beerMe said:My niece didn't think sailing a cat was "real" sailing and said something about the higher price. I thought that too until I actually sailed one. I think that once she takes a look at the speed log she'll be hooked!
They both get powered by sails, so I count them both as real sailing.
Sailing a mono can be more exciting due to the heeling, but when a cat gets moving, that's fun too. At the end of the day though, the cat is more luxurious for living on.
While we own a mono in Moorings, we typically take advantage of being able to upgrade to a cat. I figure if we wanted to sail, we could do that at home (and we do) so sailing isn't our primary goal for traveling to the BVI - its everything else and sailing is the means to go from place to place, so the type of sailing ends up being less important and comfort more important.
