"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Quartering seas are no problem at all for most cats,

really? a sea that hits first one hull and shortly after the other hull is
"no
problem at all for most cats"? mono's sure as hell don't move around like
that
and the seas we saw were light.

If you had a problem, you don't know how to steer a boat. Properly handled, a
cat can be rock stead in a quartering sea.

Of course, you don't even know what type of cat it was.


has a very weak stomach indeed

I wasn't talking seasickness. I was talking about the yawing of the craft as
quartering seas passed.

Yaw? You had yaw problems? In a 4 foot sea? I'll admit my cat yaws a bit
sliding down 10 foot following seas at 13 knots. If you had yaw problems you
definitely don't know how to steer a boat!



Beam seas
are the worst, because they will raise one hull and dip the other.

maybe for seasickness. but cats don't want to track straight in quartering
seas. can't use the autopilot because of it.

In a 4 foot sea? You don't know how to use an autopilot! What type was it?
What was the boat?



cats will have a "herky-jerky" motion compared to a heavy monohull, but after
a
while you don't notice it at all.

like the heat in Arizona? I suppose.

we've yet to encounter a situation that we think would
be handled better by a monohull.

try quartering seas.

I've done it many times. I have put about 10,000 miles on my cat, more than
half in the open water. You took one trip (so you claim) in a boat where you
don't know that type it was.




I suppose if you don't know how to use a twin engine docking can be
difficult,
but most cats are far easier to dock than monohulls.

in 20 knot cross winds? the long term _owner_ of the boat couldn't do it, and
we had help from five people on the fuel dock to get away.

What? Then you had a boat full of incompetant fools! Getting into a tight
face dock can be a pain without help, but getting off a dock, even pinned by a
strong wind, is no problem with twin engines. Maybe you don't know about
spring lines.



You must have very little
experience docking if this was a problem for you.

it wasn't me trying to dock the boat, it was the long term owner, who btw
showed himself to be a fine sailor at sea. He didn't seem to lack any
experience or judgement.

Except he couldn't get off the dock and he couldn't handle a quartering sea.
And you don't know what type of boat it was. Sounds like another one of your
bull**** stories, jaxie.

mono's sure as hell don't move around like
that
and the seas we saw were light.

If you had a problem, you don't know how to steer a boat.

well, the mono's I have steered tracked rather much better in 8 foot quartering
seas than that cat did in light quartering seas.

jeffies, are you saying that the skill required to steer a cat in light seas is
much greater than the skill required to steer a mono in 8 foot seas?

Of course, you don't even know what type of cat it was.

I don't? you mean the name on the side of the boat was not what the boat
really was?

If you had yaw problems you
definitely don't know how to steer a boat!


ah, yes, that's it. I don't have the skills to steer a cat in quartering seas,
skills much harder to master than steering a mono in quartering seas of greater
height.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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If you had yaw problems you
definitely don't know how to steer a boat!


ah, yes, that's it. I don't have the skills to steer a cat in quartering
seas,
skills much harder to master than steering a mono in quartering seas of
greater
height.

Yup. For once you have the courage to admit the truth. Cats are actually
easier, but it does take a little bit of skill.

so, cats act weird in quartering seas but are much easier to steer than mono
hulls which don't act weird in quartering seas?

jeffies, are you sure you know what a quartering sea is?

If you had yaw problems you
definitely don't know how to steer a boat!


ah, yes, that's it. I don't have the skills to steer a cat in quartering
seas,
skills much harder to master than steering a mono in quartering seas of
greater
height.

Yup. For once you have the courage to admit the truth. Cats are actually
easier, but it does take a little bit of skill.

No. You act weird in quartering seas, jaxie. Since you don't even know what
kind of cat you were on, there's no way to generalize your fumbling to all cats.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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so, cats act weird in quartering seas but are much easier to steer than mono
hulls which don't act weird in quartering seas?

jeffies, are you sure you know what a quartering sea is?

If you had yaw problems you
definitely don't know how to steer a boat!


ah, yes, that's it. I don't have the skills to steer a cat in quartering
seas,
skills much harder to master than steering a mono in quartering seas of
greater
height.

Yup. For once you have the courage to admit the truth. Cats are actually
easier, but it does take a little bit of skill.

No. You act weird in quartering seas, jaxie. Since you don't even know what
kind of cat you were on, there's no way to generalize your fumbling to all
cats.


jeffies, I know what boat I was on. are *you* saying that SOME cats are pieces
of squat at sea while other cats are acceptable sailboats?

yeah, THAT is what you are saying.

jeffies, which kind of cat do *you* sail?

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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No. You act weird in quartering seas, jaxie. Since you don't even know what
kind of cat you were on, there's no way to generalize your fumbling to all
cats.


jeffies, I know what boat I was on. are *you* saying that SOME cats are
pieces
of squat at sea while other cats are acceptable sailboats?


I'm sure it was a fine craft until you stepped on board.

In a 4 foot sea? You don't know how to use an autopilot! What type was it?
What was the boat?

you mean there is more to using a name brand autopilot in quartering seas on a
catamaran than turning it on, aiming it and engaging it? Tell me, jeffies, was
I supposed to caress the autopilot first, say some prayers, maye promise it a
hooker when we got to port. enlighten us jeffies, how is an autopilot on a
catamaran difference from an autopilot on a mono?