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One-Design Class Sailboat Handbook 



The old conceptions that multihulls won't go well to windward or 

 tack easily have been dispelled in recent regattas. As an example of cata- 

 maran speed and sailing qualities, one day in Larchmont Race Week 

 furnished a good sailing breeze from the southwest, and the committee 

 sent the cats around the same 12-mile, windward-leeward course as the 

 larger craft. The winning catamaran covered this distance in less time 

 than the leading boats in all other classes— about i/^ minute better than 

 the 33-foot International one-design, over 2 1/4 minutes better than the 

 210, nearly 4 minutes ahead of the Raven, and 13i^ minutes before the 

 Star. This is all the more noteworthy because the type of course did not 

 permit the cats to reach, and thus show their best speed. Off the wind, 

 speeds of 20 knots have frequently been recorded. 



Of course the first thing that comes to mind: Why all the speed from 



Two one-design cotboot rig catamarans: the Aero Cat 

 {left) and the Whisker (right) 



