Just recently I discovered a very unique 21-foot trimaran design designed by multihull designer John Patterson.
Small liveaboard trimaran. The Dragonflies have live-aboard room for minimum 4 to 5 people with a heeling of not more than max. X 150mm wide the tri was designed for lakes and sheltered. Here for more TR52 CUSTOM TRIMARAN.
My first real full sized trimaran was a Kraken 18 designed by Lock Crowther I built the tri in 1975 which was displayed at the Melbourne Boat Show over a male mold with vertical strips of Airex foam 6mm. See price 216. Rapido Trimarans is thrilled to confirm that Sailing La Vagabonde SLV will sail the worlds oceans aboard a Rapido.
These are sometimes called floats or amas. Article publiƩ le 30042021. A great quality build with minimalist systems to make living aboard simple.
These offer even more stability than the catamarans do and can be more lightweight. After being bitten by the trimaran bug in the late sixties my passion for a small trimaran still remains strong today. Welcome aboard our dearest home under sail POLY.
Many thanks to AJ one of our readers for sharing this info with usI assumed this boat was trailerable but was totally surprised by the fact that this 21-footer was actually used as a live-aboard cruiser by awhile. Having appreciated Irenss design of Tony Bullimores then newly launched trimaran Apricot he decided to do a smaller 40ft version based around the Formula 40 Class that was popular at that time. Comparing to 2021 there were many more 30-foot multihulls in the brochures 40 years ago thats a fact.
Pipeline is is now cruising Hawaii and just underwent a 100000 refit. EnjoyThis video was fi. Palma 30 - Is this a comeback for small liveaboard catamarans.