why bring up the H16?
aren't F18's beach cats?
apparently i'm wrong about beach cats topping out around 25 knots, because the tornado video w/bruce kendall claims a top speed of 33knots. what conditions and point of sail was that done in?
the question: how fast? is dealing with top speed not beating speed or downwind speed the way i read it. i believe most beach cats top out at a similar speed, since there are no production cats designed as speed record craft.
they are all designed to excell in moderate winds on all points of sail. in fact i was under the impression that some cats could go 20 in 10konts of wind.