Dutch Olympic Tornado catamaran IJsselmeer

[Antonvandekoppel]

word een beetje zeeziek van de beelden

voor de tv

[CusterFlux]

Great boat, too bad it's 3x the price of an F-18 and the hull hasn't really been updated since the 60's.

What's with the pie centre boards?

[bigbadboomerang]

it doesn't get outdated every year or two thus retaining it's value much better and it's faster than any f-18 in waves.

nothing else in the 20ft range is faster than the tornado in any kind of waves, and unlike the f-18 class, a range of crew weights can be competitive in the tornado class.

[CusterFlux]

First things first, if I could afford a Tornado, I'd have one - but:

"Outdated every year" - you know better than this, it's not "outdated" because by class rules, it can't be - not because there isn't better technology in hull design available!

Retaining value simply isn't true - after a few years, the boats are sold off at huge discounts.

The Tornado needs a formula approach, the hull should stand on it's own merits, not class rules - it should be far faster than the F18 than it is.

[nrk1001]

pretty cool:) but its sucks that ther is no music:(