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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 03-09-2015, 21:36
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Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Structured?? Are you serious? This is the internet...

And BTW, the gentleman that you are chiding is talking about a cat ketch, not a ketch rigged catamaran. There is a difference.

Jim
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 02-09-2015, 21:19
Replies: 502
Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Brian, I was actually referring to the monohull shown in the post. To my somewhat jaundiced eye, your cat design looks way better than the mono in the sailplan views.

And of course, drawings (to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 02-09-2015, 18:40
Replies: 502
Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Yeah, right, PortCM... definitely for kids...

Jim
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 02-09-2015, 14:59
Replies: 502
Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Brian, everyone's taste and aesthetic senses have been developed throughout their lives, both from formal education and from personal experience, and thus they vary widely. I am not learned enough to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 01-09-2015, 23:55
Replies: 502
Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

And the ketch comes with the cost of a whole extra mast with rigging that will need replacing, not eventually but every ten years or so.

Your argument is not convincing... to me, anyway!

Jim
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-07-2012, 20:15
Replies: 502
Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: The death of the ketch?

The ability to set a mizzen staysail is often quoted as a significant advantage to the ketch rig. We sail i n the presence of lots of ketch rigged boats here in the SW Pacific, and in all my years...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-07-2012, 23:08
Replies: 502
Views: 126,480
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: Ketch Rig on a Multihull

While I am not a great fan of catamarans nor of ketch rigs, that looks and sounds like a really nice boat! Chris White's designs have a lot going for them in general... including price tags well...
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