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From: Courtney Thomas (no email)
Date: Thu Jun 02 2005 - 17:13:05 EDT
Thanks for the Shuttleworth link.
Any idea what current DIY construction costs are for a Shuttleworth
design in the 35-40 foot range ?
Appreciatively,
Courtney
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 14:17, Andy Repton wrote:
> Thanks to Dwight for his excellent post re mono vs cat. I'd just like to
> comment on one point:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> For anyone interested in catamaran design, both racing and cruising, I
> highly recommend John Shuttleworth's website,
> http://www.john-shuttleworth.com
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> Andy (who would *love* to have the Shuttleworth 63 cat, now called
> Dulcinea, for cruising)
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