Bill, Mr. Roberts,

When you say that no other cat comes with a righting system, you need to include all catamarans, including your own designs. Supercats do not come with a righting system.

Only a well prepared sailor can right the capsized catamaran. That is same sailor who created the circumstances leading to a capsize.

Catamarans are a vessel that are sailed with active cantilevered ballast. Active, moving around, and cantilevered, on a trapeze wire. Without the active ballast, the non-ballasted boats can not stay upright, beyond a certain wind speed.

Just as soon as the active ballast can not prevent capsize, the same active ballast (the sailors of the craft) must actively correct the capsize.

There is no system on any of the beachcats that can right the capsize without the active participation of the crew, the active ballast. That is the same person who caused the capsize.

There are many aides that a catamaran crew may use to right his capsized catamaran. Without the active participation of the crew, the capsized catamaran does not become un-capsized. (righted)

You, nor anyone, sells a catamaran that includes a crew who is able to right the capsized craft. Therefore, nobody, even you, has produced a catamaran that includes a means to right the capsized craft.

Furthermore.. I must express my objection to your email letter to me, five years ago, stating that every Supercat ever sold came with a one man righting system.

I have had correspondence with more than one Supercat sailors who were not able to right the Superheat 17 without some outside assistance, even after several repeated attempts.

My point here is that there is no beachcat (a cantilevered ballasted sailboat that does not use static, below the water surface, ballast weight) that can be righted without the active participation of some interested people. No tools will do the job if there is not present, the proper interested people.

Locally here in So. CA, we have a fleet of catamarans that sail to the Island of Catalina. The only cat sailor who has not been able to make the trip, owns a Superheat 19.

He has not been able to make the trip because he is not able to right his boat from a capsize unless he has a crew of three, aboard. THREE!

I would like to add to my comments that I really enjoy reading all of your knowledge filled posts. Also, I really love Supercats, especially the Supercat 17.

I, like so many here, look forward to your posts, intellignet comments, and wisdom. Thank you for all your past, as well as your present and future contributions.

GARY