Hi everyone,
I had my first experience of sailing a catamaran today, on a resevoir in sunny England. My friend who owns the Cat is looking to invite a mutual friend, here is the problem.
The Cat is a Mystere, the friend weighs 23 stones, is he too heavy to crew?
I wouldn't think so, but returning to the top, I'm a novice. Any ideas?
Mystere makes several different catamarans - what model is it?(4.3, Twister, 6.0, etc.)
23 stone (322 lbs) from one person is a bit much for performance on any two person catamaran although most can sail with the weight. (can someone make sure I converted that properly?).
322 is correct. What about the forces on the trapwire?
Yikes!
What?
Sunny England is Brittish humor. Think Monty Python.
Could it perhaps be that town named "England" in the Bahamas????
Sunny and 25 degress roday and slightly cooler yesterday - That'll be summer done then....
Get out of the stone-age and get with the SI unit program (Kilograms etc)
Wouter
(The guy is 142 kg ?!!)
wouter,
theres a guy in FL that sails his N20 solo. He makes min crew weight by himself.
That would be "SMITTY"
Yeah heard of that guy
Wouter
I think he may have pulled out one in the win column at the last bouy regatta (light air). I don't know about you, but there are WAY to many lines to play with for one person on that boat! Maybe if you had an autopilot and spin cleats...
Winner of this year's C-100 was a single-handed I-20.
Jake,
I suspect that this Mystere is a 1970's 16ft that was a contemporary of the Condor, Hydra and early Dart 18's. In answer I would say that a boat of that age is unlikely to be happy with 145Kgs plus, say another, 70Kgs for the helm. I also doubt that the trap wire could be guaranteed to take that weight and anyway - where do you get a harness in XXL? 
Are Dart 18's fast boats?
The Phepps cat sailing book using them. I've always been curious...
Darts are a little slower then Hobie 16's. However.. If it blows like stink... you want a Dart. They were designed for breeze. Great simple boats... still love my 87!
Mark
Slower than a Hobie 16? That's pretty slow! We have 14' cats that are faster than Hobie 16's, and almost every 16' cat with centre boards races faster than a H16.
That's crap Darryl and you know it! If you want to play that game, I have seen Hobie 16s go faster than A-Class. www.lcsc.org.au (allboats regatta results)
((I always bite if the bait is big enough!))
That's right the H16's the fastest boat in the world! 
I second the dart being a great boat.
Not going to take line honours in an open fleet but in a good blow, they are a blast. Besides, they are a great one-desing so speed is only relative to other darts!
The Phepps cat sailing book using them. I've always been curious...
I have sailed a Dart for many years and love them. They do not have a kite as standard. On handicap they are about 17 minutes in a hundred slower than an F18. But if it's honking, the Dart's usually win on handicap at our club. They are fast enough to be a lot of fun and are so simple...
An H 16 is faster than an A class?? Must have been the worlds slowest A class..
VYC yardstick of a Hobie 16 is 81 the A Class has a VYC yardstick of 71..