A shipping container transportable multihull

Discussion in 'Multihulls' started by bobg3723, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. Meanz Beanz
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    Meanz Beanz Boom Doom Gloom Boom

    They where raving about the RB8000 but it seems to all fall apart above the 30 knot mark. They reckon that the blanketing was no issue and everything else was just great, faster, flatter, easier. In fact I had read nothing but good reports until this quite disturbing one. I think they where at sea as well, the conditions didn't seem to be helping thier cause.

    Damn I can't find the report at the moment.
     
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  5. bobg3723
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    The sea can throw you all kinds of curveballs when you least expect it.

    And even though I'm looking towards a masthead cutter sloop, having abondoned the idea of a schooner rig, the fractional rig seems to be the most accepted idea to come along for both racers and cruisers.

    Tacking a lightweight cruising cat doesn't have the advantage of forward momentum of the higher displacement mutihulls and monohulls (though a doublehanded crew can bet busy and pull it off, no sweat), so I need to see to it that my cutter sailplan can make use of maximum leverage backwinding jib or foresail while sailing singlehanded.

    Too bad about that Radical Bay cat...it's one of the sleeker looking yachts I've seen and an unstayed biplane rig seems its tailor made for multihulls...

    Bob
     
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