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"One of the advantages of a cat is that they are less uncomfortably in bad weather and a 50ft version should be able to cope with almost anything around the British coast."

Please tell me

Which bit is absurd

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1. If there were a f10 of f11 coming in whilst the cat may very well survive it would be in considerable more danger than if it avoided the storm.

2. Anyone with sense would want to avoid such a storm because they are dangerous and stressing to all on the boat.

3. The British coast can throw up terrible weather - just look at the wrecks all around it.

The safest course of action for any skipper in a storm is to avoid the storm if at all possible. If I was in the cat I would make for the nearest sanctuary ahead of the storm. If I was caught in the storm then I would heave to and use a para anchor but I would not enjoy a bit of it and would be doing something I have never done before.

So to take the view that because you are in a boat that exceeds class A and can ride out a storm you should choose to do that instead of avoiding it, is just absurd.

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Paul
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