Crowther IMPALLA.... 38 footer epoxy-plywood...

Discussion in 'Multihulls' started by Skip JayR, Oct 10, 2015.

  1. Skip JayR
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    Skip JayR Tri Enthusiast

    I warm up an old thread (which was in 2010 here on the forum)... as I fell shortly over Chamberlin CirroStratus on my own... a miracle of "roomy Tri" for that tiny size...

    .... and the Crowther IMPALA. With nearby 12 meters length and a displacement of ~3.5 tons.
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    Hardly there are no informations about this boat to find on the web. It seems some few had been built in the 70th. - Right ? So probably most infos before the times of the Internet.

    Does anybody here has some more details about the original specifications ? E.g. Sail plan, Floor plan... would be great to see some snaps/scans. Corley noticed in 2012, that all plans are in the Crowther archive and not for sales. (Rec.: I dont plan to build an own Trimaran. Not my thing. I am more curiously about the design itself, and the seaworthyness/performance of this boat.)

    Did Crowther sell the plans for self builders, too ? - How many had been built in numbers ?

    There is a little video about the Crowther Tri Shaponda (it seems this boat was for sales couple of years ago). The clip gives a little idea about the interior design. Very neat cosy boat. There was a discussion in 2010 about this boat in the forum of BoatDesign.net.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4eqmN59kw


    And I understand it right ? There was built a bigger (stretched) version. Here in the BoatDesign Forum some had talked about a Crowther 42... this one. What a beauty.... classical elegant lines.
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    Is this 42 footer from 1987 a single built boat ? Regularly a Crowther 42 is a Catamaran as seen on Sailboatdata.

    Tks in advance for more details.

    P.S.: There is a Skipper Dave Mitchell in Australia who owns (or owned) one, doing sail charter. So it seems a very roomy boat.
     
  2. Skip JayR
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