Talk:Catamaran
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I hope that people find this addition helpful. Dinghy racing in Britain is among the fastest growing sports, and the multihull/ monohull deabte is very topical. The situation may not be the same in the States or elsewhere, comments welcome. Great idea, this open source encyclopeia. Wow, yesterday I didn't know I would be a contributor to an encyclopedia! Double wow!! Me
- An excellent start. Since this is an encyclopedia for the rest of the world too, I am somwehat at a loss wrt these models:
- Are they Britain-only? I've certainly never heard of them
- Egil 13:52 Mar 14, 2003 (UTC)
I deleted this fragment: the sails don't loose power due to the hull and mastno over because I have no idea what it means. charlieF 16:55 Mar 14, 2003 (UTC)
- Sorry for clumsy language and typo: A rig (i.e. sail) that is upright will have more area exposed to the wind than a rig and sail that is exposed to the wind at an angle. A cat will keep the mast essentially upright, while a mono will lean over and loose power.
Thanks for the comments and amendments, Egil, the page looks a lot better. I've added "European" at the end as most of the boats are popular in Europe as well as Britain. Tony
- On the other hand, the latter feature also gives the mono a greater degree of "forgiveness", because in a gust, if a monohull skipper does not ease the sheets, the boat will lean over even more, and thus loose power "automatically" (it may broach though, and thus loose control). On a cat, it is more important to be observant and adjust the sheets, since the boat will be less forgiving.
- If you could formulate this better and put it back in the article, I'd be happy -- Egil 17:35 Mar 14, 2003 (UTC)
Why in Europe? The Hobie surely is American, the Tornado is international olympic, and the Catapult, Stealth, Spitfire, Hurricane, as far as I am concerned I'm guessing they are UK only. -- Egil 04:31 Mar 17, 2003 (UTC)
I think the others are popular in Europe as well, I agree about Hobies and Tornados. How about a list of popular cats ascribing to each the area/country where it is popular? Or a list of continents showing what the popular cats are.. Tony
I've put in the bit about heeling and sail power. Good job. Tony.
Could someone add where the name comes from and what it means? Alter Ego 16:56, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
With respect to popular racing catamarans, it would be a good idea to explain that Tornados are popular because they are an Olympic class, which in my book is favoritism! Hobie Cats are extreemly popular. There is the Hobi Cat 16 which does not have any dagger boards and can be "beached", hence very popular around sandy beach areas. The Hobi Cat 18 is a huge race class. However, the ebst catamaran I have sailed are from Performance catamaran who make the Prindle and Nacra models, with the Nacra being the higher performance ones. One of the particularities of the Nacra are the shape of the front of the hulls, they are designed to litterally go through waves. In comparisson with a Hobi Cat 18 that have some form of a cap that when you hit big waves, or when you downwind hull goes deep in the water, the hull design will slow you down, while the Nacra is designed to go thorugh that. The end result is that Nacras are much fatser and safer.
Catamaran - my first impression
Being a Filipino (a citizen of the Philippines, on the west Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia), my first impression of the Catamaran is that it was Filipino in origin. Catamaran is actually a Filipino word that means "laziness," thinking that it was named so because it could get you farther with less effort than the usual sea vessels. I also wondered how come most of the native fisherman's boats here have narrow bodies with outriggers on each side if indeed the Catamaran was Filipino. Thus in my search for the true origins of Catamaran the boat, I have come to realize that it is a good thing that it is not actually Filipino in origin. Thanks to wikipedia!
