Herreshoff 31 .. How does she sail?

[Russell Turpin]

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The Herreshoff 31 looks like a neat boat for couple doing coastal
cruising and island hopping, but having no experience with cat
ketches, I have some questions about the design.

(1) Given the light weight and forward mast, does the boat
pitch a lot in chop, and roll a lot when running?

(2) Can one heave-to? If so, how? (Back the main??) Is
heaving-to an appropriate wait-out-heavy-air strategy
for this boat?

(3) Given its moderate beam and moderate ballast fairly high,
where does it get its stability?

Thanks!

Russell

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