Actually our VMG is better than most monohulls. Even pointing 50 degrees true
we'll pass most of them. At any other point of sail, in just about any sea
condition, its no contest. Of course, when your SA/Disp is over 20, and you
have very low wave making resistance, and you don't loose effective sail area to
heeling, you're going to blow away most other boats. Even running, we've been
over 12 knots without flying a chute.

You should try a cat sometime, jaxie, if you're not afraid of going too fast.

Of course, our boat is setup for long distance cruising - you can get the same
hull without the twin diesels and about 1000 pounds lighter in the classic
model; or if you want a real screamer, you can get it with 30% more sail, about
30% less weight, and daggerboards instead of fixed keels.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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The reason my wife likes a catamarans is that she loves to sail 50% faster
than
all the lead draggers.


boy do you have her hoodwinked. the only time a cruising cat does 50% faster
than a mono is on a beam reach in 12 knot winds and no waves. upwind the
cat's
VMG is worse, downwind no better.