[MHml] 70 foot cats!!!

[Dave Culp]

Speaking of comparisons, I think I'd need to ask myself just exactly
what this class of race boats offers, significantly different from
ORMA 60s. OK, they're 10' longer. Are they faster? (ORMA best day's
speed what, 670 miles?) Are they cheaper? Are they more exciting to
watch? Are they faster in very light conditions? Very heavy
conditions? Can they be raced both as single handers, and as crewed
boats? Are they suitable for offshore? If they're just day racing
cats, how are they superior to the boats already raced on lakes?

I'm not saying the answers to these questions are all going to be
negative, but I do think they'll need to be answered--very
positively--before such a class can gain traction.

Dave

On 2/9/07, roy mills <rsirfj at shaw.ca> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Gibbs
> To: 'Informed discussion of multihull issues'
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [MHml] 70 foot cats!!!
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> Sheer size?  Only length probably.  A 60x60 tri is a deck area of 3600 sq.
> ft.  A 70x35 (?)  cat is only 2450 sq. ft.  I'd argue the tri is a bigger
> boat.  The cat is the longer boat.
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> Bill
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>         I think not. If you calculate deck area only, ignoring all netting
> and empty spaces the cat may be bigger, certainlycloser than your
> calculation. Do we know the sail area? That may show us which are truly the
> larger vessel.  They have certainly started off at an expensive level.
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>     Roy Mills
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