Performance of charter cats?

[lestersails]

Ended up with a Bali Catspace for our charter. It was a dog. It was tough to point higher than 45 and tacking upwind was pretty tedious. It was just a year old so I don't think it was because the sails were too baggy. That dinky self-tacking jib was not contributing much power and it was impossible with that rig to get the twist out of it. In desperation, I rigged a line from one bow cleat through the clew ring of the jib then to the other bow cleat and back to the main winch to put some downward force on the clew which helped.
That being said, my crew loved the space. As many have said, every boat is a compromise and this one optimizes comfort. Indeed my crew said they thought this boat performed fantastically when anchored!