The following info and vids feature the Trika 540 trimaran and are copied directly from their page sources on YouTube.
We’ve previously seen the Trika here and here on smalltrimarans.
These videos offer some more insight into this wonderful paddling-sailing kayak. Be sure to note, for example, how nicely the boat tacks.
I hope more builders are inspired to build this craft in coming years. The designer, Klaus Metz, also offers a larger version. You can see it here and here.
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Building stages Trika 540-2 trimaran – O-Vives
“All building stages and launching of the trimaran “Ô-Vives”, a Trika 540-2 designed by German Metz-Boats and built in the Federico “Fiky” García’s shipyard in Piriápolis, Uruguay, with the assistance of my elementary workforce during 2018 Austral winter-spring. Pictures: Daniel Caselli. Camera GoPro: Liliane Fazan” – Video description on YouTube
“Launch of the trimaran “Ô-Vives”, class Trika 540-2, designed by Metz-Boats of Germany, and built in the shipyard of Federico “Fiky” García in Piriápolis, with the help of my elementary workforce during the winter-spring 2018. Thank you Fiky, thank you my family Liliane and Ian. And also, of course, Carlos and Horacio, teachers in their shipyard jobs. It was a beautiful sailboat that, because of the little that was tried, sails splendidly.” – Video description on YouTube