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Forum: Multihull Sailboats

06-11-2012, 06:32

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Have A Question For Catamaran Owners

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Posted By colemj

Re: have a question for catamaran owners

Yes, many designs do that, but the tramp wire is by necessity aft of the compression beam.

Other designs have a more solid foredeck with vestigial bow points and use a wire bridle across the bows...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

06-11-2012, 05:30

Replies: 86

Have A Question For Catamaran Owners

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Posted By colemj

Re: have a question for catamaran owners

If it was indeed a steel cable stretched tight across the bows, then I have never seen one and cannot guess as to its purpose.

However, I seriously doubt the designed purpose was solely "to allow...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

06-11-2012, 05:19

Replies: 86

Have A Question For Catamaran Owners

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Posted By colemj

Re: have a question for catamaran owners

Those wires in the pic are not bow to bow under the forward beam - they are guying the bowsprit which supports a furler/gennaker. In a collision, the sprit would do any damage and not the wires...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

06-11-2012, 04:36

Replies: 86

Have A Question For Catamaran Owners

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Posted By colemj

Re: have a question for catamaran owners

Most catamarans have a compression crossbeam connecting the hulls. The purpose is structural and necessary - preventing the hulls from ripping themselves away from each other and giving the forestay...

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