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[quote=erice]a lot depends on the cat you have, i think it was andrew? on this site who now has a mystere but used to have a h18. he said the mystere was far easier to keep flying, presumably something to do with the hull shape and sail plan. basically the boat wants to statically balance with the weight of the rig balanced by the weight of the windward hull, however whensailing that's very slow and any mistakes will see the mast go to far and drag the boat over so for max speed the pressure in the sail needs to be controlled finely to keep the hull just flying. this means you need two things, 1. a smooth, correctly ratioed main sheet and 2. a smooth, non-sloppy rudder system if you have both of those AND a well balanced and designed boat the next thing you need is lots of time sailing and trying. like riding a bicycle or driving a manual car "feel/balance" can't be taught from a book<!-- editby --><em>Edited by erice on Oct 21, 2011 - 05:38 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]

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