Catamarans, as shown by the Swift one-designer, can be 

 easily transported by an auto trailer 



As previously stated, most good catamarans are fitted with fully bat- 

 tened mainsails. This helps to insure the correct airfoil shape, eliminates 

 slatting and flutter and enables the use of an extensive roach. To suit 

 their ample beam, cats are often fitted with a fairly long slide along which 

 the mainsheet block is free to travel. The purpose of this is to make it 

 possible to keep the boom well down when sailing free before the wind 

 and to control more exactly the angle of the mainsail. This arrangement 

 usually allows the amount of travel to be controlled from either side 

 of the catamaran. When short tacking, the amount of slack allowed 

 should be cut to six inches on either side of the boat's centerline. On 

 some catamarans there are special arrangements for adjusting the tension 

 on the luff of the jib by means of a downhaul on the tack. 



To make catamarans transportable, specially designed trailers are 

 available. The beams of most catamarans are within maximum highway 

 limitations. Some of the smaller cats can be mounted on a car-top carrier. 



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