Why I like Catamarans.

[weavis]

Originally Posted by socaldmax

Looks nice!


Pretty soon, you'll have a fleet...

Yup........ chartering operation.....

[sloopguy]

Catamaran's are like water going RV's. Hardly a true sailing experience.

[2Hulls]

Which ones have you sailed, Mr Sloop?

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by sloopguy

Catamaran's are like water going RV's. Hardly a true sailing experience.

Snicker, snicker. So funny.

Motors at 12 knots. Reaches at over 20 knots. Easily does over wind speed.

I'm sorry that you have never had a sailing experience.


(we're dragging the engine to slow her down, it's not running--we were taking pictures for the sale and even in 0-5 she was going too darn fast.)

Even my current "RV" is well versed in double digits.

I would accept that it is a different experience and that there are slow ones and poor sailors.

[Factor]

Originally Posted by sloopguy

Catamaran's are like water going RV's. Hardly a true sailing experience.

Thanks for that worthwhile erudite and astute observation and contribution the the multihull forum.

I mean seriously. Are you intentionally being a troll?

[sloopguy]

Real men don't step foot on catamarans. This is not sailing.

[snort]

...which can only mean that Nathanael Greene Herreshoff was never a sailor; only a poser. Now, that's a shame.

[downunder]

Originally Posted by sloopguy

Real men don't step foot on catamarans. This is not sailing.

Arr. That explains everything.

[RichinBoca]

Originally Posted by sloopguy

Real men don't step foot on catamarans. This is not sailing.

Sailors are sailors....but some men are not.

"I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came".

[Remarks at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962]
John F. Kennedy

[smj]

[QUOTE=sloopguy;1723221]Real men don't step foot on catamarans. This is not sailing.[/

Sounds like you're really in tune with "real men". :-)

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by 2Hulls

Which ones have you sailed, Mr Sloop?

Like all these guys - none.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by sloopguy

Real men don't step foot on catamarans. This is not sailing.

You're into real men yeah?

Maybe a lumberjack?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by snort

...which can only mean that Nathanael Greene Herreshoff was never a sailor; only a poser. Now, that's a shame.

For those who may not know this dark secret you allude to, but as sloopguy can no doubt tell you, Cap'n Nat was neither a "real man" nor a sailor...he designed and built a catamaran for god's sake! Worse than just sailing one...he designed and built one!

Google "Herreshoff AMARYLLIS".

Robert Perry...another pansy. (...though he does hold a unique honor here on CF )

The early Polynesians who completed significant ocean voyages on multihulls long before Cap'n Nat's time....girly boys all !

[Sand crab]

A non sailor sailing his RV at 18 knots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsTXGhN3rLU

[weavis]

I always found it best to ignore comments that are designed to incite and deviate from the topic in hand. Should anything become an issue, just tap the button to the left and report the post. It will raise an alert so that the post in question can be evaluated and removed if necessary. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but not entitled to disrupt a thread.

Personally, I have never found the need to denigrate ANY vessel designed for a water based purpose. From coracles to ocean going cruise liners. Its all about the water and being on it. Preferences will always arise when given a choice. I just happen to like Catamarans.