ooer this is getting serious

Note for readers

Mrs tcm was with me today. Not BrendanS. She's only met BrendanS a few times okay, so nobody is to read anything in the least bit inappropriate about my swmbo telling BrendanS anything.

I am beginning to regret starting this thread...
 
Looks very nice. Nice sorry I could not do more.

only real downside will be finding enough space to park!

Does she have dagger boards like most of these big cats.
 
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no, no dagger boards. Didn't seem to make loads of leeway though.

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Quite long, deep keels so leeway isn't too bad.

Were you with Mr Bullimore by any chance? I have a 435, now called 445 but no different. Lovely boat.
 
Sorry, absolutely no god-awful stories. Just ones about very successful, very comfortable Atlantic crossing and some excellent Caribbean sailing when the boat isn't chartered out. Next trip is a sail from the BVI down to St Lucia for the Cricket World Cup in March.

Excellent boats... Never ever going back to a mono.
 
Well it looks big enough at any rate! Creature comforts and considerations of living afloat apart,
Was it enjoyable to sail? Did your stomach lurch at all and was it nice and crisp on the helm or did it all seem remote?
With my catamaran sailing limited to Hobies and one Godawful Frenchie 35footer,I concluded that if you are going to have a girt big cat,then it might as well be big enough to provide cabins that dont feel a bit narrow.
How do the 2year old examples stand up now?
 
now if you don't mind me asking what the hell do you do for a living to afford a boat like that.
i am suitably jealous
 
even better, cause most of the competitors do. but the low aspect ratio keels are much better for cruising and provide great directional stability. Unfortunately, this means that you ned a bit more work to dock, but the propellors are much further apart than on D2
 
well, I spose cats are inevitably more remote that monos - sometimes it's on one hul and sometimes on the other. I found it ok bashing into 20 knots towards the nab, and after stinkpottering in some occ. very lairy seas a cat is not at all bad. Well, the cutlery drawer didn't fly out onto the galley floor which it has done a few times on mobos. Itis more hobby horsey than mono sailboat, though agai no more hobby horsey than a mobo.

I spose the main main advantage comes when the boat stops. in other words, if you are sail sail sailing and then off home a mono is more fun. But if you wantt sailand then stop in the boat, a cat is more appropriate.

I was hoping to buy summink so that i don't much care how about short/medium term market conditions and this wd be ok in that regard.
 
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After 4 years of hard charter use the interior woodwork is as good as new. Having the saloon upholstery replaced next week as it has faded badly. (the original material was not factory supplied so it is my own fault) Hull, mechanicals, electrics still very good. Sails pretty good but mainsail battens will be replaced sometime in the next year.

All in all in excellent shape for a boat that charters more than 30 weeks a year.
 
Re: 30 weeks a year!

I don't like cats and would never have one.
This statement is based on extensive experience sailing cats.(3 hours ,1973 ,Shearwater).
However SWMBO looking over shoulder at web site was quite smitten!
I don't like the idea of a "power shower" isn't one of the character moulding parts of sailing battling against a gale to a shower block in the furthermost reaches of the marina to find facilities that in normal circs you wouldn't bathe a dog in,and then battling back dirtier than when you went, harbouring varied and interesting fungal diseases.

Well actually on closer examination it does look quite an interesting boat.
 
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