Contents  CATBOAT THESIS ...................................................................................................................1$_{ }$ A BRIEF HISTORY OF CATBOATS .....................................................................................3$_{ }$ MOORING AND DOCKING  ...................................................................................................4$_{ }$ Docking  ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Docking and Mooring  ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Docking Lessons  ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 DOCKING OUTBOARD-POWERED SMALL SAILBOATS ..............................................9$_{ }$ Approaching the Dock  ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Angling the Boat Properly and Coming to a Stop  ........................................................................................................ 9 Turn the Rudder, Turn the Engine  .................................................................................................................................. 10 MENGER CAT 19 OWNER'S MANUAL .............................................................................11$_{ }$ Stepping and Lowering the Tabernacle Mast  ............................................................................................................. 11 Trailer Procedure  ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Sailing Tips  .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 First Reef  ............................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Second Reef  ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 TRIMMING THE SAIL  ..........................................................................................................16$_{ }$ How to get rid of Weather Helm? .................................................................................................................................... 16 Quick study guide .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 What I do to trim the sail is...  .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Sail Trim  .................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Short Peak Halyard Primer  ................................................................................................................................................ 18 Catboat Sail Trim  ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 How ‘deep throat’ can give better performance in a single-sail, gaff-rigged boat  ................................................ 19 Angle of attack  ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Draft  ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Twist  ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Trimming to conditions  ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Points of sail  ........................................................................................................................................................................ 20 ANCHORING  ..........................................................................................................................22$_{ }$ HEAVING-TO IN A CATBOAT  ...........................................................................................24$_{ }$ Family Cat  ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Marshall Sanderling  .............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Horizon Cat  .............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Sun Cat  ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 RIGGING AND LAZY JACKS  ..............................................................................................26$_{ }$ Rigging Length of Line Chart - Sanderling  .................................................................................................................. 26 Single Line Reefing  ............................................................................................................................................................... 29 iv