[PCW] Lagoon

[HClews@aol.com]

Assuming it was a well-designed sailing cat to begin with, just dropping 
the stick and adding more power will NOT make a good powercat - 
unless you're content to putter along at a max of 8-10  knots.  As far as I 
know, 
all successful transitions from sailing cat to powercat involved major 
re-working of the underwater hull shape.  In order to avoid  tail-dragging, 
powercats need extra buoyancy aft.  You can see this  clearly on the 
PDQ, Manta and Tennant designs with their CS hull designs.
 
Henry Clews 
PDQ 34 Sno' Dog
www.geocities.com/snodoglog

In a message dated 9/29/2006 2:43:47 P.M. Eastern  Daylight Time, 
mrchuckjohnson@aol.com writes:

Does  this mean that a sailboat hull is just fine (and gives that great beam) 
for a  power cat? I did talk with one Voyager 500 sailcat owner who admitted 
that for  all intents and purposes he used his boat as a power cat.