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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2022, 16:43
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

Not exactly,aqfishing, to be a sailor you must sail, or like sailing, or something like that. If you have the money and buy a really nice boat, which does not and cannot sail, but is comfy as hell,...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2022, 06:55
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

Well, maybe in your area some are being sailed.

I've just spent 90 days cruising in the beautiful Sea of Cortez, surrounded by Catamarans, dozens of them, mostly charter boats but plenty of...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2022, 06:45
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

Yes, Catsketcher's post is right on:



that is an important consideration for a boat for active sailors, however, the market for that boat is small. Other than cartsketcher and kxykty there...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2022, 06:17
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

I never trust a sailor who is happy sailing a boat where he has no view of the sails and who never needs to feel the wind in his face.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2022, 06:14
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

I've seen quite a few of these boats in recent years. I agree that the mainsail COE way up there and the boats to me look ungainly. But I've never seen one with the sails up.

The designers of...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 22-06-2022, 17:55
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

There is another aspect to this. When your boat's motion (waltzing) is slow it means that your bows don't react quickly to a wave. It also means that you bury your bows a bit more, which means...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 22-06-2022, 12:55
Replies: 102
Views: 16,865
Posted By wingssail
Re: New design performance catamarans are heavy - why is that?

The new, bigger, heavier, designs, in my opinion are not really about increasing the performance. They are about increasing the luxury and comfort of the wealthy, new boat, buyers that abound now....
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