does anybody out there have pictures of "cat sass" capsizing? i would like to see the pictures. and if anybody has a damage report. i own one of the viva's and would like some feed back. anybody know the story. thanks

Here's the link:
http://www.pacificfog.net/Temp/CatSass.swf

Hi, I'm Tami and my husband Jay and I helped Dave Tilley restore your VIVA. Well, Jay and Dave were sort of part-owners, but we all worked on the boat.

I looked at the Cat Sass footage with interest, having sailed your very boat. It looks to me like they couldn't blow the mainsheet (no surprise, it being on winch). If there's a lesson in Cat Sass' folly, it's to change out that silly sheeting system. Get a set of blocks - there's better stuff out now than there was at the time the VIVAs were made.

That said, they have a higher-aspect main than you do unless you changed out the dacron.

I heard you were selling the boat?

sea ya
tami

hi tami. that link doesn't work. but thanks. yes after much work i sail the boat 3-4 times a week for a couple of years. sailed her all tru the sea of cortez. for 3 weeks. i have replaced the main sheet system twice. the first being ronstan. it completly failed ronstan=total junk. it's now a 13 to 1 doubler all lewmar "r". did the same with the jib. much better than the original in my opinion. you can easily solo her now. i completly re did the rudders. i've done lots of work on the boat. she's down to 1550 lbs empty. see's pretty much dialed in now. thanks

Link works for me. Just takes a while to load.

Brad,

The link is working for me now too.

GARY

Thanks everybody. i must have some computer issue. i can't see the pics.