the engine in reverse.
The most shearly responsive sailboats I've seen are 2.4m keelboats. I've never seen centerboard dinghies whip around quite so quickly as this class does. We have the greatest concentration of this class in North America at my club, and while it started as a Paralympian class (we have a couple of Paralympian sailors at the club), the boats proved so popular that a lot of our cruisers bought them as "fun boats". |
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
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