Following Joe Farinaccios publishing of an interesting paperback Small Trimarans sailornaval architect Mike Waters published a 22-page report giving a comparison table covering 20 of these boatsIt includes charts graphs photos and critical objective reporting on many of them.

Folding trimaran design. The Rapido 40 trimaran will be launched in late 2020. TR36 TRIMARAN TR36 Fast cruising trimaran with aft cabin or open cockpit. This design is for intermediate builders.

The M80 trimaran is a folding trimaran by using standard aluminium extrusions without any welding. Scarab 18 foot folding trimaran. It is an efficient and compact cruiser designed by Tony Smith.

One key to the success of Farrier trimarans is the easy trailerability made possible by the unique Farrier Folding System. Not surprisingly like many other designs of this multihull pioneer this design still has merit today. And the floats can be folded without barnacles growing on their side thanks to the new patented folding mechanism.

The TR36 and TR42 are stock designs. Some experience with tools is needed. The Farrier system is the most structurally sound trimaran folding system available with no hinges in the beams or the critical beam to float join while corrosion prone wires are never used in structurally critical areas.

Custom self built 23 foot trimaran small trimarans from home built trimaran plans. It uses a simple hinge system for the amas so that they fold up through 180 degrees to lay side-by-side upside-down over the open cockpit. The TF10 is built and sold by DNA Performance Sailing.

The Farrier-Corsair boats Dragonflys and now the Telstars are the three major current production folding trimaran designs. For that reason one can pick whether to have a design drawn up custom or rather check out for amassing house plans. They have different hulls shapes and both feel and react somewhat differently when sailed.