We switched from a Mono (an Allmand 35 pilot house) to our current Catamaran, made 22 years ago by Tom Lack in England - a Catalac 41. We are glad we did but the sailing is more fun on a Mono. The living aboard is easier on a Cat.
We joke that our Cat used to be a cat and now is closer to a barge... The dirty secret of cats is that TWO hulls each encounter each wave and each generates a jerk in opposition. Additionally when seas get big if you go into them you hit your bridge deck at some point and the boat really shudders. But 95 per cent of the time you are at anchor, and the boat cannot be beaten for comfort at anchor or on any downwind sailing! We endeavor to sail like Columbus, sail downwind, and wait for a lot of weather. They did a nice writeup on LIVING ABOARD in the Des Moines Register yesterday: See it in the following web site: http://tinyurl.com/dmregstory Have a Great Day everyone! July 4th marks the start of our 4th year as full time live aboard cruisers without a dock to return to. We are Nomadics (a term we noticed on our American Express credit card web site). Ed Ed & Sue Kelly - USSV ANGEL LOUISE - USCG Home Port Cruz Bay, USVI - 2 crazy Iowans currently at City Dock at Elizabeth City, NC (You can currently still see Angel Louise on Elizabeth City, NC's slow harbor Cam at: www.ecncweather.com/harborcam.php ) You can see map and 7 days travel progress at http://tinyurl.com/EdandSue (very slow connection) -- edke...@netins.net _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveabo...@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
