Jim is now retired.

Jim brown trimaran designs. Cosy living quarters and practical with a luxurious feel. Observations about realistic pursuits of sailing. As we noted a couple of weeks ago Richard has spent the better part of the past couple of years drawing up several new small trimaran designs he refers to these as the Strike trimaran models.

Recommended cruising grounds around Florida. Genesis of a dream to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a beautifully built CC40 to a design by John Marples developed from an earlier Searunner 40 design by the noted trimaran pioneer Jim Brown.

This formed the basis of his series of Searunner trimaran designs which were intended for home construction in plywood. Multihull designer Jim Brown is releasing a new design very soon. Best known for his Searunner Trimaran series he is also the author of several books about trimarans along with a recent a two-book memoir Among the Multihulls.

By way of background on Jim Brown he gained attention in the 1950s by building an Arthur Piverdesigned trimaran and cruising it extensively. I n 1973. He and his partner John Marples have officially named it the Seaclipper 20 trimaran.

Why a multihull in the first place as opposed to a monohull. Jim Brown Interviews Trimaran Sailor Marlene Sassaman. 3 double bunks which can become 1 double 4 singles and 1 single bunk 7 berth in total.

This story was originally published in 1989 and 1990 as a six part series in MULTIHULLS Magazine. But even here later reports have described many rot issues with water infiltration into plywood. Chaak 45 trimaran - kurt hughes multihull design The ultimate multihull design and building resource - catamarans and trimarans to 150 feet.