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Trimaran & Catamaran Designs By Ian Farrier
F-27 - US Sailboat Hall of Fame 2004
Sport boats that are truly fast, easy to sail, and also make great cruisers
Modern trimarans offer the best combination of speed, windward ability, light air performance, and manoeuvrability of all sail boat types. They are fast, exciting boats, and setting the pace in many areas:
Trans Atlantic record: now 3 days and 15 hours (average of 32 knots), set by the maxi-trimaran Banque Populaire VAround the World Solo Record: now just 57 days and 14 hours, as set by Francis Joyon in his 90' trimaran Idec
America's Cup: Next challenge shaping up to be a spectacular event, with two 40 knot giant multihulls going head to head
Farrier multihull designs are not quite as big or as fast as the specialist racing machines above, but they can easily achieve 20 knot plus speeds, with an 18 knot average in the record books. Better still, they come with room inside, a nifty folding system for easy trailering, and they are much more reasonably priced.
Choices include:
F-22: A brand new cutting edge low cost production trimaran, and ideal for lake and coastal sailing
F-32: Another new, but larger and more serious trimaran with ocean going capability, but still easily trailerable
F-32SR: A brand new dedicated racer, and intended to be the ultimate line honors machine of its size (but still with reasonable room)
