How big shoud be lead for cruising catamarans??

[Vace]

How big shoud be lead for cruising catamarans?? :confused:

[NiklasL]

Do you mean how fast a cruising catamaran is compared to cruising keel-boats?
/Niklas

[brian eiland]

How big shoud be lead for cruising catamarans?? :confused:

For cruising cats that are not sailing with one hull lifted free of the water, you need almost zero 'lead'. The requirement for lead was a result of the heel of the monohull and what this did to misalign the centers of force.

[SailDesign]

It all depends on whether you have daggerboards or "keels". If only the leeward foil is in the water, then it becomes pretty much the same as if you were flying a hull. If there are keels (skegs, whatever...) then it become similar to a monhull.
In fact, it is not only the heel that determines the lead, but the length of the boom and the foot of the headsail which place the CE outboard when upright.

Steve