Incorrect. They are firmly still in the displacement camp until at least they release Boat numero duo.

Your right, the red bows on OR #2 had me thinking incorrectly.

Are you sure? they talked about structural improvements on the hull and the vid showed foils on the rudders.

They are foiling with AC45, Moths, but the new 72 wont hit the water for another few months.

At 3:10 look at how F-L-A-T the hulls are!

$10 says you have to dig deep to find a catamaran reference on there (I haven't looked).

OK...I looked - I take that back. It actually looks pretty nice.

dug a little deeper...and the "detail" on catamarans is really bad. It points out nearly as many negatives as positives and glosses over the majority of catamaran sailing. There shouldn't be any "direct" negatives listed on any of these 'more detail' pages.



So, let's see the negatives listed for small (non cruising): slower at turning, do not have a keel, unstable and capsize easily (listed as an anti-negative for a 'big one'), wet (anti-negative again), and some might say "simple" is a negative if not just a mischaracterization written by someone that has clearly never set foot on a small multihull.

Is that the two most exciting pictures they could find of multihull sailing? What is up with choosing that top one - it looks like a trainwreck just happened and the second one (while cute) doesn't show any excitement. Compare that to the others while you're on there too.

compare that to the "small boat sailing" and you'll wonder why anyone sails catamarans at all (besides large cruisers).



let's see...negatives for 'small boats'? errrr....none.

Come to think of it, what is up with the line clearly drawn between Multihull, small boats, and large boats? Can a multihull not also be a small boat and a large boat? Why isn't it "small boat; dingy and multihull", "Large boat; monohull and multihull" or something. This is dumb. Not any of the other descriptions for the other "types" of sailing means lists any negatives but the multihull version is full of them.

Crap like this makes me glad I choose not to renew my US Sailing membership for the first time in a long time.

I'm going to leave the "Sailing Basics" page alone and just shake my head.

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way....turn

Wait... Are you saying that there is more to it than that?

Better off Dead. What do I win?

2 dollars

OK....clearly I'm the only one that sees the issues with the way the Multihulls are presented there - but I promise we got about 1/10 the marketing of any other "boat type" on there. It really is a marketing faux pas to point out so many negatives for something you are trying to "promote". Who proof read that and thought it was OK?

Those multi hull pics were sooo lame. I just want to go learn how to sail one of those. lol Jake I am with you.

The descriptions for small boats and other monohulls are also pretty lame if that makes you feel any better.
Why dont you contact them and submit an alternative text?

Lame, yes...negative? no. There is no contact on that site anywhere. I've sent a message to info@ussailing.org

they wrote me back with assurance that they aren't intentionally favoring any type of boat and that they will review it and be consulting their multihull constituents. Apparently, they looked up my membership status.

Sweet!