We raced our Schock 35 for many years and often there was a multihull fleet
sailing the same course. F-28 Corsair Trimarans and others of the same ilk.
We were very rarely beaten around the course by those multihulls.. I would
tend to agree that in general a large monohull will be as fast if not faster
than a cruising cat.

That said, the ultimate speed machines are multihulls but they are not boats
you want to cruise on. Weight is the enemy of any multihull and beer in
bottles is heavy!



"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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On 10 Jan 2006 04:14:13 -0800, wrote:

Its highly dependant on a number of factors, the principle your broker
is probably going on is the waterline length, the longer the boat the
fast its hull speed. that why they built such huge yachts in the early
20th century(long and skinny). The the planning hull was developed
which shattered all the big boats dreams!! To answer your question
maybe up wind they both do the same speed but on a beam reach i wold be
surprized if the cat didn't win.


Cats generally do not point well. While they might have a a good SOG,
their VMG is wanting.

Jack

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Jack Dale
ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor
CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor
http://www.swiftsuresailing.com
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