The story of the fabulous Dick Newick designed Proa "Cheers"

09/06/2008 - La fabuleuse histoire du prao Cheers by Voilesnews

Main hull of new ultime trimaran Banque Populaire IX enroute to Lorient

The main hull of the new ultime Banque Populaire IX has departed Cherbourg enroute to Lorient for fitting out.

Resin infusion tutorial for carbon fibre parts by Easy Composites in the UK

I thought this video gave a good description of the infusion process in this case they used carbon but it would also work for fibreglass and core glass combinations with appropriate preparation.

Grainger trimaran TR40 design "Morello" built and launched by Larry and Amy Ketten

This lovely trimaran is a TR40 design lovingly constructed by Larry and Amy Ketten.  The boat is beautifully constructed in strip plank WRC.

A good article on Multihulls Quarterly:

http://www.bwsailing.com/mq/sailing-on-morello-a-40-foot-tony-grainger-designed-trimaran/

Team Phaedo claim round the Isle of Wight record

The Phaedo team on the MOD70 trimaran Phaedo3 have claimed the outright world record for the Round the Island course at the Isle of Wight.  The new time they have set is 2 hours 4 minutes and 14 seconds (still to be ratified by the World Speed Sailing Record Council).  The crew

The previous world record was held by Michel Desjoyeaux and set in a previous edition of the Artemis Challenge at 2 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds.

How to tie a soft shackle by Yachting Monthly

An instructional video on making soft shackles in Dyneema.

Sailing World article on Ultime trimarans

James Boyd has penned an article on the latest generation of Ultime trimarans for Sailing World:

http://www.sailingworld.com/ultimate-machine?dom=rss-default&src=syn

The current class of Ultime trimarans is bigger and more complex than ever, but a new breed of sailor knows how to handle them.

Since François Gabart won the Vendée Globe at age 29, he and his sponsor MACIF have graduated to the Ultime class, with a giant multihull launched last year purpose-built for singlehanded long-distance racing and record breaking. Gabart won last fall’s doublehanded Transat Jacques Vabre, and proved this was no fluke by winning the Transat bakerly singlehanded across the Atlantic, from England to New York, in May.

read more here

Chris White designed Discovery 21 trimaran

The crew over at Aquidneck Custom Boat Builders/Performance Multihulls have been constructing an updated version of Chris White's original Discovery 20 design.  The new trimaran will be available in either a kit version for the owner to assemble or a full constructed sailaway package.  It features a folding mechanism, spacious cockpit and updated rig.  Chris has revisited the platform design and powered it up with larger floats.

Some photos of the platform of the first boat out of the molds have been posted along with a flyer with features and preliminary pricing.

For more details Performance Multihulls

Tracer 1500TRi performance cruising trimaran design by Schionning designs

Jeff Schionning is well known for his performance cruising catamaran designs and has stepped into the trimaran field with his Tracer 1500TRi design.  A performance cruising trimaran which once again can be provided as a precut duflex kit for home builders or constructed to sail away stage by one of their suggested professional builders.

Specifications

LOA	15.00 metres
BOA	10.20 metres
DRAFT	0.675 metres
HEADROOM	Full Standing
FUEL CAPACITY	150 litres
MAST HEIGHT	19 metres
SAIL AREA (Main + Headsail)	75+43 sq metres
PAYLOAD	1800 kg
DISPLACEMENT	7000 kg
WATER CAPACITY	400 litres
MOTOR OPTION	1 x 40hp Diesel
BEAM TO LENGTH	10.6:1
BRUCE NUMBER	1.43

More details here:

Tony Grainger TR36 trimaran

Tony Grainger has added a new design to his current trimaran portfolio.  The TR36 trimaran is aimed at a more economical solution to performance trimaran cruising while still offering workable payload and cruising comfort.  As the length of the boat decreases the cost of build tracks down in accordance.  It will be available as plans/pre cut duflex kit or to fully constructed sail away stage by one of their nominated builders.

TR36 Basic Specifications:

 LOA 11m 36'
Beam OA 8.26m 27"
Beam CL-CL 3.9m 12'10"
Beam Main Hull 3.059m 10,
Height of Main Hull 2.191m 7'3"
Main Hull B:L 1 : 10.24
Disp DWL 2946kg 6481lb
Mainsail 46.95sq.m. 505sq.ft
Solent 26.12sq.m. 281sq.ft
Code Zero 45.8sq.m. 493sq.ft
Gennaker (MH) 102.4sq.m. 1102sq.ft
Mast Length 14.608m. 48'8"
Air Draft 16.4m. 53'10"ft.
Mast Position 50% LOA from bow


more details here:

   

Phaedo team compete in the Artemis Challenge onboard the MOD70 Phaedo3

The Phaedo Team have competed in the Artemis Challenge they were set to duel with the MOD70 Concise 10 but some technical problems prevented the Concise Team from competing.  As it turned out the conditions were not favorable in terms of completing the challenge in record time and the record is retained by Michel Desjoyeaux on the MOD70 Foncia which competed in the 2012 edition of the Artemis Challenge.

There is a more detailed article on the Artemis Challenge website here:



Phaedo³ - Artemis Challenge 2016 from Ocean Images on Vimeo.

I'm back but more focused on trimaran news this time.

Hi all,
         I got a stack of nice emails commenting on me reactivating the news section.  I'm going to be more focused now on the trimaran side of things from now on because that's where I observe there is more of a gap in news.  I'm also going to keep an eye on the proa build and design side of things which once again is more of niche interest.  The catamaran news is very well covered by excellent commercial blogs like Catamaran Racing, News and Design so probably wont be putting up much content along those lines except on rare occasions.

Videos of final assembly, launch and first promotional video of the new 60' Rapido trimaran

Ian Holt's foiling RC trimaran models

Ian Holt has been developing a number of foiling RC trimarans and experimenting with different lifting foil profiles and designs.  A range of videos of his boats in action are below.  One of his designs the Boxster is a 1metre x 1 metre trimaran which can be fitted with a range of modular foil solutions in float mounted cases.  It's now available as a limited production boat constructed to various levels of completion upon request. 

Ian's contact email is iholtkss AT gmail.com

 

Kurt Hughes 40' racing trimaran concept for Phil Stegall

Noted multihull ocean racer Phil Steggall was looking at one stage to build a 40' racing trimaran and commissioned Kurt Hughes to draw him a concept.  A more modern take on Kurt's F40 racing trimaran it enclosed a more commodious interior with more stowage while still keeping the racing edge. Construction was to be cored carbon with the platform to be square 40' x 40'.  Float foils were drawn as straight daggerboards but could be lifting foils if requested.

http://multihulldesigns.com/

New Shuttleworth 40' racer/cruiser trimaran design

Well I wasn't planning on doing more updates here but sometimes I see some projects come over my desk that are so beautiful and worthy that they demand sharing.  One of these is a new trimaran design by the Shuttleworth design team for a UK client.  Intended to compete in the Round Britain and Ireland race but also provide reasonably comfortable accommodation for the crew whilst racing or cruising.

 It's in the early build stages in Asia construction method is foam/carbon.

Shuttleworth design can be contacted here:

The specs:
racer/fast cruiser...
39x32
target race weight w crew 2300k-2500kg
designed with 18.6m mast
floats 300% buoyancy
straight boards in the floats
rudders on the floats
VPP 14+ knots at 85 deg
downwind 25+ knots
Sail area: Main 75sqm Jib 35 sqm
Canting rig

double berth aft w 600mm ''turning over height"
double for'd
single cots either side in saloon