Thanks everyone for the info. Its nice to have the forums available with great people willing to help those just getting into the sport.

At any rate, I have not seen the boat yet. It is 5 hours away from me. I am going to get the owner to email a couple of photots. If it looks OK in the pics then I will make the drive to get a better look. The feeling I get from everyone is this could be a decent cat if the hulls and other critical parts are in good shape. As stated earlier, I may have to replace the tramp and most certainly all the lines.

Could anyone suggest a good resource for cat sailing techniques? Being the greenhorn that I am, any good reading would be a benefit.

Thanks again to all and have a wonderful day!

Walter