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StevenBauer
10-28-2006, 01:52 PM
Nice article on big catboats. And a great rant by our Tom Jackson. :D

Steven
uncas
10-28-2006, 06:02 PM
Yup.. on the Catboats.. Have read portions of it but not finished yet.. bedtime reading.. looking forward to finishing it...
rbgarr
10-28-2006, 06:04 PM
I liked the one on the Huckins 36. Didn't know there were any of that model around anymore. Wished there were photos of the interior.
Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )
10-29-2006, 10:16 AM
The latest issue of WB # 193 has a whole article about the big cat KATHLEEN. They gloss over what I consider her major drawbacks, and they even photograph her interior to look bight and airy, IT'S NOT !!! If you look close you can see the flash bounce from all the strobes they had to use to get a decent photo.
uncas
10-29-2006, 10:42 AM
Joe.. I went back and looked.. Umm.. you are right.. but that still does not make me change my mind about cats in general. I like cats.. Have only been aboard Ian's but his boat is sweet.. I mean sweet....
Yhen again, I like Friendship sloops... schooners..., Concordias.. ( drool )... a lot of beautiful woodies....
Maybe I am not as particular as I should be.. LOL.
Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )
10-29-2006, 10:44 AM
Ians is WHOLE different cat than KATHLEEN. I might give up Tidbit for Ian's Marmalade ;)
uncas
10-29-2006, 10:46 AM
I like to chase moonbeams too Joe..:) The Marmalade is one damn'd pretty boat......
Chan
10-29-2006, 12:09 PM
I'd like to see more interior photos in every article! Kathleen is a pretty sweet looking cat, looks much better in the water than in the ads for Beetle in the boatbuilders classified.
Ethan
10-30-2006, 02:51 PM
The latest issue of WB # 193 has a whole article about the big cat KATHLEEN. They gloss over what I consider her major drawbacks, and they even photograph her interior to look bight and airy, IT'S NOT !!! If you look close you can see the flash bounce from all the strobes they had to use to get a decent photo.

Hmmm...why haven't I heard this before? You'd think I woulda heard something somewhere....;)
Hwyl
11-07-2006, 03:12 PM
I was excited by the performance skiff (the P-T 15) she's expensive at 13K. I sailed an RS 400 in the Uk, I think it's a much better sorted boat and is a little cheaper, the PT needs an assymetric

Here's an RS http://www.rssailing.com/images/400top2.jpg

I think Wassa and I are a minority of two, who like fast wet dinghies, the RS (yes it's fibreglass) is a great boat.

Some comparisons

RS 400 /P-T 15

Sail Main and jib 159 /143
Spinnaker 150 /N/A
Length 14' 10" /15' 3"
Beam 6' 6" /5' 11"
Hull weight 187lb /164 lb

I tried to lay the comparisons out as a table but the forum keeps formatting them, hence the slashes.
John Meachen
11-07-2006, 07:03 PM
Make that three.Since my preferred class is made of the same stuff as the RS400(and a little faster!)I don't mention it too much on this forum.
Peter Page
11-07-2006, 11:42 PM
I'd like my copy.
Hwyl
11-08-2006, 05:12 AM
Make that three.Since my preferred class is made of the same stuff as the RS400(and a little faster!)I don't mention it too much on this forum.

There are a few of us on here who want to do more than bob about.

They don't import the RS 400 into America, performance boats don't seem to have a market.

What do you sail John; I'd guess a Laser 4000?
sawcutmill
11-08-2006, 08:55 AM
build it with "PL400" and they will sink.