[quote=jonathan162]Though I've been exclusively multihull for about 40 years, I heartily second that advice: It's better to learn on a monohull, because they're sensitive in ways that cats aren't, and it's easier to learn techniques that will help you later on cats.
The examples I like to cite are the weird exercises our instructors put us through when I was a kid on Flying Juniors in sailing school: Go out to the middle of the lake, take out your rudder and sail home. Go out to the middle of the lake and sail home backwards. One of the things you become aware of is the angle (heel) of the boat in the water, what the waterline looks like, and how the "banana effect" helps you steer. Can't really teach that on a cat, but the lessons you learn carry forward to multihulls.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by jonathan162 on Jul 19, 2021 - 04:44 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
No HTML tags allowed (except inside [code][/code] tags)
