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Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat
That's because you own a mono, and cat owners rarely denigrate monos, and usually only in jest.
But the fact is, plenty of mono owners will denigrate cats, calling them rafts, unseaworthy, ugly etc,etc etc. We've had plenty telling us cats can't cross oceans, can't sail, especially to windward.... all the usual garbage.
There are even people making YouTube videos spouting innacurate garbage about cats.
And just in time, some bozo calling them trucks....
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Hey 44,with all due respect I disagree.
I've owned two cats and three monos. Of the three incidents I remember (previously mentioned) two were
multihull owners giving me a hard time, yer in jest but they believe what they are saying. The one guy this year that just wouldn't let up about the "half boat" thing kept going and going and going. BTW when I had jestfull dig back (you don't have much
water, would your wife like to have a
shower on my boat) he got all out of shape .. Lol.
I've also owned a freedom with a stay less
mast, copped alls sorts of crap about that.. Lol.
There's alot of rubbish that floats around about monos. Dark dingy caves, no light or air, slow, always rolling, cats are quicker, bolt on keels fall off etc etc. Come sail on my boat. I have the curtains shut alot and covers on the hatches because there's to much light. There's different sorts of monos and cats.
I've had a really good chance to compare my
boats sailing abilities against standard
charter cats here in the
Seychelles, there is literally over 80 of them. I can assure you not one standard
charter cat has come close to out sailing me in under 20knots (haven't been out in more than that here). My
keel hasn't fallen off, I've smashed fin keels before. I had a cat owner comment on my motion at
anchor the other day "your boat moves with the
water, mine fights it".
You've commented on how much motoring monos do before, I've done approx 7,500nms this year and put 200hrs only on the
engine, alot of that was
charging batteries under way and going in and out of
anchorages, alot of monos sail very well. There are many like yours that are much faster
boats than mine but there's many monos in full cruising
gear that will sail as much or more and faster than their equivalent cats, the speed thing is a myth.
I am absolutely not bagging cats, I bring up the above to highlight the predjustice that goes both ways. They have qualities that I admire, If I was prepared to spend more
money I would probably have a cat.
What I'm saying is prejudice is alive and well, we get emotionally attached to our choices and then defend them, it creates selective hearing and biases. We attach our identity to our choices, it's a human fault.
People need to be less defensive, we are just talking about one
hull or two, nothing more.