Walt wrote:
.... Since most cats have
signigicant weather helm, you can usually just let the tiller go slack
in your hand and the boat will round up nicely.


I disagree with this statement. Since there are so-o
freakin' many Hobie 16s made over the years, perhaps they
tilt the majority of catamarans toward the "heavy weather
helm, tack poorly" axis. But if you look at all the
different type of catamarans, especially ones designed since
the mid-1970s, fewer and fewer have very hard weather helm.


.... Once you
pass head to wind, ease it so that it doesn't fight you through the rest
of the turn.


IMHO that's the single biggest key to tacking a multi, and
it doesn't hurt when tacking a monohull. Ease the main or
drop the traveler.

DSK