[MHml] Multihulls Digest, Vol 62, Issue 38

[Gary Pearce]

On 26/08/2009, at 6:37 PM, Derek Kelsall wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To compare performance you need to know the true cruising weight and
> rarely can you take the design spec as accurate.

Or the claims of the owner or builder. Weigh the thing !

> Our formula for
> sailing performance is simple and accurate for comparing performance
> between similar cats.

That will be here:

http://www.kelsall.com/images/articles/A11_Kelsall%20Formulas_KC.pdf

Now all we need is for Claas who has the statistics on every multihull  
ever made (and some that were only thought about) to plug this data  
into Derek's formulae and you have your answer....

Except that Claas probably already has.

Where is Claas when he's needed :-)

Gary