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Old 30-06-2019, 11:52   #1
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Advantages and disadvantages of cats for solo sailing

I'm mulling over changing from a mono to a cat. I sail solo, and one of the attractions of the cat is the greater manoeuvrability in port of the two engine layout. [When I first got a mono, it never ocurred to me that my main problems would relate to berthing, and not sailing, and still do, come to that.]
There are lots of discussions about cats vs monos, but less that I can see on their relative merits from the point of view of the solo sailor. So I'd very much welcome comments from this perspective.
For example, while a cat is more manoeuvrable, what happens for example if, when I've just about placed the boat correctly in its slip, there is a sudden gust of crosswind taking me away from where I want to be, and I'm up up on the flydeck, how do I respond? This is just one example that comes to mind, there could be a whole lot more.
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