control systems

[zeroth]

Does anyone know of any informational sites or can tell me how an A-Class Catamaran control system works? I feel as though I am not looking in the right spots and keep coming up with very little information.

[messabout]

Please exapand a little more about your meaning of of the words; "control system"

I take your question to mean what control items are involved. Start with the rudders with tillers, crossbar and a hiking stick long enough to handle while on the wire. Then the main sheet, vang, outhaul, downhaul, and traveler. Those are the basics but there may be some other do-dads that the A cat sailors are using these days, like Barber haulers, cunninghams, shroud tweakers, luff strings and other complications that are more frequently distractive than practical.

I might remind you that in a serious blow the control system is practically non functional on an "A". Been there done that,(more than once) and miraculously survived.

[Fanie]

Hi zeroth,

Are you referring to a hands free steering ?