Csail
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Why are there so few in Britain?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN7qNMWywSE&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN7qNMWywSE&NR=1
Trimarans
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NickiCrutchfield
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No idea, but they are staggeringly beautiful. Almost flying. I love them.
boatmike
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They have very poor acommodation compared to a cat.
They are bloody awful things to "park".
They are less seakindly than cats and prone to pitchpoling in heavy weather.
As a racing machine......awesome
As a practical cruising boat......hopeless
Woodlouse
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Since the death of the ORMA 69 class trimarans are getting fewer. The French still sail a lot of them, but in England the interest and financial support was just never there for it to take off. I reckon the last big multihull to be built in England was Team Philips.
Fat Freddie
New Member
Trimarans are great boats to sail, fast and responsive. The down side is they have very little accomodations for their size and they carry weight very poorly even worse than a catamaran. Also, as stated, unless they are of the folding kind they are very difficult to park in marinas.
multihullsailor6
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This must be one of the best trimaran buys currently on the market:
http://www.multihulls.co.uk/brokerage/detail.aspx?id=31
Pity it wasn't at this price level when I was in the market two years ago!
http://www.multihulls.co.uk/brokerage/detail.aspx?id=31
Pity it wasn't at this price level when I was in the market two years ago!
Bosun Higgs
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For cruising they seem to combine the beam and handling disadvantages of a cat with the heeling disadvantages of a mono - in other words the worst of all worlds.