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    Posted: 16 Mar 08 at 12:41am
Originally posted by JimC

same reason that you can't race a mono at certain large cat handicap events I should think...


Agreed, but that is because they have historically moved in different circles.

If cats were to allow monos to handicap events then would they come?  And vice versa?  Probably not.


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"Monohull v's Multihull
One can tack quickly, the other takes a wide area to tack.
You can sail/race on a handicap system but depending on the course/wind direction etc the Cats may wind hands down."

Neither of these two reasons are valid. Some Cats can tack quicker than some skiff type boats. And in certain wind conditions Cats are very uncompetitive. So it's swings and roundabouts in Handicap racing.
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same reason that you can't race a mono at certain large cat handicap events I should think...

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Monohull v's Multihull

One can tack quickly, the other takes a wide area to tack.

You can sail/race on a handicap system but depending on the course/wind direction etc the Cats may wind hands down.

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After many years of racing dingies/cats around the country,I wonder why cats cannot race at certain major handicap events? some clubs are not suitable-but most are.

 
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