Your sailing multihull designinfo site for small trimaran information, small multihull design, design issues, construction methods, comparisons of designs, speed, stability, and much more. The 2020 regatta will take place feb 2123 at sarasota sailing squadron. With its rich 30 year history as a world leader in high quality multihull manufacturing, corsair marine has more than 2000 trimarans sailing in all parts of the world. It includes charts, graphs, photos, and critical, objective reporting on many of them. A sailing catamaran is a multihull vessel that is characterized by having two separate hulls, which are generally similar or identical in size. Volans trimaran 1m remote control racing yacht sailboat kit and radio system by thunder tiger. Those familiar with neel trimarans will know that they offer a genuine alternative to performance cruising cats. A 26,000 mile, solo, nonstop sailing race, without assistance, around the world. This new system is intended to provide measurement, vpp rating and scoring tools for. This race format emphasizes the need for great boat speed, strong boat handling, teamwork and communication. Small sailing catamarans are also called beach catamarans. Sailboat race scoring program, handicap management and registration of sailboat regattas for onedesign, phrf tod or tot and portsmouth classes, full featured, flexible and fully supported. New for 2018, leopard catamarans is excited to announce that we have made some enhancements to the successful leopard 40. For complete information on my multihull stock designs, order the new sailing designs multihull portfolio.
Build our radio controlled schooner or our ultra light rc trimaran. Whether its a cruising catamaran, a bluewater racing trimaran or the latest redhot racing beach cat, you can always count on these boats and the people who sail them for some excitement afloat. The program is in compliance with appendix a of the racing rules of sailing. Our 50 inch t50mod, marblehead one design, ultralight rc sailboat is a fine example of blending traditional boat building concepts with hitech materials to build an rc sailboat that is unsurpased for sleekness, speed and elegant beauty. For formulas used to compute stability and performance.
Aug 20, 2018 this is where the worlds of racing and cruising multis meet, where we see hightech lightweight craft that use exotic materials and daggerboards to help produce electrifying sailing. The new sailgp circuit will feature highspeed multihulls similar to those. Phillip berman is the president of the multihull company and a lifetime catamaran sailor and racer. It was after this time that tantrum too, known then as krysalid became available for a bout of competitive racing along the west coast of brittany. The a40 is a highperformance radiocontrolled racing catamaran designed for high speeds and exciting sailing. Trailer boats multihull used boats for sale in australia. The yacht was bought out of bankruptcy by the very first owner, after which it was then sold to the chairman of the multihull association of france. After months of painstaking development, a sailing app and a company, greatly appreciated by more than 60 000 users, has launched their latest product inkdisplay high contrast display for sailing with the best possible visibility even through polarized sunglasses in direct sunshine. Multihull racing products, accessories, canvas products. In its 7year history, the catamaran has always garnered passionate devotees. Leopard catamarans, lagoon catamarans, seawind, schionning, lightwave, arrowcat. Multihull sailing news catamarans and trimarans have gone from occupying the fringe of the sailing world to the front and center. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Because of their dualhull design, they offer more space and will lay on the water like a raft, for less heeling when enjoying sailing on the open waters.
The popularity of multihull racing is on the rise with sailing becoming more and more performance oriented. Downloaded from offshore racing council, scoring software site 680kb. The gforce are world capable performance cruising multihull designs, not for the feinthearted. Also known as a double outrigger, the arrangement is specifically comprised of a main hull with two smaller hulls that are attached by lateral beams. Trailer boats multihull used boats for sale yachthub. Regatta management solutions is a set of online race management tools for yacht clubs, sailing clubs and regional organizations for many types of sailing regattas including phrf. Kurt hughes multihull design catamarans and trimarans for. Catamarans, trimarans, power boats, sailing boats, monohulls. Prediction and optimisation of sailboat performance is at the heart of crain. Information about the sarasota bay multihull regatta. Like most multihull designers we are getting an increasing number of enquiries from people who want to race their boats in coastal races, in fact, as we own two performance multihulls ourselves, we also want to race.
They are experienced with catamarans and can set up the edges for a perimeter line. Ratings and handicap systems handicap racing handicap racing is the generic term used to describe races in which boats either dinghies or yachts of different speeds compete against each other and, thorough subsequent mathematical calculation, their true positions in the race attributable to the skill of the crew is determined by negating the. In this months issue, we look at several options for planning your next big adventure, plus our multihull special examines some ideal choices for a. Over the years we have developed software tools specifically for yacht performance analysis. Exploitation of results is made possible by performance prediction software v2p, used and. Make it too wide and you end up pitchpoling with too much sails on.
We design modern high performance multihull sailing yachts. We work with leading engineers and technicians world wide, using creativity innovation and state of the art technologies to bring those designs to life. The standard gforce designs are ultraslim lightweight racing machines, with the c cruising designs allowing a little additional weightcarrying though they must still be kept light. Data includes beam hull, beam hull centerline, bruce number, sailing performance and, stability ratings. Following joe farinaccios publishing of an interesting paperback small trimarans, sailornaval architect mike waters published a 22page report giving a comparison table covering 20 of these boats. Apr 07, 2015 offshore sailor henry bomby shares his top ipad yacht apps for racing and cruising. Im really curious, because the other programs im familiar with do not have that capability. Yacht scoring a complete web based regatta management.
