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Hi all, I'm thinking about buying a Farrier Trimaran. Speed, stabilityan dfun. trouble is I have n ot seen any shots of Trimarans sailing in rough weather. There are heaps of pics with 1-2 metre waves but nothing over. Any ideas wherabouts the rough weather pics are.
 
for very rough weather, foldable tri's are not good news, they will always be weaker than the non folding cross beam jobs.

you have to ask yourself how often, if ever you are going to find yourself in those conditions

somewhere in the literature that F-boats produce they suggest you use them inshore, but of course some one has sailed one accross the pacific . . .

tri's the best a man can get - awsome sailing machines, mine sails like a dingy and you can sleep on it, and the tea does not spill, perfection, just wish i had bought mine earlier

i can send you some pics of mine if you are interested, pm me

Simon
 
One of the beauties of a Tri is that for passage making you are looking at an average speed of approx 50% more than a similar sized mono. That is a huge difference; it means you can avoid bad weather much more easily than a slower monohull can. I would certainly have gone the tri route if it wasn't for the space recquirements of a growing family (we bought a Heavenly Twins in the end). The move to multihull is almost always a one way street.
 
I think in really bad weather nobody's taking pics!!
My tri has survived some alarming conditions but I'm getting better at avoiding them.
The consensus used to be that tris sailed better than cats at the cost of less accommodation
and unwelcome beam in tight harbours.
However in survival conditions with no sail up a cat is supposed to behave better since the two hulls that are actually in the water are further apart. At least that's Kelsall's view now and he basically stopped designing tris in favour of cats.
However Farrier and Newick and Chris White may not agree with him.
A Farrier would be fine in any conditions you're actually likely to find yourself in.
Don't think that monohulls are inherently more seaworthy, they're not.
Visit themultihull.com
In bad enough conditions any boat can capsize, and some of them sink!!
 
Thank you all for the heartening responses. I have been thinking along those lines and much appreciate your comments

Have to say though there's no film of trimarans in even 3 - 4 metre waves let alone when it's rough
 
Yes........ but I don't want to part with the dosh when he should be promoting his boat for free in all weathers find it all a bit spooky when there is such a big gap in the plus force 5 open water videos i.e 3 metre plus waves
 
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