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Review of Tornado Catamaran


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Tornado Catamaran is a small catamaran designed by the British maritime architect Rodney March together with T. Pearce / R. White in the mid sixties. Several thousand boats have been built.

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Hull

The hull is made of wood.
Some boats have a hull made of Fibreglass.


Keel

CentreBoard

The Tornado Catamaran is built with a centreboard keel. A centreboard keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.

The boat can sail close to the beach as the draft is just 0.15 - 0.25 meter (0.49 - 0.79 ft) dependent of the load.


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Tornado Catamaran is 2.02.

Slim Wide 62% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 62% of all other designs.


Maintenance

Keel Inspection

Keels with moving parts need to be inspected and maintained on a regular basis according to advice given in owner's manual. Manufacturers usually advise which maintenance work can be done by the owner and which work should be carried out by a suitably experienced boatyard.

Boat owner's ideas

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