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10-16-2013, 05:09 PM | #31 |
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Re: Cat vs Mono - Revive the debate
Yes it's not loaded but just like all the cat sea trial videos, they aren't either. You are making assumptions but at least this guy puts his #s in the video. All other claims are pure spectulation.
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10-16-2013, 05:19 PM | #33 |
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10-16-2013, 05:22 PM | #34 |
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Re: Cat vs Mono - Revive the debate
cats are better, all the racing sailboats and commercial ferrys are turning toward cats. In Rhode island 10 years ago there were 2 slow monohull ferries to Block Island. Now they added 3 catamarans that get there in half the time and use less fuel.
Whats there not to understand?
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10-16-2013, 08:34 PM | #35 |
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I totally agree. But folks are just too used mph/mpg.
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10-16-2013, 09:55 PM | #37 |
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Andrew K and I went to the Tortugas in a 27 world cat. We cruised at 31kts in 2-4ft seas mixed with those big ones out of no where. Every boat and i mean EVERY boat did the vrroom CRASH vroom CRASH vroom CRASH with every wave. Just getting beat to hell. We cruised by like we on a cushion of air. It was amazing. Now i will say, that on the rare hull smack we got (at least half a dozen) it wasn't easy...The new cats are super silky and smooth, but many of the older cats like keys-divers are still a very very nice ride. Fairly certain the Helldivers he got it from seemed to think so as well.
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10-17-2013, 04:44 AM | #38 |
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Problem with almost all these cats is they make the bridges too low. I went out on someones 24" cat here in CA one time and in 2-3' chop the bridge was pounding so hard I thought the boat was going to break in half.
If you have a shitload of bridge clearance and can actually run completely balls out in the slop and have those two hulls just cutting like knives through the water and not have to much water smashing into the bridge you have something We have made powercats out of sailboat hulls and they are amazing for under 20ft boats and over a full foot of bridge clearance at the rear beam
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10-17-2013, 07:35 AM | #39 |
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I agree about the bridge clearance. I had a 1969 57'*12' that I got out of a landfill 4yrs ago. It was a houseboat with a forward upper wheelhouse. I cut 2/3rds of the structure off and had a landing craft looking ride. I installed twin 440 yanmars which got it up to 28kt. She squatted close to the water and when waves hit underneath it felt like I was sitting on top of Mike Tysons punching bag.
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10-17-2013, 08:06 AM | #40 |
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Did you read it to the end? The #s posted from a real fishing trip in seas were real world and much less impressive. That said this is a radically different cat with an incredible amount of horsepower put on a hull that is less than 23.5 feet long at the waterline. I believe the hp to weight ratio combined with brand new cutting edge 4 stroke technology plays a way bigger factor in the fuel economy than whether its a cat or a mono. Give me a quarter of a million dollars and I will get you the same #s in a pontoon boat.
Hey, where are all the Panga guys? Those things can cross the Atlantic on 6 gallons of gas during a hurricane. I won’t even get started on RIBs…
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10-17-2013, 08:09 AM | #41 |
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He also dodged questions about running w a "divers load".
I don't know about yal but I care about about that too.
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10-17-2013, 08:30 AM | #42 |
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Cat owners know they are weight sensitive and monos can be too. The problem with cats are that the ride and stability are compremised under weighted load where as monos are pretty forgiving and only punish you with reduced fuel economy. If you load a cat to the point it starts to hull sneeze and bang, your oppinions of how great they are will change.
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10-17-2013, 11:07 AM | #43 |
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Kmoose,
No offense buddy but all your related responses are on older style Cats.
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10-17-2013, 11:10 AM | #44 |
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With ten gallons of fuel and 1 guy at helm.
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There is one cat though out of Cedar Key that has passed me a couple of times running 40+ knots but it's a power cat hull that resembles a skater. Nothing like I've been on but its an older hull, maybe mid 90s power.
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