Why can't you get a straight answer about some people's identities? If someone
actually had a serious boating question why would they use a forged sig?

And why can't cat performance be as good as the reviewers and owners say? I've
done everything "wrong" in terms of performance on my cat: twin diesels instead
of the standard outboards, heavy duty deck hardware, four anchors and rodes,
dinghy in davits, large deep freezer, lots of tools, spare parts, layers of
bottom paint, a stack pack main, and a high cut jib, etc. And still, we're
always faster than cruising monohulls by a knot or two, sometimes three. I'll
admit the gap is narrowing, especially when we're loaded up for a vacation, but
the last good "head to head" we had was in light air, and we blew past a
Catalina 42 rating about 100. In heavier air she'll still do 10+ knots, though
we haven't seen 12 knots in a few years.

I'll admit I don't bother sailing to windward often, but she can power into a
headwind at 7 knots, so why bother? But she can hold her own at 45 degrees true
and speeds away when you foot off. Of course, tacking can be excruciating.

And what's this about a "crawl in" bed? Isn't that what monohulls have,
commonly called a V-berth? I have a queen sized pullman bunk with 6'4" headroom
in the stateroom. Actually I have two such staterooms, plus a third smaller
"crawl in" that our daughter prefers.

So tell me, do monohullers really like sailing around heeled over 30 degrees? I
mean, it can be fun for a daysail, but why would anyone want to do that for long
passage? And why would anyone want to carry around several tons of lead? So
they'll need twice to sail to go slower? So they'll crunch the dock harder?
And why would you want a boat the will sink in minutes if it gets holed? This
whole ballast thing is a relatively new concept in boat design, and a bit of a
dead end, if you ask me!



"Bobspirt" wrote in message
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Why can't you get a straight answer from catamaran owners about the
performance
of their cat. All you hear is that they are fast, fast, fast and roomy,
roomy,
roomy and don't point all that bad. Deep down, you know this can't be true.
Do they stay fast once you put normal cruising gear on them? Is it comfy to
sleep in a bed that both of you have to crawl into from the end? Can you do
better than right angles to the true wind? Its like they developed their
answers with Condoleeza Rice's help.