Take a look at this picture :





[img]http://www.boats.com/common/display_image.jsp?picture=%2Fpublished%2Fimages%2Fsm_49er.gif&caption=%0D%0A&type=content&backlink=%2Fcontent%2Fdefault_detail.jsp%3Fcontentid%3D1070&headeractivity=&headersubactivity=&x=52&y=89[/img]



and



[img]http://www.geocities.com/f16hpclass/AHPC_taipan49_small_line_drawing[/img]





We had some discussing about going to a longer pole length than what we finally decided on which is the ISAF / Texel allowed max length of 0,8 mtr. past the bows, mainly imspired by the longer pole lengths of the skiffs. In case of the 49 the pole is 1,7 mtr. (pictures)



What we didn't realize at the time is that the rig of the 49-er is more in front of the boat. And that that catamarans mostly have a piece of 0,5 to 1 mtr of bow in front of the bridle wires. Now 0,8 past the bows means that the genaker luff is some 1,3 to 1,8 mtr. in front of the jib luff JUST as it is in case of the 49-ers. And this slot distance determines to a large extend the genaker performance



So in effect via a back door we arrived at pretty much the same setup as this succesful monohull !



So guys it seems that we got it both ways without realizing it.



Just something I wanted to share with you all.



Wouter