IN EVERY WAY THAT MATTERS, I should have said.
The items you listed like limited cabin space, small cockpits
etc. don't matter to real sailors. As a matter of fact limited
cabin space is better and a small cockpit is better as far
as real sailors are concerned. We don't want a floating
condo or a condo ashore for that matter like you lubbers
do. We want something safe and secure in which to sail.

Any multi-hull is markedly inferior as far as seaworthiness
is concerned compared to a proper monomaran. The reason
for this is well known and is because as proper monomaran
will recover from a capsize while a multimaran will remain
upside down. Try sailing an upside-down boat sometime,
that is, if you live through the violent turning and jarring that
occurs from the cornerish nature of a multimaran.

Your example of tens of thousands of cruising cats
is 'ludicrisp' (Mike Tysonspeak). It proves your lubberly
proclivities. Why else would the mention of 'folding' even
be imagined. One need only fold when one places a
cat near shore or ashore.

Priorities, lubberboy, priorities!

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ...
Superior in every way? Are you daft?

Tris have a few advantages over cats: they tack better, they're usually faster in light
air, there are some very neat folding designs. But overall, they don't make it as a
cruising boat. Perhaps you've noticed that tens of thousands of cruising cats have been
built, but there are virtually no cruising tris.

A few reasons: they bounce back and forth on the amas, they have limited visibility,
they're hard to get into, they have limited cabin space, the cockpit is usually very
small. When they are overloaded they become dangerous. These are not drawbacks for a
racing boat, but they certainly don't help a cruiser.

On top of this, tris are much easier to capsize than cats; in fact the vast majority of
multihull capsizes are tris.

Once again you've demonstrated a complete lack of understanding on the topic. At least
you're consistent.

-jeff


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Tris are superior to cats in every way.

"Oz1" wrote in message
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But a tri is OK!