210-boat entry confirmed for unique Pati Catala de Vela regatta in Vilanova i La Geltrú AC40 event
The Patín Catalán is a hugely popular 18-foot long beach-launched catamaran with a 5.24-foot beam – with no rudder, centreboard, or boom
It’s rare for professional sailors to look at a boat and go: “how does that work?” But down in Barcelona there is such a craft – the Patín de Vela, or more commonly the Patín Catalán – a hugely popular 18-foot-long, beach-launched catamaran with a 5.24-foot beam that has no rudder, no centreboard, no boom and is controlled by minute adjustments on the d…
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