Just refurbished this 1973 Tornado Catamaran. Awesome boat I really like sailing it.
I want to add a Genaker sail. Any suggestions on where I can get a kit or instructions on how to add it would be appreciated. Also, I've never sailed it yet in really strong wind and it doesn't have a mast flotie. My other 18' cat never needed to be righted meaning I never flipped it even in pretty strong wind. This one is 10' instead of 8' and I'm wondering if (being a recreational sailor) if I really need to bring righting equipment or what your experience is.
I usually only sail in 10-25kts wind or so. Thanks.

What about a spinnaker instead? I have not seen any gennakers on a beach cat, only on monohulls.

As for righting.... purposely put the on its side in shallow water and see if you can right it.

Hi , send Your E-mail and I send You pic.!!
I make a genackker on my P-19 ,25qm from Tornado , sails FAST !!!!

Most Tornado's (if not all) add a spinnaker, not a genniker.. but you can do whatever you want... (i wouldn't)

I know several cats with them (gennikers or code zeros's)
I fly a Tornado Spin on my cat..

IN MY OPPINION... go sail your new rocket ship about 100 times before you even consider putting a turbo rocket (genniker/spinnaker) on it... its a monster without it.. wait till you fly a hull doing 30 downwind with a spin up!!

Great. Thanks. Could you send some photos of how you set it up. It's my favorite boat so far I really like it a lot. The photos I've seen look like gennikers but maybe they're spinnakers. Also where would you suggest getting a spinnaker kit to add to this boat? My email address for photos is Seakayak2@yahoo.com Thanks again.

andrewscott

Most Tornado's (if not all) add a spinnaker, not a genniker.. but you can do whatever you want... (i wouldn't)

I know several cats with them (gennikers or code zeros's)
I fly a Tornado Spin on my cat..

IN MY OPPINION... go sail your new rocket ship about 100 times before you even consider putting a turbo rocket (genniker/spinnaker) on it... its a monster without it.. wait till you fly a hull doing 30 downwind with a spin up!!

edited by: strategy, Jul 26, 2009 - 05:32 PM

strategy

Great. Thanks. Could you send some photos of how you set it up.

sure

(you will need to scroll right to see all the pic)



This was an f18 spin.. it had a much shorter luff.. so the pole was higher