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From: Andy Repton (no email)
Date: Thu Jun 02 2005 - 15:17:11 EDT
Thanks to Dwight for his excellent post re mono vs cat. I'd just like to
comment on one point:
> Tacking. A cat won't tack as nicely as a monohull. Sometimes you have
> to backwind the jib in light airs or you'll go into irons instead of
> tacking. A bad sail configuration will really mess up a cat.
this is unfortunately true of the large 'condominarams' that are popular
in the charter fleets, but is most definately not true of modern
properly designed catamarans. One quote from an owner of a Shuttleworth
designed 40ft cat springs to mind "she tacks in her own length". This
catamaran recently sailed from England to Australia via Panama etc with
a family of four on board.
For anyone interested in catamaran design, both racing and cruising, I
highly recommend John Shuttleworth's website,
http://www.john-shuttleworth.com
Andy (who would *love* to have the Shuttleworth 63 cat, now called
Dulcinea, for cruising)
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