You call that an "ad hominem" attack? You started your post implying all
catamaran owners are liars! Ask a serious question and I'll give a serious
answer. Complain about extra hatches and I'll call you a fool. And using a
forged sig marks you as scum of the earth, so you aren't owed any respect at
all.

I question your understanding of modern boats. While its true that larger cats
geared towards the charter business have 2, or sometimes even more heads, the
same is true for monohulls. At the last two boatshows I went to last month
(Newport and Boston) I went on board most of the 40 footers; they all had two
heads. Complaining that some cats have two heads is a reflection of your
experience.

Complaining about "two deck seams" means you haven't even thought about the
basic geometry - while there may be some extra "seamage" given the LOA, its less
usually less than a multihull of the same "area on deck" I would concede that
multihulls often require some serious engineering and modern materials, but that
explains why the modern cruising cat has only been developed in the last 15 or
20 years.





"Bobspirt" wrote in message
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Well, Jeff, anyone can say having two of everything is an advantage because of
the redundancy factor, but then why not have 3 of everything. This is exactly
the sort of spin-like answer you get from multi-hullers, and the reason for
the
original post. All talk from multi-hullers is defensive of their choice (or,
in your case, ad hominem attacks - you've been on ASA too long), rather than
an
honest discussion of the pro's and con's. Even Chris White's book is pure
advocacy. It's too bad, because some folks out there are just looking for the
straight poop. Happy sailing to you.