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Old 10-16-2007, 09:55 AM
Sailor Sam Sailor Sam is offline
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Can anyone explain why on catamarans, rudders and plates are not fitted along the center line between the hulls, but on each hull.

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Old 10-18-2007, 03:37 AM
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I guess one reason being if you lift a hull the only rudder (being in the middle) would lift out of the water and you would lose steering.
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Old 10-27-2007, 05:36 AM
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Can you post some pics of your catamarans here?
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Old 10-27-2007, 08:53 AM
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Here is my Supercat 20. I am in the process of fixing it.
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