Dinghies VS Cats

I don't think anyone who has sailed Cats, Skiffs and small Firefly like boats would say that any of them are easier to win in, but they are VERY different. When travelling at 15 knots you are obviously going to loose more in the tacks, even in a well designed cat, than you are in a dinghy doing 3 knots. The skills are therefore different, but I don't think anyone in their right mind would try and say one is easier than the other.

As for the speed differences, how about Int 14 v's Hobie 14?!

Sorry mate, but this is a perfect example of a totaly uneducated comment.

And what basis are you making this comment.....

Agreed, but it is different.

when sailing cat; you have to plan the next leg as tacking has to be considered; in a slow boat you can react to the small shifts.  The sailing is different, but still very tactical and because the speeds are so much higher, even tiny mistakes are punished by big distance loss.

I remember a conversation I had a while ago with a visitor at grafham, he was asking why the cats were so far apart "Simon, you looked like you were about 100m ahead of the next boat when you finished, why so far ahead?"  My answer was that 100m is not very far when you are travelling at 15kts (13 seconds????).