Some cats can point. It looked to me like the Gunboat was not trimmed in
hard either.


OzOne wrote:
Sure, but any cat that could outsail a Pug80 to windward would be a
very rare beast indeed.

Cogito?

The cat was obviously sailing its fastest point of sail.
It would be interesting to see its polars.


That it would. Do you think one of these is likely to compete in the
Sydney Hobart any day soon?


One advatnage of a cat that appeals to me after our recent trip is that
they are usually easier to steer straight in a following sea. But the
jerky motion might be less comfortable than the mono's corkscrew roll.
Every boat has it's plusses & minusses.

OzOne wrote:
Only trouble with a cat is that they tend to dig in the leeward bow
when you're driving down a wave at an angle.
They then want to start heading up and you ned to catch this before it
starts or you'll end up reaching across the face which will make your
hair stand on end if it's a really big wave or has a curling crest.


On a Hobie, getting wet isn't a big deal. On a 62 footer, it would be a
very big deal!

I'd think the Gunboat 62 has enough reserve bouyancy in the bow to avoid
digging in too hard.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King