If I were to buy a multihull ....

I think MoodyNick needs to be pointed at the Wharram designs, seaworthy and spacious and with Nicks contacts he could probably build himself one free using materials reclaimed from rooting through the boatyard skips each evening.

Cheers, Brian.
 
Wandering Star said:
I think MoodyNick needs to be pointed at the Wharram designs, seaworthy and spacious and with Nicks contacts he could probably build himself one free using materials reclaimed from rooting through the boatyard skips each evening.

Cheers, Brian.
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Alway had a fancy for a Wharram 26 footer, can't recall the name now, sadly these days too much for me to look after I think.
 
I'm in love

Sybarite said:
You need one of these :

20% faster than an equivalent length cat.
2 metres headroom - not squashed into a central hull with no headroom
Apartment-sized living quarters on platform over three hulls.
Hulls only used for equipment and stores (or additional berths if required)

Conception by Eric Bruneel former technical director at Fountaine Pajot.
Architect : Michel Joubert.

Neel 45
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I'm in love!:cool: What a fantastic boat!
 
Wandering Star said:
I think MoodyNick needs to be pointed at the Wharram designs, seaworthy and spacious
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So is a tennis court but you wouldn't want to live on one. I went to look at his first 50 footer as a liveaboard but even at that size it was like crawling into a drainpipe. The sub 30-footers have accommodation closely resembling a pair of coffins!
 
.... I would try to avoid doing this in a cruising cataraman

At 12 seconds they are level, there are no waves, they are are going quite fast and then.....

 
moodyNick said:
.... I think I would bypass a twin hull and go for a trimaran, because

- Better sailing performance, esp. upwind
- more fun to sail
- more comfortable in heavier seas
- with folding hulls, fits into a marina berth at no extra cost

right or wrong?

(Purely hypothetical, just as a matter of interest)
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Depends on your intended use. If you just want a bit of fast coastal cruising on weekends and annual holidays then, yes, go for the tri. If you want to liveaboard and cross oceans then you want the twin hull.
 
snowleopard said:
So is a tennis court but you wouldn't want to live on one. I went to look at his first 50 footer as a liveaboard but even at that size it was like crawling into a drainpipe. The sub 30-footers have accommodation closely resembling a pair of coffins!
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Woods-Sur...ng_Boats_ET&hash=item27cab8d6a6#ht_3893wt_922

These guys seems fairly happy for a while on their small cat. Not sure that it would work for me but I have great admiration for their spirit of adventure.

G
 
Jeannius said:
Depends on your intended use. If you just want a bit of fast coastal cruising on weekends and annual holidays then, yes, go for the tri. If you want to liveaboard and cross oceans then you want the twin hull.
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Just for the record, I have no intended use or plans to actually buy more than a sensible monohull. It just struck me that trimarans are very rarely discussed in public.
 
Trimarans are fast and fun

moodyNick said:
Just for the record, I have no intended use or plans to actually buy more than a sensible monohull. It just struck me that trimarans are very rarely discussed in public.
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Earlier this year, I bought a 28 foot Corsair trimaran, having previously owned a catamaran. Passing "sensible monohulls" whilst reaching at 15+ knots into Chichester harbour is an experience not to be missed. Don't be sensible - go out and have some fun!
 
moodyNick said:
.... I think I would bypass a twin hull and go for a trimaran, because

- Better sailing performance, esp. upwind
- more fun to sail
- more comfortable in heavier seas
- with folding hulls, fits into a marina berth at no extra cost

right or wrong?

(Purely hypothetical, just as a matter of interest)
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Wrong. The tri has all the disadvantages of both multi and mono. Accommodation is pokey , the boat still heels, safety is not as good as either cat or mono and the boat is only faster, comparing like with like, if you are into flying two hulls.
 
wotayottie said:
Wrong. The tri has all the disadvantages of both multi and mono. Accommodation is pokey , the boat still heels, safety is not as good as either cat or mono and the boat is only faster, comparing like with like, if you are into flying two hulls.
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The heel is typically 5°, not enough to warrant gimbals on the cooker for example. I would say they are harder to tip over and/or easier to drive hard because they give more indication of how close to the limit they are by the immersion of the lee hull. To get the same performance from a cat it has to be open bridgedeck and that means the accommodation is divided into two narrower pods with a big wet gap between them. Dragonflys don't fly the main hull when they whip past everyone at 15 knots.
 
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