Hello everyone,

I have been following the recent threads on singlehanded designs, unprotected waters designs and the ultimate beachcat design with great interest.

I live in the SF bay area so have my fair share of heavy weather. I have seen the various positive posts regarding the SC 20 and its sailing capabilities.

So, my questions are orriented more towards the softer side of sailing. As I have mentioned before on this board, I have not yet convinced my wife that the SF Bay area water is warm.

So, I have been looking at the small farrier trimarans and have been crewing on other people's multihulls. However, I have realized that F boats are really too expensive for my tastes right now.

So, I am back to thinking about multihulls in the $5k range. I have found a place that will let me keep a SC 20 expanded and launch with a crane or a ramp.

I was wondering, how dry is it in compairison to other beach cats (most of our sailing has been on a Prindle 18-2)? It looks like the hulls have more volume than your average cat and that the tramp sits further out of the water, and it sounds like it would be pretty easy to keep one hull flying stabley in a good breeze. So, in moderate conditions (10-15 knots), could I keep my wife pretty dry if I was careful? And reserve sailing in the big winds for when I can find a buddy who is willing to get wet, or once I have figured out how to sail it singlehanded in those conditions?

Also, in terms of carying the various amenities that one might want to if one is out cruising for a day, what kind of access to the hulls does one have? Or would everything need to be kept on the tramp?

Thanks for your thoughts. I have started talking to the guy who is selling the SC 20 on the classified pages here.

Drew