possible with lots of support. Check out OC surf and distance. these are the baddest guys out there. This channel alone, Alenuihaha: 400 plus roundtrips in these currents is phenomenal sailing and paddling. They just make it look easy. Real athlete, and skillset to consider this stuff

Tradition? Not sure. It seems like it would lower the righting moment but maybe because the current configuration allows them to catch better wind above the waves? Just my guess.

@@scdrescher1 It's probably the same Sail shape they used hundreds of years ago. Today's shape would be tall and narrow, with battens and made of Kevlar.

@@sanfranciscobay that’s what I was thinking. You can achieve a lot of power with a cat rig fashioned with a square top main and you wouldn’t even a boom. That design just seems like it puts too much stress on the lower end of the mast and would increase your heeling