Angus-
Before people start arguing about the box rule pertaining to Footies cats, I think it is important to see IF a cat with hulls about 12 inches long can be built and sailed at all. Afterwards, the designs can be amended to fit into a box or a circle or whatever shape you want to try.
I think a certain amount of learning needs to be done to make the idea successful.
thx
Too right.One of the thingsI leaned from the waboats shemoxzle is that it is a very bad idea to act ahed on what people MIGHT do.
Well, how would you even know if you had an idea that worked if you never developed it? You can then present it to others, and maybe you’ll get a positive reaction.
In any ‘business venture’ if you would call it this, you need to do your research and possibly even experimentation to prove the feasibility of an idea before making a proposal to market your idea. I did this many a time myself working in the R&D lab- formulating resins.)
In any case, it’s for my own fun, maybe it’ll just work!
Angus -
in this instance, I have gone as far as I care to go (comments wise) - mostly as a reminder of the general facts that make a cat faster than a monohull. Two hulls do make a catamaran configuration, although if the insides of both hulls touch, or if the configuration is such as to resemble a single large deck with two surface piercing hulls, I suppose one could argue the point - but not me.
A pontoon boat with a flat deck could be considered a power catamaran, but certainly not the equivalent of an off-shore powered catamaran used for the APBA style of racing. Amazing how often sailing cats, power cats, and pontoon boats are confused with each other during discussions. (I’m not even going to attempt to submit a thought on a “shunting proa” that might work within the FOOTY guidelines. (no - I’m not going to explain - if any are interested they can research it. Some effort will be rewarded with some knowledge). :graduate: