[PCW] Lagoon

[Bob Austin]

I have talked to several sailing cat owners who came down the 
Tombigbee Waterway and indended to keep the stick off until they 
reached their home ports in Florida.  All of these boats were going 
at displacement speeds and doing fine.  (8 or so knots)  The 
experience  of cruising monohulls is that they use the engine about 
50% of the time--and I suspect that cats are probably also using the 
engine almost as much.  But certainly a power cat is designed 
differently--especially when one goes to increased speeds.

Bob Austin