New Cape WT10, 33' folding trimaran design from White Tip Yachts

 White Tip Yachts have partnered with Francois Perus and Romain Scolari of the Yacht collective to create an exciting new performance oriented 33' trimaran design.  The build is to be handled by Cape Performance Sailing.

White Tip Yachts

From Thomas Wilson of White Tip Yachts:

The design of the boat is the fruit of a 2-year collaboration between the two naval architects of Yacht Design Collective, François Perus-Romain Scolari and my wife and I.

Having sailed a trimaran in May 2022, we were convinced that this was the ideal boat for us.  I had been following makes such as Dragonfly, Corsair and Farrier. I was impressed with the new Corsairs, particularly their 600, 760 and 880.  I was however surprised to see that across all makes there were no modern deigns in the 30-to-40-foot range.  Most of the trimarans in that size bracket have hull shapes that are based on pretty old designs.

As a YMI and pro Ocean sailor I have sailed and raced on many yachts.  I was convinced that with YDC, we could create an exciting and innovative boat that would be a top performer. I therefore decided to commission YDC and asked them to design this trimaran for us.

The brief was simple:

The boat had to be 33 foot: I race and want to participate in RORC races with this boat including Fastnet. As I am sure you know, RORC require a minimum LOA of  30 feet for multihulls. I therefore wanted to be over this length.  The boat had to be foldable and trailable: We came up with a design that folds to 3.5m which is the maximum width allowed on UK and European roads without “Special Convoy”.

I wanted the boat to be light and fast but with a MOCRA rating below 1.5 as this then moves the boat in the Grand prix category.  Last but not least a special effort needed to be made to ensure that every aspect of the boat was designed and built with attention to detail and focus on quality throughout the project

YDC came up with the design you now see on the renders. In our view, they have done a fabulous job. In addition Francois and Romain are a great team to work with. The interior renders attached to this email are those of the “race style”. We also have another interior possible with lighter tones.

During the design we also looked for a good yard. We wanted a yard that was:

Interested in this project;

Capable of ensuring a high-quality build.

I was introduced to the owners of Cape Performance in South Africa. There was very quickly an excellent meeting of minds between all of us.  As you know Cape Performance builds the fantastic Cape 31 and they have therefore been able to bring true value to the project.  As a result, we are now ready to start the build of this new Trimaran, the Cape WT10, and to announce its arrival to the sailing world.

To that effect we have now created White Tip Yachts. The company will focus on selling these yachts worldwide.

Our website is

www.whitetipyachts.com

We aim to have the first boat finished in the first half of 2025.

Boat 1 will be our boat and belong to White Tip Race Academy Ltd which is a new race school that my wife and I opened this year based in Haslar,

Gosport, South of England

The boat will 

Allow potential buyers to test a boat properly as they will sail it with me as the owner and instructor

Allow clients to have trimaran lessons

Allow clients to participate in multihull races.

Here are the specs

LOA 10m

BOA 8.4m

BOA folded 3.5m

BOA/LOA 84%

DRAFT 1.8m-0.4m

WEIGHT DRY BOAT READY TO SAIL 2100kg

MAX TOTAL WEIGHT EXCL CREW  2500kg

SQ M UPWIND 71m  Mainsail 42 Staysail 14.4m Genoa 29m

DOWNWIND SAILS A2 94.5m Code3 72m Code 0 42.5m

ENGINE : OUTBOARD OR INBOARD OPTIONAL

MAST SECTION ABOVE DECK LEVEL 14.6m

Expected price ready to sail approx. €425 000.00

I personally think that YDC have managed to design a superb trimaran that will be fast yet retain some comforts.  She can be sailed short-handed or with 5 on board.

Her interior is roomy and clever whilst her shape promises stunning performances with the potential of reaching 30 knots.

You can sail and race her in the Solent and then tow her to the South of France and have fun on board with your family.  You might even be able to leave the Solent in the morning for France, enjoy lunch in Cherbourg and be back for an evening drink in Cowes.

Not many 33 foot sailing yachts can offer such a diverse program.

Q&A with Andrew Fennell on his 40' Shuttleworth racing trimaran

Q&A with Andrew Fennell on his 40' Shuttlewort racing trimaran Morpheus.

 https://trimaranproject.blogspot.com/p/morpheus-shuttleworth-40-racing.html

The latest addition to the Ultime class Banque Populaire XI launches

 The latest Ultime to launch is the new maxi ocean racing trimaran Banque Populaire XI designed by VPLP and built by CDK technologies.  There appears to be a lot of thought put into low drag aero solutions on this new powerhouse.  

