~ A new type of cat. Wadda ya think ??

http://youtu.be/0FQPgC8jgBY

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~ Vietnam Vet 69-71~ 17 Hobie w/big jib, ~18 Hobie mag,~DN Ice sailor,
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~~ I live in NY state on the north shore of Oneida lake in
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I'd love to see what the wind does on those sails. It seems like some points of wind would have you shadowing your own sail. Not that that's a problem, mind you, as much as it is a change in how you plan your tacks. But I'd love to see what it does to your speed at each point of sail.

The Hobie Trifoiler was also a dual-masted boat, a trimaran in that case, but it used a boom/sail arrangement a lot more like a windsurfer. No foresails on the Trifoiler. Not many of them were built, unfortunately.

I could imagine close hauled you'd get insane speed out of this thing. I'd like to hear how it does off the wind.

Tom

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Tom Benedict
Island of Hawaii
P-Cat 18 / Sail# 361 / HA 7633 H / "Smilodon"
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