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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 03 2005 - 17:07:39 EDT
In a message dated 03/06/2005 21:41:11 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:
My Catalina 25 can get blown over to well past 120 degrees (way past mast in
the water) and still come back up and its a coastal boat. All my hatches
lock closed and the companionway boards have barrel bolts. Any blue water
boat must be ready for a knockdown and full roll-over. Take a cat to 80
degrees and shes gone forever. They are VERY stable upside down. My wife
says she'll go to sea in one when they stop making escape hatches in the
bottom.
Love the room, speed, initial stability. Hate the cost, ultimate stability,
and difficulty finding slips.
Planning to go in a Cal-39. That could change. Fast mono with sufficent
tankage under 40 feet. Blue water race ready, converted to offshore
cruiser. Spend around $50K on intial purchase (cash). Thats my criteria
interesting thought your mono is self tending it heels over and in extremis
rounds up into the wind - but heaven help you if you get the same gust when
your down below in your cat you need to have your sail set for worst case
scenario on your cat or be on the ball every minute you are out sailing and you
cant just run off downwind in your cat as your driving yourself into a
dangerous dead end slow down the cat as you stuff the bows into the wave ahead and
the apparent wind increases and your liable to flip and yes i do fancy a cat
IF and BUT
regards
David
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