An article on Sailworld:

https://www.sail-world.com/news/237111/Launch-of-the-Maxi-Banque-Populaire-XI

Maserati MOD70 trimaran sets new course record for the Cowes-Dinard route

 Ocean racing trimarans Maserati and Powerplay have made a record attempt on the Cowes-Dinard route.  The result which is awaiting ratification by the WRSSC saw  Maserati set a new record of 4 hours 30 minutes and 49 seconds improving on the previous record set by the Phaedo team on Phaedo3 with a elapsed time of 4 hours 48 minutes and 57 seconds.  Powerplay who also broke the previous record set by Phaedo3 came in with a time of 4 hours 34 minutes and six seconds.

A video from Planet sail is here: 

Photos of some deck details on maxi trimaran Spindrift 2 by Jason Gard

Thanks to Jason Gard, I'm able to share some detail photos of Spindrift 2 showing some of the systems like steering quadrants, lashings and composite fittings that are not often shown in any detail.

New Tony Grainger designed carbon TR36 trimaran ready to launch

The class leader of the new Grainger TR36 design is ready for launch.  Built by the team at Current Marine in South Africa who have done a beautiful job.  This boat is all carbon and it appears they have all tooling ready for another should someone else like to take the plunge.

From the owner:

Freshly Squeezed, a full carbon TR36 built by Current Marine South Africa , gets wet for the 1st time tomorrow morning. All being well and with the Knysna heads permitting, we will stretch her legs next week. Ultimately she will be sailed in UK waters.

Shuttleworth 39' offshore racing trimaran launches

Andrew has launched his Shuttleworth 39' racing trimaran in the UK.  You can read more on the design at the Shuttleworth designs website.  The team managed to get the boat to it's target weight which is no mean feat for a racing trimaran design.  The boat has a reasonable interior for a racing trimaran.  Future plans are to race in the Round Britain and Ireland yacht race and extensive shakedown to get the boat optimally tuned.

http://www.shuttleworthdesign.com/gallery.php?boat=shuttle39tri

Some photos from the launching with rig yet to be fitted.

Video of the launch of Ultime trimaran Banque Populaire IX

The Ultime trimaran Banque Populaire IX which has been completed by CDK technologies has been launched.  It integrates a foiling package which should allow the boat to foil in suitable conditions. This new trimaran is to be part of the Ultime Collective and will be campaigned in solo and crewed form by Armel Le Cléac’h.

40' racing trimaran for shorthanded sailing designed by Kurt Hughes

One of my long term projects has been to build a 40' trimaran that is capable of demounting to a high cube container for transport.  Initially I was going to build Kurt's F40 trimaran stock plan but since that time my requirements have evolved somewhat. 

The new design allows for a little more space onboard and has standing room in the main hull.  Displacement at DWL is about 200kgs greater which has necessitated one more inch beam in the main hull and one inch greater depth, worth it we think for the extra payload which is needed to meet the offshore requirements for fuel load and water tankage.  It uses an outboard which is mounted up near the cockpit for easy access.  Length of the main hull has been shortened to 39'4 to allow it to fit into the slightly less stringent Cat 1 requirements for offshore sailing.  All hulls now have reverse bows and the main hull is now going to be foam sandwich rather than cylinder molded to allow for compound curves.  Floats may be cylinder mold or foam sandwich (not settled at the moment).

Rig is going to be a secondhand 18 metre aluminium mast that was salvaged off a Malcolm Tennant Bladerunner 43' catamaran it will be made into a two piece for container transport, sails were salvaged too and are reusable for my trimaran platform.

It's a relatively simple boat overall which should help with it's shorthanded brief.  We have gone with a single deep daggerboard to stay with that theme rather than float lifting foils.  Float rudders are being fitted in addition to the main hull rudder.  A little more complication but helpful if we find ourselves in main hull flying mode.  Float volumes are 200% of displacement so large but not massive. Not shown in the renders is the bow nets and bow rail which are necessary for safety when working the foredeck.

The other concern was budget so we are not going for a full carbon build.  There will however be carbon on the 0 degree axis on the beams which are deflection driven parts and possibly on the 0 degree axis of the floats if we go with cylinder mold construction.  Daggerboard, rudders on the floats and main hull are made to be able to retract for shoal draft and beaching if need be.

