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  1. 1st January 2015, 10:21 PM #11
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    What I have gathered from local pros , is that cats are great in chop . Ab divers love them . stable at rest to .
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  2. 1st January 2015, 10:33 PM #12
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  3. 12th January 2015, 07:07 PM #13
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    Scariest trip of my life was on a Marlin Broadbill twin hull in 2m swell and chopped up to buggery. Coming in with a trailing sea it kept wanting to turn onto the crest of the swell and on more than one occasion took water over the side.

    Give me a good single hull like my Barcrusher cutting one hole and then pulling or riding through
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  4. 12th January 2015, 07:16 PM #14
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    Love the Barcrushers too...
    Marlins were known for that issue.
    Never had the problem on the Shark Cat.

    A lot of it comes down to the operator at times.

    What BC have you got?
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  5. 13th January 2015, 09:30 PM #15
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    I will agree with that Tombie, I have had 2 Bruce Harris Sharkcats over the last 15 years and have never had a problem in rough water. And I always run more HP than recommended. One of my beliefs is that it is better to overpower than underpower a boat - you can always back off the throttle a bit but you can't push it further forward if you are already on full revs. Lots of people have come to grief in rough weather particularly with a following sea and an underpowered rig. You can't beat a genuine Sharkcat in poor conditions
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  6. 14th January 2015, 11:08 AM #16
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  7. 14th January 2015, 12:47 PM #17
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    This powered catamaran seemed to be doing quite well off Steep point back in June, a little slow going up the swell/waves, but fast down the other side:





    Just glad I wasn't on it!



    Here he is finally going around the point.

    I always thought I wanted a full displacement mono hull with flopper stopper stabilizers, like a Nordhavn or Kadey Krogan - sadly non in my price range
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  8. 15th January 2015, 08:52 PM #18
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    These do alright too.. Some horrible water there! Been on it several times in huge swells.

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