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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 25-05-2020, 18:31
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

OK. No dismissing here. No such intention.



You know, tacking angles....


You can sail 'wider' and faster and be at you next wpt before the guy with amazing tacking angles. This point has...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-05-2020, 08:16
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

Exactly. Why insist on a cruising design to have some not truly essential features like stellar upwind angles?


Empty marketing in a death dash to suck every last potential buyer in the market.
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-05-2020, 11:56
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

I do not agree with that Schionning sentence above.


I sailed one. It was a brick.


I have sailed a handful of designs and the Catana and Outremer always fared best. And recent Lagoons seem...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 21-05-2020, 12:37
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

Yes. I understand this. At the end of the day no matter what angles sailed the first one at the top mark (or at the bar) wins.


vmg, vmg ... ;-)

b.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 21-05-2020, 11:59
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

To get better pointing, I would bet on daggerboards way above any CE movements.


You want narrow deep foils below water as above. Minimum drag, maximun drive for best upwind efficiency, inluding...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 18-08-2019, 18:10
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

Catanas are heavy and yet they tack pretty well.


Catalacs are heavy and do not.


etc.


Some are good, some bad, just like monos.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 15-08-2019, 15:32
Replies: 543
Views: 98,289
Posted By barnakiel
Re: Catamaran tacking angles , really that bad???

C'mon guys bring on more of those vids with floppy shrouds and baggy sails! They are fun!


I also like all the judgements based on vids in flat water. Because anything will go upwind in flat...
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