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Old 01-05-2007, 04:59 AM
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tricat
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Hi Martin,Got your views on the multihull.One the multi was put together as a cheap way of getting a test bed on the water.The first thing to do was stablize it,as yes it pitchpoled.This we did by moving the floats forward.we think that if the drive force from the centre of pressure is in front of the lee float centre of bouyancy the bows it will most likely go down.So we move the whole float so that max bouyancy can be applied.No in a 30knt wind it did not sail well,it was survival sailing all the time but it did not capsize.I am at the moment looking at building a radiacal design multi but have yet to get my act together.I will ty and get a video of the multi sailing on one float.Hope this clears up any misunderstanding of my descriptions. Scotty