African Cats changes the electrical distributionsystem on all her catamarans to the SAIL-BY-WIRE power bussystem of CAPI2. This results in more weightsavings and a further improvement of performance of the comfortable lightweight performance leisure catamarans.
Introduction
Over the last 20 years catamarans have become an accepted part of the sailing scene. The promise of dry, level sailing; high load carrying capability, with expansive living space; and high speed has won over many sailors. Unfortunately, all those attributes did not exist on the same production boat. Innovation never stops at African Cats. They looked at every component that goes into making a boat so we could deliver a catamaran; both sail and power, which delivers the promise and lets you “live the dream.”
African Cats reasons to change
The weight saving’s are over 100 kilo’s or lbs.220
The number of cables is reduced with more then 60 %
They are able to reduce the amount of conduits and cable gutters by 75 %
There is less space taken up with the whole installation
Capi2 is faster and easier to install
It is Easy to maintain and upgrade
There is a warning for broken lights and cables
Low battery warning and automatic switching of the appliances in order of importance
High power consumption warning
Backup systems for instruments, bilge pumps and auto pilot
Much lower power consumption
All indicator lights are dimmable for night operation
The nodes are dimmable for interior and exterior lighting
