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Originally Posted by JustMurph
This won't be a performance cat and I think they've been pretty clear that that's not their priority. That said, it's got enough water line length that it will still punch out pretty respectable averages off the wind.
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Exactly the waterline is still the base of all and 55ft gives you respectable numbers...add big sail area and efficent hulls and you have a fast performance oriented crusing
catamaran. And that's what most in reality want to achieve.
And I think you are better off if you buy a 52 till 55ft cruising cat performance oriented instead a 44 till 47ft performance cat. The 55ft will give you the same speeds also because more load capacity, give it
dyneema rig and epex
sails and that cat will do as well very good numbers.
The old catanas 431, 471 and 521 had really the perfect balance between performance and cruising comfort. Kevlar in the right areas to beef them up, daggerboards and good sail area but not overcanvased as the newer but heavier ones.
Well their open helmstations are not optimal but get a beef
autopilot and steer it from the navstation in bad
weather is the solution.