Whats better in the rough Cat or Vee?
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Re: Whats better in the rough Cat or Vee?
I don't understand your answer?
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Was that a race...or a Poker Run?
Big Difference.
In Offshore racing that train left the station long ago......
Power for power the cats have won in rough or calm water...since the mid 80's.
Even the Miami- New York race was won by a cat.
The fact that a 42+ foot vee bottom with 2500+ hp can beat a 36 foot cat (stretched to 38) with 1100 hp means very little.
525 hp's versus 525 hp's
or
twin 1400's
in equal sized boats..... say 36 foot cat against 35 Vee
or 46 foot cat against 46 foot vee
Give me the cat...up to small craft warnings
After that
let's make it 30 foot cat against 30 foot vee
and I'll take the Shadow Cat.
T2x
Big Difference.
In Offshore racing that train left the station long ago......
Power for power the cats have won in rough or calm water...since the mid 80's.
Even the Miami- New York race was won by a cat.
The fact that a 42+ foot vee bottom with 2500+ hp can beat a 36 foot cat (stretched to 38) with 1100 hp means very little.
525 hp's versus 525 hp's
or
twin 1400's
in equal sized boats..... say 36 foot cat against 35 Vee
or 46 foot cat against 46 foot vee
Give me the cat...up to small craft warnings
After that
let's make it 30 foot cat against 30 foot vee
and I'll take the Shadow Cat.
T2x
And I have been to a few of the scope Poker runs in rough water and the V's always have outrun the cats by a huge margin in the rough water!!! The Dick Simon Marine Poker run from 2001 (appr timeframe) comes to mind!!! The water was BIG.......people were coming back with cuts and bruises and blood on the boats....not too mention broker boats!!! The first 4-5 boats were Cigarette's.
I think there are very few people (like John Tomlinson) that can run a cat with the expertise to be able to run the boat hard in rough water. The "average Joe" (including myself) probably doesn't have these skills.
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As an owner of a 35 foot vee, there is no question of the
superiority of cats.
In fact, when I encounter people whose goal is to go over
100mph I tell them to just get a cat, forget the vee.
So why am I in a vee?
There is one downside to cats: I would never, ever own
a cat without at least #6 drives. Bravos are a joke on cats.
For that and other reasons cats cost nearly double the
same size vee, but will go lots faster. I can't afford a cat.
In fact, as far as I'm concerned, my 35 foot 8500 pound vee with twin 575SCi's and XR drives is the limit for reliable Bravo usage. Any more power, size, weight, or if you have a cat, forget Bravos.
Pesky Varmint
superiority of cats.
In fact, when I encounter people whose goal is to go over
100mph I tell them to just get a cat, forget the vee.
So why am I in a vee?
There is one downside to cats: I would never, ever own
a cat without at least #6 drives. Bravos are a joke on cats.
For that and other reasons cats cost nearly double the
same size vee, but will go lots faster. I can't afford a cat.
In fact, as far as I'm concerned, my 35 foot 8500 pound vee with twin 575SCi's and XR drives is the limit for reliable Bravo usage. Any more power, size, weight, or if you have a cat, forget Bravos.
Pesky Varmint