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What is the fastest recorded speed on a beach cat and how fast do cats go compared to the windspeed.
Posted : December 20, 2002 9:05 am
Techique Avancee was a catamaran that could only sail fast on starbaord tack and reached a top speed of something 82 km /hour if I remember correctly. = 50 miles / hour
This is about 1.5 times the windspeed in which the record was set. This was a highly experimental boat intended for breaking the speed record.
In light winds cat can reach speed closing to 2 times the windspeed when under spinaker on their optimal course. After that the ratio just drops. Often teh ratio is only 1.5 or less.
Normal beachcat normally sail no faster than the windspeed with a maximum of just over 50 km/hour = 30 knots.
Wouter
Posted : December 20, 2002 10:05 am
