Offshore ability of sharpie design?

[kengrome]

It's got masts for sailing downwind, so I suspect the answer is "yes":

[alan white]

C'mon. Nice concept, but that yes is a bit conditional. Like length to beam must be 2.5:1 or so, the cabin must be very high-crowned, and the mast must be half the conventional height. Otherwise, yes...

[kengrome]

Retirees want live-aboard boats with lots of space, comfortable motions in a seaway and at anchor, and boats that are fuel efficient and easily driven, with enough built-in safety to keep them out of serious trouble in case the weather picks up unexpectedly. So far I have never seen any other multihull designer claim to have designed a self-righting catamaran ... but if you know of others please tell me because I am interested in how they made their boats self-righting, too.

[alan white]

Was it the Gougeon brothers who built a narrow-beamed cat with a mast-top float and transferrable water ballast? I think it could self-right. Something like 30 ft long and an 8 ft beam? I forget. Solid concept though. And quite a bit faster than a sharpie (though I doubt as comfortable at the same length).

[kengrome]

I never heard about this boat, but I will let you know if I can find anything about it online. Sounds interesting.