If most of our sailing - at least generally the longer trips - is usually conducted downwind, upwind work sometimes gatecrashes the party... How do we deal with this and how do we avoid resorting to the engine? Allow us to explain!
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Publié le
19/07/2018
Par
Vince Valstar
Numéro :
161
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2018
"Multihulls, and cats especially, are not made for sailing upwind." This complaint is often heard from regulars on monohulls by those of us who choose to sail on two or three hulls. Ultimately, they are not entirely wrong: a catamaran is much faster downwind than up. The difference in speed is often even more than double. And multihull fans, no doubt more Epicurean in their approach to sailing, prefer a route which doesn’t involve tacking... And when there’s no choice, the option to motor, into a head sea, is very tempting though not comfortable. However, multihulls are not incapable of going …