Kurt goes into detail on some features of the design in his post on his multihullblog:
http://multihullblog.com/2017/10/40-foot-performance-shorthanded-trimaran-for-owen/

Trimaran Macif sailing in New York

"The Bridge" a race across the Atlantic pitted 4 Ultime trimarans against the Queen Mary 2.  The weather conditions were not favorable for the trimarans and they were not able to best the QM2.  The winning trimaran from the group of Ultimes was not surprisingly the newest "Macif" skippered by Francois Gabart took the line honors.  A video of the team out and about in New York has been published and gives a great look at this trimaran powerhouse in action.


The Bridge 2017: Trimaran Macif - New-York ESTV from New-York Euskadi Surf TV on Vimeo.

Rob Denney's racing proa Bucket List hits the water and has first test sail

Rob Denney,
                     Innovative multihull designer and self confessed tinkerer has launched the prototype of his Bucket List 40' racing proa design.  The prototype has a number of innovations such as a telescoping rig a self righting system is in the works and also a "fuse" for the mainsheet that dumps power to prevent capsize.  The boat can be demounted into a 40' container for worldwide shipping along with three other sisterships allowing an instant one design division to be created at any event you may be interested in attending.  Initial base pricing seems to be somewhere around the 50kUSD mark.

More details can be found on Rob's Bucket List proa build blog which you can find here:

http://harryproa.com/?p=424#more-424

Still plenty of issues to be sorted out in the shake down phase but a short video of the first test sail is here:

https://www.facebook.com/Harryproa/videos/vb.1635980886634440/1929006950665164/?type=2&theater

And a photo of the prototype at the pontoon:

Kurt Hughes, updates to Daysailor 23' trimaran design

From Kurt's Multihull design blog:

http://multihullblog.com/2017/02/23-trimaran-update/

I finally got the first run of modeling the updated 23 daysail trimaran. Version B will have ama rudders and the even hotter version C will have foils. It is a developed plywood/epoxy unit with core vacuum bagged onto the flat surfaces needing that. And carbon fiber where it helps. At around 360 kg lightship weight, it can be built for around $5000 us in construction materials. The connecting beams should be carbon mast sections. The camper version comes next.

Kurt Hughes Sailing Designs updates on 27' trailerable catamaran along with 31' and 35' trimaran models

Kurt Hughes has posted renders of updated trimaran and catamaran designs he is currently working on.  You can find more details at Kurt's blog and his Multihulls design website.

A 27' trailerable and demountable catamaran which is nearly at stock plan stage:

http://multihullblog.com/2017/01/27-cat-update-3/

A new 35' trimaran design

http://multihullblog.com/2017/01/the-new-35-tri/

and an updated DF31 trimaran with carbon/ply crossbeams:

http://multihullblog.com/2017/01/df31-new-update/

Francis Joyon and the IDEC team smash the Jules Verne Trophy record.

Francis Joyon and the IDEC team on the maxi trimaran IDEC Sport (formerly Groupama3) have claimed the Jules Verne Trophy in fine style slicing 4 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes and 23 seconds off the existing record held by the 40m trimaran Banque Populaire V.  Francis Joyon and his crew sailed the 22,461 theoretical miles in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds, at an average speed of 22.84 knots

Press release from the IDEC team:

http://www.idecsport-sailing.com/the-fantastic-six/?lang=en

Francis Joyon spent the whole day yesterday talking to the media and meeting the public in Brest, where he moored the maxi-trimaran IDEC SPORT after sailing around the world in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. Along with his crew of five, he revealed what happened during this circumnavigation. From the magic of a boat appreciated for her ability to sail quickly for a very long time to the lack of hierarchy in the crew and the discreet help from Marcel van Triest.

read more here

A video of the IDEC team crossing the finish line:



and a video of their arrival and docking in Brest:

Thomas Coville smashes round the world solo multihull record.

Thomas Coville has improved the solo multihull record previously held by Francis Joyon by more than eight days!  The new record is 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds (yet to be ratified).  The record was set on Coville's latest trimaran Sodebo Ultime.  Sodebo Ultime was built reusing some parts of the Original Geronimo the original crossbeams reused and strengthened combined with new fronts on the floats and a completely new main hull.

There is more information in this article by Scuttlebutt Sailing news:

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/12/25/thomas-coville-sets-new-solo-round-world-record/