: Hi John,
: That idea has been tried out before and it didn't produce the effects
: expected in catamarans. With both hulls in the water, the foil effect of
: the leeward hull lifting to windward was negated by the windward hull
: trying to lift to the leeward side.
: It works in tri's with the main hull symmetrical and the floats assymmetrical
: as the windward float is out of the water and producing no lift.
: Mike Savage
: South West Cork
Hi Mike,
I suspect you're talking large cats and John's talking beach cats. I've owned several Hobies over the years and they work ok, not anywhere near as close winded as those with boards but do ok and there's nothing to run into a beach (the reason they were built that way). Actually they can work on large cats, ie: Warram's cats, but they end up with lov volume hulls that are awfully deep for their length and thus tend to have too much draft to be realistic. If the volume is increased in an attempt to gain some room in the hulls then they don't work very well as you mentioned
Bill H.
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