as headhunter mentioned, we have a friend with a cheeze grader mesh tramp for his supercat 17. He wears sailing pants and knee pads it is so ruff (intended) on him. The upside.. His crew (pit bull) has great grip and stays on the high side, even in gusts

[quote=northsea junkie]One last detail: when uprighting after capsizing, you cannot wait anymore untill the windforce in the tramp turns you in the wind! So you have to swim to the top of the mast, lift it, and turn the cat in (and a little past)the wind. Go back quickly via the shroud and lift the cat.

NS Junkie,

I've watched your vid before, impressive build.

Do you realize that if you walk towards the bow with the boat on it's side (capsized), that the boat will orient itself to the wind? Perhaps it's different with a 'cheesecloth' tramp however. Give it a try nest time, swimming to the mast head, etc., sounds tiresome, and could be dangerous.

Hi Todd,

Thanks for your comment, but I'm quite familiar with your described procedure. Problem is it doesn't work so well on a 15 footer. With such short hulls you cannot hardly go towards the bow, because that will turn the whole cat over.

Don't forget when I capsize its always in waves condition, so things are anyway difficult to control. Pushing the bow under water in this conditions can have dramatic effects.

Besides the self orienting effect of the cat is for the greater part caused by the sail-effect of the tramp and is not present when using a nettramp.

The procedure which I described, I used already for twenty years and in that days I was able to upright my cat in breaking waves in less then a minute.

As said before, that I will never manage these days anymore. Grrrr.