Flipped Cat

Posted By: Clayton

Flipped Cat - 09/29/09 01:27 PM

Just saw an intersting post on SA. First thing shown is an upside down cruising catamaran. The heading says "The Flaw?". Interesting that they don't mention the fact that most leaners would just go to the bottom instead of staying top side. Seems that I remember the J22 or 24's that were going down pretty regular. SA is resisting the turn to the dark side...

Clayton

Posted By: ThunderMuffin

Re: Flipped Cat - 09/29/09 01:34 PM

believe me, Clean is all aboard the cat stuff. He just got the pic and needed to put words to it and get hits.

Posted By: Mike Hill

Re: Flipped Cat - 09/29/09 01:39 PM

The Flaw is that they can still take a picture without using a submarine to go visit the boat.

Posted By: Tony_F18

Re: Flipped Cat - 09/29/09 01:46 PM

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The Flaw
This catamaran capsized of the coast of Catalina Island last week. Cleating the mainsail was the culprit as the skipper flipped the boat 'in slow motion'. A salvage company was able to right the vessel and take it into Avalon to assess the damages. No one was injured, but is this not the one thing about cats that just freaks people out?

IMHO the article seems pretty accurate, if you leave the main cleated on a monohull it is very unlikely to flip over like a cat does.
Maybe there should be some sort of electronic safety release for cruising cats?

Posted By: Clayton

Re: Flipped Cat - 09/29/09 02:40 PM

There was probably some sort of "autopilot" on and the skipper got careless. Went below to fix a rum drink...then OH CRAPOLA! Just a guess though.

I'd still rather be sitting on a turned over cat vs. wondering why my raft didn't deploy when the boat went down. I'm kind of partial though. Doesn't mean I don't like leaners, just prefer my cats.

I think they do have some sort of safety release on some of the high tech big cats. Probably not feasable on a smaller inexpensive cruiser.

Clayton
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