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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,897
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I've sailed both cats and dinghies on a mountain reservoir with shifting winds.
The cat is MUCH faster and not as forgiving. The dinghy will point higher....
You really need to watch and learn sail trim in a cat...but the boat is the teacher.
After you've brought a cat back up a few times, you'll learn to trim.
Oh...and try not to sail a cat in water shallower than the mast is tall....it's quite embarassing to flip & stick the mast in the mud.
Never messed with the bigger boats much, other than crewing for friend Stan Mott while he was in the Caribbean...
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-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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