The general sentiment towards cats hasn't changed a bit. I had a 12 yr old kid tell me his dad said that catamarans can't point. I just shake my head.
Yeah, and cruising cats (aka floating condo-zillas) don't help with that argument, "pointing" at 50 degrees TWA.
The rest of the multihulls, however, probably point just as well as monos once they're up to speed (apparent wind, etc).. or if they don't they can outperform on VMG....