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<br>Frank does make some references to catamarans in this book although not much as his focus is mainly on Skiff design and monhull crafts. His main concerns with the catamaran is that the total wetted surface area of the 2 hulls can be greater than that of a well desgined monohull. Also their predominantly slender displacement hullshape does not promote planing which is largely restrictive. However this went to press in 93 and since then there has been a lot of developments since the Hawk and the semi-planing hull design in the catamaran world. In fact I believe Reg White has now taken back the Hawk and is planning to redesign the rig as he still believes in the platform, however wet the deck might become! Bow lifting Spinnakers have also reshaped the design concept once again.
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<br>I think the book is now out of print as I found it a very hard task to get hold of, however if you have the patience, time and interest then this is a book to have, it promotes many ideas in your own mind.
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