Not to mention to reflecting styling preferences of monohull owners.

Monohull to trimaran conversion. You may be able to get enough extra sail area from the improved stability to make it. Go buy a trimaran for 20k. It appears to be configured for.

Display Modes 1 June 11th 16 1014 AM posted to recboatsbuilding email protected external usenet poster. But in some conditions particularly stern-quartering seas the motion of a trimaran can be worse. Trimarans well built are great for offshore sailing.

On Tuesday January 30 1996 at 120000 AM UTC-8 Scott Vose. And well built catamarans. A trimaran sails like a catamaran best with the wind not close to it.

A comparison study by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands MARIN in 2000 showed that when bow-on to the weather at speed or rest trimarans are more comfortable than monohulls with equivalent displacements. For a given level of accomodation they are also puffed up to carry ballast that is not necesarry for a trimaran. The problem with conversion is that monohulls have a whole range of hull shapes that are designed to deal with everything from form stability to weather helm.

The pics below are linked to directly from the Tricote website. V-Hull Monohull Much of the discussion when comparing the multihull catamaran design with a standard V-hull or monohull design surrounds ride quality. 1 Convert a Mono hull to a Tri.

First recorded activity by BoatBanter. Converting a Monohull to a Trimaran. Dont even think about flying one of your hulls whilst underway.