Next message: David Marchand: "Re: lv-ab: Gray water"
You seem to be addressing how a cat can be rolled due to the wind, but I
would think it more likely that a cat, or for that matter any boat,
would roll or pitchpole due to some combination of wind and waves,
especially a nice big surprise wave. Is there any data available on the
relative behavior of cats and monohulls in extreme wave conditions, or
combination wind/wave conditions such as you might encounter if you get
caught out in, say, a tropical storm?
Dick
> The point = Rolling a properly designed cruising cat (theoretically)
> requires :
>
> 65 knots of wind on the beam
> Full genoa (not reefed)
> Full main (not reefed)
> Both sails sheeted in tight as a drum.
>
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