I've owned and sailed a H16, H18, Tornado, and "Class A" catamaran. They all go into irons readily, so just "back the jib".One thing I think that hurts me a bit in a sunfish is all my prior experience with sailing is on a Hobie 16 and all the verbal advice, tips and tricks I know (outside what I've read on here) is from my dad who is a seasoned H16/H14 sailor. I am trying to run courses on a Sunfish like I'm on a Hobie and I think it's biting me at times. I'm assuming there's things you would do on one but not the other(?).
Lanteen rig will not sail as close to the wind as Cat rigged. You need to adjust by sailing several more points off
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I dont agree with you, the catamarans i have sailed are the contrary (probly its me) but i cant point as good as my sunfish or super snark. Dont even get me started on tacking!tacking on a cat takes its learning curve.
Catamarans are funny that way. They don't "point" well to start with, and when they pick up speed, the "apparent wind" changes. When adjusting for that change, you're "pointing" even more poorly! Catamarans make up for their apparent poor pointing ability by simply being much faster than monohulls.I dont agree with you, the catamarans i have sailed are the contrary (probly its me) but i cant point as good as my sunfish or super snark. Dont even get me started on tacking!tacking on a cat takes its learning curve.