Boat - SWB Catboat - Great Value Multi use sailing boat - yacht

Catboat 1.0
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A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat), or a cat-rigged sailboat, is a sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward (i.e., near the front of the boat).

Although any boat with a single sail and a mast carried well forward is 'technically' a catboat, the traditional catboat has a wide beam approximately half the length of the boat, a centerboard, and a single gaff-rigged sail. Some catboats such as the Barnegat Bay type and more modern catboat designs carry a Bermuda sail. A jib is sometimes added, but this may require a bowsprit, and technically creates a sloop sail-plan.

It is generally accepted that the origin of the catboat type was in New York around 1840 and from there spread east and south as the virtues of the type - simplicity, ease of handling, shallow draft, large capacity - were discovered.

Historically, catboats were used for fishing and transport in the coastal waters around Cape Cod, Narragansett Bay, New York and New Jersey. Some were fitted with bowsprits for swordfishing and others were used as 'party boats' with canvas-sided, wood-framed summer cabins that could be rolled up.

Around the turn of the 19th century, catboats were adapted for racing, and long booms and gaffs, bowsprits and large jibs were fitted to capture as much wind as possible. The decline of racing and advent of small, efficient gasoline engines eliminated the need for large sailplans, and catboats today are used as pleasure craft for day sailing and cruising, and have the virtues of roominess, stability and simple handling, though many catboats have poorer upwind performance than well-designed sloop-rigged craft.

(Wikipedia)

This is the inspiration behind this boat in sl

Its an uncomplex, compact, cheap, simple to use, and a fun basic boat that can seat a friend and can be raced too :)

QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS:
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1) To start sailing right away, say "raise".
2) To steer left and right, use the left/right arrow keys or the 'a' and 'd' keys (when not in chat mode).
4) To move the sail in or out, use the up/down arrow keys or the 'w' and 's' keys (when not in chat mode).
5) To come to a full stop, say "moor".
6) There is one crew ball - poseballs can be hidden with the 'show' or 'hide' command.
7) To Enter mouselook - like you are really sailing it - press the 'm' key (when not in chat mode) - and escape a couple of time to return.
8) Say cboard to raise and lower the centerboard - or use the control hud provided (see a more detailed explanation below).
9) Wear the huds provided there are 3 in total - wind direction hud - controls hud - and camera hud - the controls hud offers commonly used commands in a simple button form
10) say 'help for help or hud for wind direction hud

Remember as the boat is editable you can adjust the rudder 'pole' to fit your hand

At slower speeds the boat will come off the plane and the sprays will reduce - to make lower speeds especially when motoring in port or harbour it can move very slow;y with a gentle water sounds and prop wake.

KEY CONTROLS:
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- Use the left and right arrow keys (or 'a' and 'd') to steer the boat.
- Use the forward and backward arrow keys (or 'w' and 's') to "sheet" (i.e., pull the mainsheet (i.e., the rope) that pulls the mainsail in and out.

COMMANDS:
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"raise" -- raise the mainsail and begin sailing. Will also stop motor if motoring.
"lower" -- lower the mainsail and stop sailing. Note that the boat will continue to drift.
"moor" -- reset the boat to non-physical state.
"sheet X" -- sheets in or out the mainsail by X degrees ("sheet -5" will pull the sail in by 5 degrees).
"id#XX" -- displays a two-digit number between 00 and 99 to your boats id"id#05").
"cb" -- Raises Centerboard
"cb" -- Lowers Centerboard - if the board is down then they will dig into the water for better upwind performance.
"motor" -- lowers sails and starts outboard motor. Say moor to stop or say raise to continue sailing with engine off. Ideal for in and around ports - use forwards and back arrows to control speed.
"alphasails1, alphasails2 and alpha sails3" --allow you to make the rather large sails semi transparent - will reset when you rez the boat.
"help" --gives this notecard.
"vane on and vane off" --starts the wind indicator at the top of the mast.
"hud" -- will give you a twin needle wind direction hud - the white needle states 'true wind' and the brown semi-transparent needle states 'ap