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12-07-2010, 17:51
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#16
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Seabrook, Tx
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I'm not quite sure what the Captain can say to justify leaving on the weather information available to her. If I guessed, the decision was based on someones perceived schedule -
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12-07-2010, 18:10
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Tennessee
Boat: Research vessel for a university, retired now.
Posts: 10,406
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Hooray for the Coast Guard!
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Life begins where land ends.
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13-07-2010, 15:30
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#18
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Out of the Office
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Being driven by a schedule is the source of many a bad decision.
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02-08-2010, 20:26
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#19
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 2
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dumb question why do they not make a air bag that can be pulled up the main so if a cat turns over the air bag will inflate and at least keep the boat on it's side not totally upside down then maybe with a little help from another boat the over turned boat could be righted just my dumb thought as i would easily make an air bladder that would inflate on contact with the water keeping the mast at least level with the water and making it easier to right up later will this not work
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03-08-2010, 03:07
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#20
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cruiser
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: No longer post here
Boat: Catalac Catamaran
Posts: 2,462
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They do ... on Hobie cats. A Cruising Cat weighs too much, the rigging would fail, or the mast would bend /break.
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03-08-2010, 03:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southampton UK
Boat: Jaguar 22 mono called Arfur.
Posts: 1,220
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Quote by thread starter - Not the ideal story to read when shopping for a cat after hearing all of those 'a monohull does'nt float threads'. Guess i'd too rather be floating upside down, but actually I'd rather be sailing right side up.
There are a lot of mono's that would have rolled 360 in those conditions, they don't always float afterwards. The departure point reported many boats making unscheduled stops. Cat's have bad captains too. Captains make bad decisions based on some 'necessity' to get to work on Monday morning, the better ones know how to sail through a storm, but a freak wave can be a big breaker that rolls mono's routinely, and Cats sometimes. The crew survival was down to having a boat to stay with, and being able to hang on to it inspite of neither the boat nor crew being prepared for an inversion.
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03-08-2010, 05:30
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#22
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ
Boat: Challenger Anacapa 42
Posts: 2,097
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Is there a law somewhere that demands that all cat owners use the word "cat" in the name of their vessel? Catalyst? Catnap? Cat's meow? Thank God this doesn't apply to single hullers! "Mononucleosis"?
Monopoly
Monologue
Monophonic
Monopia (threw that in for MaxingOut)
Monochromatic
Onomatopoeia (backwards)...
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03-08-2010, 05:33
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia
Boat: Multihulls - cats and Tris
Posts: 4,859
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Van H
Is there a law somewhere that demands that all cat owners use the word "cat" in the name of their vessel? Catalyst? Catnap? Cat's meow? Thank God this doesn't apply to single hullers! "Mononucleosis"?
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Ah - no - and the boat subject of this thread is called Anna.
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03-08-2010, 05:35
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cruiser
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: No longer post here
Boat: Catalac Catamaran
Posts: 2,462
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Van H
Is there a law somewhere that demands that all cat owners use the word "cat" in the name of their vessel? Catalyst? Catnap? Cat's meow? Thank God this doesn't apply to single hullers! "Mononucleosis"?
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Who cares what folks decide to call their boats?
Careful, your catamaran envy is beginning to show again.
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03-08-2010, 05:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ
Boat: Challenger Anacapa 42
Posts: 2,097
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CastOff
after their 32-ft catamaran Catalyst capsized in extreme conditions, roughly 20 miles west of Fort Bragg.
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Sorry, I just went with what I read in the first post. So, you haven't noticed this phenomenon before? BTW Factor, I love your cat's name...had to look it up, 'cause I thought it was some native animal...
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03-08-2010, 05:49
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia
Boat: Multihulls - cats and Tris
Posts: 4,859
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Yeah thanks Christian - it sort of says it all for me.
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03-08-2010, 05:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Van H
Is there a law somewhere that demands that all cat owners use the word "cat" in the name of their vessel? Catalyst? Catnap? Cat's meow? Thank God this doesn't apply to single hullers! "Mononucleosis"?
Monopoly
Monologue
Monophonic
Monopia (threw that in for MaxingOut)
Monochromatic
Onomatopoeia (backwards)...
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Monomania?
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07-08-2010, 18:11
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
Posts: 4,507
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Van H
Is there a law somewhere that demands that all cat owners use the word "cat" in the name of their vessel? Catalyst? Catnap? Cat's meow? Thank God this doesn't apply to single hullers! "Mononucleosis"?
Monopoly
Monologue
Monophonic
Monopia (threw that in for MaxingOut)
Monochromatic
Onomatopoeia (backwards)...
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That's just too damned funny. .thanks Christian..... i2f
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07-08-2010, 18:55
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#29
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ
Boat: Challenger Anacapa 42
Posts: 2,097
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imagine2frolic
That's just too damned funny. .thanks Christian..... i2f
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Hey I2F! I hope you two are OK down there! Beats the hell out of work, I'll bet...
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07-08-2010, 19:00
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#30
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Puget Sound
Boat: Irwin 41 CC Ketch
Posts: 2,878
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MonocaLuwinski...
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