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I thought I posted pics or videos about this before, but I don't see any threads specifically related to it. Anyway, I built a 20' copy of the 1990's prototype of L'Hydroptere a few years ago. It worked pretty well, but you had to weight shift to trim it fore-aft and side to side. Pretty fun...

Maybe this isn't strictly related to multihulls, but it's on my trimaran so I'm posting in this forum. Someone suggested I convert my jib to be self-tacking after watching this video of my newly-built boat: I did some research and concocted a hybrid between Harken's Standard Self-Tacker with...

Hello all, I'm converting my foiling trimaran to a "normal" trimaran after too many structural failures while foiling. I have a Supercat 20 hull for the main hull (vaka). The ends of the aluminum tubes used for the akas are 4" o.d.. I have 2 Nacra 5.2 hulls to use for the amas. The Supercat and...

Greetings. I thought I'd share some pictures of a trimaran I designed and built a few years ago which I've named "Best Guess". This link goes to a latest-and-greatest page showing its current state: http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/bluetri/retrofit2013/ The "Further refinements"...

I'm building a 16 foot trimaran to replace this boat: http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/trimaran/ Will keep the rig, but am building new amas of foam/glass construction and a new center hull. I bought 29 end grain balsa panels from a guy that are 7/8" thick, and I'm considering...