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Forum: General Sailing Forum

04-08-2022, 15:26

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Cat capsizes off Croatia

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Posted By fxykty

Re: Cat capsizes off Croatia

That’s just silly. With a performance cat there are trade offs but none are deal breakers once you move up in size. Our cat has just under 4000kg between lightship and full load - that’s heaps,...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

02-08-2022, 15:19

Replies: 103

Cat capsizes off Croatia

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Posted By fxykty

Re: Cat capsizes off Croatia

@catsketcher Great explanation but I do have a few quibbles:
- the death zone (awesome term, we used it in Hobies) varies by cat and it’s handling characteristics. On more performant boats it’s...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

31-07-2022, 15:33

Replies: 103

Cat capsizes off Croatia

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Posted By fxykty

Re: Cat capsizes off Croatia

So basically Outremer has been lazy by not moving the rudders aft along with the extension. Certainly the further away from the centre of buoyancy that the rudders are the more effective they are, so...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

28-07-2022, 15:47

Replies: 103

Cat capsizes off Croatia

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Posted By fxykty

Re: Cat capsizes off Croatia

Wind gust most likely, no wave action needed.

One of the static stability indicators for catamarans is the KSI - Kelsall Stability Indicator, which estimates the wind speed at 90*AWA that could...

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