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If you sail, motor or otherwise propel a small trimaran then I invite you to share stories and/or pictures with readers here in the small tri community.

We’d all love hearing from you!

— Stories about your small trimaran adventure(s) — Pictures of you sailing — Commentary (and pics) of how your tri was built or restored — Personal opinions (pro & con) about certain models or designs based on your personal experiences or shared information — And so on …

Simply share your story, pictures or other details with me (Alg) by sending them to:

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Publisher note: The original publisher of this blog, sailor Joe Farinaccio , retired from publishing marine-related content in June of 2023.

Trimaran Projects and Multihull News

Trimaran project is intended to showcase multihull news with a focus on racing, build projects, launchings, interesting ideas past and present and also updates on my own trimaran projects. Lots of content and updates to come so keep checking back.

Monday 19 August 2024

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

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.

Monday 22 April 2024

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

Thursday 29 April 2021

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

Sunday 25 April 2021

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: 

Friday 6 July 2018

Photos of some deck details on maxi trimaran spindrift 2 by jason gard.

New Tony Grainger designed carbon TR36 trimaran ready to launch

Tuesday 19 June 2018

Shuttleworth 39' offshore racing trimaran launches.

Tuesday 31 October 2017

Video of the launch of ultime trimaran banque populaire ix.

Monday 30 October 2017

40' racing trimaran for shorthanded sailing designed by kurt hughes.

Friday 21 July 2017

Trimaran macif sailing in new york.

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Rob denney's racing proa bucket list hits the water and has first test sail.

Friday 3 February 2017

Kurt hughes, updates to daysailor 23' trimaran design.

Tuesday 31 January 2017

Kurt hughes sailing designs updates on 27' trailerable catamaran along with 31' and 35' trimaran models.

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

Tuesday 27 December 2016

Thomas coville smashes round the world solo multihull record..