Multi Vs. Mono: Owned…

For those of you who have always believed that “cruising multihull” is an oxymoron; for those of you who believe that living large and sailing very, very fast are incompatible; for those of you who insist that having a couple of tons of lead under your feet is the only way to go to sea: I have one simple request. Watch this video (Quicktime only; if you don’t have it get it here for free). What is it? Well, it’s a massive cruising cat called a Gunboat 62 (designed by Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin, who also ran up a little number called “Cheyenne”) absolutely running over an 80-foot Reichel/Pugh maxi monohull (don’t know which one). Like it? Go charter it. You can only imagine how hard the Gunboat crew were laughing (and how hard the maxi crew were swearing) as the video boat appeared to add insult to injury. What’s the soundtrack, you ask? Very appropriately, it’s “Wipeout”…



“Hey, Biff, wanna run those small fry down, too?…”Nah, let’s give it a rest, Rodney. I’m still chuckling about that sled, plus I’m waiting for Mari Cha to come along…”