Do you discuss Trimaran questions on this forum as well as Catamarans? If not, is there another forum for Trimarans? I am looking for some comments on 20' - 30' Trimarans.
Richard
i mention my 14' weta here on occasion and no one seems to mind
having said that for technical questions and answers you are probably going to get more detailed responses from the multihull forum of boatdesign.net
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/multihulls/small-trimarans-under-20-a-43650.html
Edited by erice on Oct 06, 2012 - 02:50 AM.
1982 nacra 5.2
2009 weta
Have a look here, there is a link for Farrier Tri's & I see a link part way down for Elan Tri's
http://www.catsailor.com/cs_sailing_links_cats.html
E C Hilliard
Nacra 5.7
Bombardier Invitation
can you get that weta all the way up on one hull. it kind of looks like they are there just for stability.
I think the "beach trimarans" are a natural part of the beachcat world. Some cool boats, even if they do carry around an extra hull, good to have a spare. 👿
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Damon Linkous
klppurdy wrote: can you get that weta all the way up on one hull. it kind of looks like they are there just for stability.
no you can't
the floats would need to be double the size to provide the buoyancy, which would make them too heavy for solo assembly
the demountable beam system would also need to be bigger and beefier
plus for control it would need dual rudders
think of it as a skiff with racks that doesn't dig in and flip
1982 nacra 5.2
2009 weta
there is a guy at our beach with a Windrider! He use to be a cat sailor, he got tired of worrying about flipping!
i am currently assembling a trimaran out of a 20' flying scott hull, a 15' catamaran with an 18 prindle mast and sails.