Will oxley is well known internationally as an offshore racing navigator. However, you will only get out of it what you put into it, so if your not prepared to learn a bit more about what makes a good multihull good, then be prepared to design and build a worthless junker which has little resale value despite the thousands of hours youve poured into the entire project. The race is opened to crewed monohulls and multihulls of 40, 50 and 60 feet. Oct 09, 2003 also, is the software actually capable of performing hydrostatics at various degrees of heel and trim for a multihull. The malibu outrigger is one of the first beach launched multihull sailboat 1950. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Sailwave is used internationally at all levels of the sport, from sailing club dinghy yacht racingregattas to regional and world championships. Handicaps are applied to the time taken to sail a course allowing widely different boats to sail on even terms. Boat designs and citizenship requirements are the focus of rules. Etnz 1m americas cup remote control racing yacht sailboat kit by thunder tiger abs hull. Detailed multihull analysis of catamarans and trimarans sailboats. Us sailing does not specifically endorse one program over another, but encourages users to consider all.
The team at multihull solutions will help you locate your dream boat today. Make it too narrow, and she cant carry sails enough to be a decent sailboat. He grew up racing hobie cats in california in the late 1960s and published his first book on catamaran racing at the age of seventeen. We have plans for boats ranging from 24 to 100, including state of the art carbon fibre racing yachts and large commercial catamaran sailboats. There are several handicap systems in dinghy and yacht racing, allowing boats of different designs, performance and sizes to race together.
Even before russell coutts announced that the 34th americas cup match will be raced in 72ft catamarans, there was a groundswell of multihull racing that was becoming too hard to ignore. Its stuffed with illustrations of all my stock designs, plus tons of helpful design and construction info. Scoring programs us sailing competitionrulesofficiatingraceofficersmaterialsforraceofficersscoringprograms. This is where the worlds of racing and cruising multis meet, where we see hightech lightweight craft that use exotic materials and daggerboards to help produce electrifying sailing. The following scoring systems and rules software are not formerly endorsed by world sailing but are highly regarded. Handicap systems weather, software and handicaps resource. The offshore racing congress orc and the offshore multihull association oma have announced their partnership to develop a new handicap rule system called orcmultihull, or orcmh. Made popular by the americas cup, match racing pits one boat against another around a short twolap windwardleeward course.
Fortune 612 ii almost ready to sail radio control racing yacht by kyosho with radio by kyosho. Doyle has developed sails specifically for this type of racing. The editor looks at the growing world of multihull racing. Users should understand the provisions of appendix a before using this or any other scoring program. The most recognised racing classes are the hobie cat 14, formula 18 cats, acats, the current olympic nacra 17, the former olympic multihull tornado and new zealands weta trimaran. There is an irc equivalent for multihull yachts mocra set by the multihull offshore cruising and racing association and administered by rorc. Our preowned power and sail catamarans for sale include. I prefer these knotless nets in any situation where walking barefoot is not done. Sailboat race scoring programs from sailok software. The multihull company catamarans for sale the worlds. The evaluations are provided as a service to members of us sailing and the sailing community.
An open letter to the iyru, now isaf from multihull international, january, 1988 by. We already use sailwave to input and manage race results. A trimaran is a specific type of multihull vessel that features three hulls and is typically designed for sailing or racing on open waters. These new cats are taking the market by force, but in the battle between france and south africa, france reigns supreme. Now with over 110 units produced, the leopard 40 was the first of the leopard range to embrace the innovative layout with a forward facing galley, something that has now become a staple on the newer leopard models. Halme yacht design how to dimension a sailing catamaran. Browse a wide range of quality preowned sail multihulls. He went on to write many more books on the subject including the bestselling catamaran training manual of. Giovanni soldini and the maserati multi70 trimaran team are ready to tackle the 2016 racing season, thanks to their own contribution to the revolution sweeping the flying multihull revolution.
A neel 45 won the multihull division of last years atlantic rally for cruisers, the first time one of these boats had entered the arc, beating several bigger and theoretically faster boats both on the water and on handicap. Multihull design blog kurt hughes on catamarans, trimarans. Our range of trimaran and catamaran sailboats includes racing boats and cruising boats as well as designs suited to chartercommercial work. Sailwave is used internationally at all levels of the sport, from sailing club dinghyyacht racingregattas to regional and world championships. Top yacht apps for racing and cruising yachting world. Here we go again, it is possible to design your own multihull. Multihull insurance australia again by sirius, sunday at 11. Over different multihull sailboats are available in the database. Maserati multi70 oceanbound and in full flight youtube. Multihull sailboats designs bloomfield catamaran designs. But technological innovations in agility and speed and the foiling catamarans spotlight in the 20 americas cup have expanded its appeal and popularity to a wider audience of sailing enthusiasts.
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