Well, yeah. My cat was a Hobie 14'. I do like the feeling when heeled
over at speed, but not when the Admiral is with.

SV



"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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I always tell people that if I ever flew a hull on my cat, my next action
would
be a call to my insurance agent. However, the new "express" version of my
boat
is several tons lighter, has a tall rig, and dagger boards - I've heard it
really screams with one hull lifted!

I won't argue with your assessment of heeling - I suppose I've been "level
sailing" for so long I kind of miss the excitement of heeling over, seeing
all
my possessions flying across the cabin, water rushing in open ports. The
good
old days! One vision really etched in my memory is the cat box, complete
with
cat, sliding across the cabin sole!

-jeff


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Scott,

You don't "Heel" a Cat, you fly a hull! You're right, it's a real kick
to lift a hull out off the water and take off like a "Bat out of
H-------"

Remember though, the sail is in between the hulls. When it isn't, you
have a recovery problem!

And; Jeff
When you "heel" and get a hot cup of coffee in your lap, its EVIL, when
you run out of rudder and round up, Evil. I've got a collection of great
Coffee Mugs without handles that were broken off in falls due to
"Heeling" Evil. I have many memories of peeing on my shoes in the head
from sudden "Heeling" Evil!!

You can call it what ever you want, I call it EVIL

Ole Thom

Catamarans can and do heel, but only 5 or so degrees.


Hmmmm. Sounds like another uniformed idiotic moronic comment from Gayanzy.
Some cats can fly a hull. That's more than 5 degrees.

RB

Sounds like you're the KING OF IDIOTS! YOU WIN!

Now you're claiming that when a cat flys a hull it's actually heeling???????

HEY STUPID!! Most cats can fly a hull.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Catamarans can and do heel, but only 5 or so degrees.


Hmmmm. Sounds like another uniformed idiotic moronic comment from Gayanzy.
Some cats can fly a hull. That's more than 5 degrees.

RB

Now you're claiming that when a cat flys a hull it's actually heeling???????

HEY STUPID!! Most cats can fly a hull.


They can? Hmmmm. Didn't you say most only heel 5 degrees? I suggest you might
be confused between listing and heeling.
No surprise!

Bwahahahahahaha!

RB

No, I'd say you have no idea what you're talking about.

Let me try and explain, even though I know it's futile in your
case...

During normal sailing conditions, most cats heel up to about 5 deg.,
some a bit more, some less, depending on the conditions and the boat.
On the other hand, when things get out of control, as in the case of a
cruising cat, one hull lifts off the water, thus "flying." Disaster is sure
to
follow. If the cat, such as many a hobie, flys a hull, that's probably
intended if the sailors know what they're doing. If they don't, it soon
goes over, and then they learn something (something you seem
incapable of doing).

Back to you mental juvinile....

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Now you're claiming that when a cat flys a hull it's actually
heeling???????

HEY STUPID!! Most cats can fly a hull.


They can? Hmmmm. Didn't you say most only heel 5 degrees? I suggest you
might
be confused between listing and heeling.
No surprise!

Bwahahahahahaha!

RB

During normal sailing conditions, most cats heel up to about 5 deg.,
some a bit more, some less, depending on the conditions and the boat.
On the other hand, when things get out of control, as in the case of a
cruising cat, one hull lifts off the water, thus "flying."

Duh! It's still heeling, dumbass!

Bwahahahahaha!

RB

Nutsy,

I don't consider flying a hull "HEELING" but I'll not argue the point.

I can't say that forcing a Lee hull deeper into the water isn't heeling.
It probably is but it surely isn't enough to effect the height of the
sail.

I'll not argue either point. A cruising Cat, in my mind is sailing flat,
with sails in the best sailing attitude.

Thom

No. It's not dumbass. Heeling is leaning. Flying a hull is flying a hull.
The hull that
remains in the water is heeling. The boat is flying a hull.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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During normal sailing conditions, most cats heel up to about 5 deg.,
some a bit more, some less, depending on the conditions and the boat.
On the other hand, when things get out of control, as in the case of a
cruising cat, one hull lifts off the water, thus "flying."

Duh! It's still heeling, dumbass!

Bwahahahahaha!

RB