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Forum: Multihull Sailboats

19-05-2020, 13:55

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Beam vs length on catamaran

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Posted By barnestim

Re: Beam vs length on catamaran

A good observation, to which it might be worth adding that pitchpoling risk can be mitigated to some degree by bow volume, among other things. As I understand it, pitchpoling is usually the result of...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

19-05-2020, 13:06

Replies: 83

Beam vs length on catamaran

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Posted By barnestim

Re: Beam vs length on catamaran

Now I'm confused (it happens a lot). L/B ratio = 12.04 / 6.7 = 1.797. How do you get over 2:1?

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

18-05-2020, 17:51

Replies: 83

Beam vs length on catamaran

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Posted By barnestim

Re: Beam vs length on catamaran

Charles Kanter writes about this in Cruising in Catamarans. If you increase the beam, there's a temptation to increase the power of the rig. This means not only more pressure on the leeward hull, but...

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