Awee Geeze...

Actually, the overwhelming majority of windsurfers sail in winds between 10 and 25mph, not the nukin' 40+ that many people think. Also, modern windsurfing gear can fully plane in 10-12knots of wind and specialized "Formula" race gear in 8 or less. In these windspeeds, windsurfers can sail in excess of 2 times the actual windspeed.

Sailing a cat in 35kts without doing anything special? On your side maybe. Statements like that bring back thoughts of the Hobie Tiger worlds a few years back in Santa Barbra. How much racing was done on those windy days and how many boats left the beach? Granted, high performance windsurfing does require more equipment as well as the ability to select the right equipment than simply rigging a cat, but modern gear has a lot more range than the old stuff and goes together more easily. I could have two, probably three rigs put together in the time it takes to get a cat together and in the water.

Regarding jumping...well if you've never done it, you will never know...ha ha, more waves for me! The thing about windsurfing is that there is always something else to learn. On a cat, once you learn how to tack, gybe, trapeze, and go reasonably fast, you've basically done it. Windsurfing is basically unbounded (I suggest doing a search on Youtube, there is some amazing sh!t out there).

Not knockin' cats, I've sailed them my whole life and still enjoy racing them. Just don't bust on windsurfing if you haven't tried it <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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