Sailors Pick: 15 Best Catamaran Sailing Books
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Thanks to her VPLP-designed hulls and 650kg all-up weight, we can sail upwind at 7-plus knots and downwind at over 10 knots with ease, all on a roughly even keel, while the …
Adventure Trimaran sailing upwind in 10-12 knots of wind doing 12-14 knots of boat speed. Fast and fun! Check out www.AdventureTrimaran.com for more details ...
Sailing World Magazine’s Best Multihull of 2024 is the Dragonfly 40 trimaran, a luxury and high-performance sailboat designed and built for experienced bluewater sailors and cruisers.
Judge Mark Pillsbury said: “From stem to stern, the Rapido 40 came packed with features, including a double-taper carbon rotating mast, a Park Avenue-style boom for easy sail handling, daggerboards for upwind …
The Dragonfly 32 is a fast boat with 11 knots possible if you crack off a little upwind. In the standard version the Dragonfly 32 comes with tiller steering, which is sensible, given the size and the concept of the boat.
With the standard pinhead mainsail, the first reef is recommended to go in at 21 knots both upwind and downwind, and in less wind with the optional square-top main, or in a bad sea-state.
The key loads at play when you're searching for optimal performance downwind vary significantly from boat to boat. And, unlike upwind sailing, where forestay tension is the primary factor, downwind sailing involves a wider variety of sails …