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Kraken 25 was a day racing trimaran sailboat designed by Lock Crowther in the wake of his successful Bunyip 20 design. [1] [2]Advertised as "Virtually a C Class trimaran of unbelievable light weather performance and good heavy weather performance [...] the trimaran for racing enthusiasts who want to show up the local catamarans".
The trimarans produced by this shipyard are characterized by a folding technology denominated "SwingWing". [2] This allows them to use marina berths intended for monohulls and be trailerable . The smallest model, the Dragonfly 25, [ 3 ] is narrow enough (2.3m) to not need special permits, as is the Dragonfly 28 (which at 2.54m is just under the ...
Geronimo is a French trimaran designed to break great offshore records. It was skippered by the French yachtsman Olivier de Kersauson.It was launched on Saturday 29 September 2001 in Brest, France by Marie Tabarly.
The Corsair 24 is a recreational trimaran, built predominantly of fiberglass with a fractional sloop rig and folding bowsprit. The hull and the folding outriggers have nearly-plumb stems and reverse transoms. The main hull mounts a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension. It has foam flotation to make it unsinkable.
In its Jules-Verne trophy record in 2016-2017, the Idec Sports trimaran in the hands of Francis Joyon travelled 894 nautical miles in 24 hours, [15] with 10 consecutive days at 809 miles/24 h. Francis Joyon doubled Cape Horn, 16 days after hooking the first depression off South America, and after a trajectory of nearly 12,000 miles above an ...
Subsequently, the branding changed from the Farrier branding of "F-" to the Corsair style using the "C". By way of example, the "F-31" trimaran became the "C31" or "Corsair 31" trimaran. In 2006 Corsair Marine relocated headquarters and production facility from California to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, to reduce costs. Vietnam was chosen ...
The Astus 14.1. The Astus 14.1 is a 14 ft (4.18m) trimaran dinghy aimed at recreational sailing and racing. The trimaran design is unusual for a boat of this size but is said to combine the features of other types of design: pointing ability of a monohull dinghy (the ability to sail close to the wind), reaching ability of a catamaran (ability to achieve high speeds on a beam reach), and ...
The Ocean Bird is a class of trimaran sailboat designed by John Westell and produced by Honnor Marine Ltd. at Totnes, Teignmouth in the 1970s, featuring fold-in lateral floats on a webless steel-beam frame chosen to provide stability against heeling, yet allow a compact footprint in harbour. [1] [2]