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When reading this post my eye noticed this and my mind wondered :

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The boat tacks extremely well

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The bottom line is it takes a lot of practice.



Wouter


Every A-Cat I have owned has tacked faster than the other boats I have sailed (P-19, Tornado, F-18HT). It takes practice to get across the boat quick enough to keep from flipping over (especially on my A2). It also takes practice (a lot) to perfect the basic choreography of a great wire-to-wire tack (and that applies to any trapeze boat). That is one nice thing about the A-boat, you can really take advantage of smaller shifts upwind because it does tack so easily.

It's amazing in a race how much you can lose with a bad tack. Practice is key if you want to win a championship.