Ouch. Did it for the first time today. Ended up with some nasty rope burn and had to friendly couple in a canoe help me right it.

What I am wondering, though I'm sure I've read it somewhere, is it safe to assume that cats are most prone to pitchpole when sailing on a beam reach or a close reach?

It was blowing about 15kts and I was aft on the trampoline, sailing somewhere between a beam reach and a close reach. Wasn't even flying a hull and the stb hull burried and over I went.

I found my boat was much more prone to stuff a bow than it was to fly a hull. I was able to fly a hull when sailing close hauled, upwind, but just barely and even then it was wanting to burry a hull. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong and trying to sail it like a monohull?


Any pointers?