Boom Furling Pros and Cons, Please

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

hmpfff. I'll give it another try: On monohulls you can heel and roll. Downwind when the boom is sticking outside the hull, it's possible that the boom will hit the water. The higher the waves are, the more likely this is....

Nick.

Good points in favour of a MULTIHULL. Which we are supposed to be talking about in the MULTIHULL FORUM aren't we?

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Good points in favour of a MULTIHULL. Which we are supposed to be talking about in the MULTIHULL FORUM aren't we?

It sure is. However, multihulls have high shockloads in their rigging instead (because they don't heel which would absorb those shocks). A trimaran gets best of both in many of these comparisons....

But I'm sure happy that somebody understood what I wrote :-)

ciao!
Nick.

[44'cruisingcat]

Do you understand that trimarans are multihulls too?

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Do you understand that trimarans are multihulls too?

Sure! Do you understand that I don't dislike multihulls and even like some a lot? :-)

cheers,
Nick.

[sailorboy1]

I just wanted to post a meaningless post in regard to the orginal question to justify the time I spent reading the thread.

[bstreep]

Originally Posted by Don Lucas

I just wanted to post a meaningless post in regard to the orginal question to justify the time I spent reading the thread.

No kidding, Don.