Multihulls - Heavy Weather (Passive) Handling

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by Palarran

Turn on a tv and watch a commercial. Would it be better to use what the amateurs use? Come on.

a. Professional's endorse anything for a buck.

b. Amateurs, in almost every case, should NEVER use what the pros use. They should use good quality equipment and they should get advise, but the "pro" will tell them the "do as I say, not as I do." You should reexamine the facts on that statement.
1. Beginning golfers use softer balls and avoid carbon sticks.
2. Rock climbing shoes for beginners are different. Technique is VERY different.
3. A Pro time-trial bike is not for recreational use. All wrong.
4. An Open 60 would make a pretty poor cruiser.
5. A beginning runner is going to hurt himself following the example of a high-end marathoner. Lots of lifters have gotten hurt that way.

And in this case, most deliveries are newer boats with modern hull designs. The rules may be different for them. The question is broader than that.

They are right for themselves and what they do, but there is too much contradictory evidence to every theory to make bold statements.

But you make a very good point.

[Training Wheels]

Did I miss something? Isn't this thread 4 years old?


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[GILow]

Originally Posted by Training Wheels

Did I miss something? Isn't this thread 4 years old?


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It's revive-an-old thread day. Didn't you get the memo?


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[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by GILow

It's revive-an-old thread day. Didn't you get the memo?


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Oh wait...TODAAAY is revive-an-old thread day!

Seeing as how "multihull storm tactics" is going on as I type.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Saleen411

Oh wait...TODAAAY is revive-an-old thread day!

Seeing as how "multihull storm tactics" is going on as I type.

No, that makes today revive a revived thread day.

[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by GILow

No, that makes today revive a revived thread day.

Dang! Why didn't I think of that?

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Saleen411

Dang! Why didn't I think of that?

Actually, why exactly did you breathe life into this one?

[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by GILow

Actually, why exactly did you breathe life into this one?

Because an experienced cat owner posted on a "current" actively discussed thread..."The best thread on this forum for storm techniques in a storm was started by Yeloya about 8 years ago"

Also, I personally know Yeloya and have actually chartered a cat from him. I have an extremely high opinion of him as a person and a sailor.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Saleen411

Because an experienced cat owner posted on a "current" actively discussed thread..."The best thread on this forum for storm techniques in a storm was started by Yeloya about 8 years ago"

Also, I personally know Yeloya and have actually chartered a cat from him. I have an extremely high opinion of him as a person and a sailor.

Ah... right. That sorta makes sense actually.

[danielamartindm]

Doing nothing at the point of exhaustion, bare poling it, and going below would make more sense on a monohull, with its inherent ability to right after a knock-down from beam seas, which are a special vulnerability of cats. Heaving to is a life saver, requires no extra equipment, and affords the ability to rest; but it fails in breaking waves. Lin and Larry Pardey have written amazing accounts of their experiences with sea anchors on a monohull in breaking seas, but it seems that more cat owners prefer running before the storm with a drogue or drogues. This is a familiar way of adjusting boat speed to the period of the waves, but how much protection does a drogue afford from being pooped by breaking seas?

[44'cruisingcat]

Although the Queens birthday storm demonstrated that it takes much bigger breaking waves to roll a catamaran, and that repeatedly roling through 360 degres isn't much fun...

[longjonsilver]

Originally Posted by Training Wheels

Did I miss something? Isn't this thread 4 years old?


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Reviving an old thread is a good thing. Internet forums are NOT like talking in person because of the element of time. You would never consider answering a person face to face by waiting a week to reply, or a day or even an hour. But that is routinely done on the internet. In internet forums, time is irrelevant and in fact i can have a sort of conversation with people that i have never met and in places i have never been, so therefore time is irrelevant on an internet forum. In addition, reviving an old thread makes information available to people in the present, that might otherwise be lost. i look forward to reading this thread. Reviving an old thread keeps information in one spot that might have been scattered. i would never have read this thread, even tho it was mentioned in the other thread, because i looked for it but couldn't find it, so the whole forum is richer because of reviving an old thread.
there, i said it
jon