The myth about living in a capsized catamaran is not myth, it has happened on several
occasions. Its also true that cruising cats have only capsized a few times, so they
actually have a high percentage of saving the lives of their crew.

Any situation that can flip a cat will be able to roll a mono - in either case, if you're
on deck at the time you have a serious problem. The catamarans have done a reasonable job
of protecting their crew, the same cannot be said for the monohulls.


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Any decent monomaran will not sink because it gets rolled
360 degrees. The structure is strong enough to withstand
this treatment without taking on significant quantities of water.

The myth about it is better to be upside down and afloat
than right side up on the bottom is just that - myth. Try living
on the outside of the hulls on an upside down multihull some
time. You will not think it is such a great thing to be sure.


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Wrong again Neal. A mono will right it self to be sure.
Occasionally, on the bottom. The catamaran won't
right it self, but it'll still be floating. Also, you don't have
to washing machine effect in a cat. If you flip, you stay
flipped. If you prepare for that possibility, survivability
goes way up, because you can stay with the boat. You
don't need to purchase an expensive liferaft. The boat
becomes the liferaft, as it should.

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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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
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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!