Catamaran hull freeboard minimum offshore?

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Originally Posted by ThomD

I noticed that Kurt's 38 foot podcat, and 38 foot tri have the same sail area in the main and jib. Not sure they have to be undercanvased. I also noticed Kurt has a new 38 foot podcat on his site, more high tech, and it has higher freeboard.

Interesting. Perhaps I'm being paranoid about pitchpole.
I'm not much of a marina person, so increasing beam has no disadvantage other than a little extra weight.