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2 Trimarans in the 2019 R2AK
There are 2 trimarans in this year’s R2AK that I wanted to highlight. They’re are very different from one another, but represent (IMO) a couple of the most interesting smaller tris around today. Check...
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KingFisher Trimaran Fishing Kayak
This one is not what we usually feature here, but technically, it is a small trimaran. It’s a small, commercially-produced fishing kayak with a pedal drive. Pedal drives have become very popular in...
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DIY Foiling Trimaran (Video)
Small tri sailor Sailor Jim Gallant shared a video of his self-built foiling trimaran with us this week. Until now we only saw a pic of this boat under sail. Enjoy! (And thanks to Jim for sending this...
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From Cool Finn to Triple-B
Sailor Hans Schipper has modified his boat (formerly known as Cool Finn) once again. His first modification resulted in a re-naming of the craft to “Triple A“. Now he is calling it the “Triple B“....
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Strike 16 Trimaran for Sale in the UK
Sailor Richard Oates, who lives in the UK, is selling his Strike 16 trimaran. He shares a few pics below. It is currently listed on Ebay. Type “folding trimaran” into the search box and it should pop...
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Stand Up Tri with a Reddy Rudder
Sailor Michael Reddy contacted me a few days ago and shared a fascinating video he created. It includes the background and story of a stand-up small trimaran he built using a rudder control system...
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Puppy Dawg (Weta Trimaran) for Sale
We’ve featured sailor Peter Lange and his boat Puppy Dawg before. See here and here. Well, this Puppy is now for sale due to a “bigger boat opportunity.” Hopefully it finds a great new home (perhaps...
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Last Tri? Next Adventure
Michael Reddy, who recently shared some unique rudder info with us, is selling his Hobie AI trimaran. Great boat. And great pics and story about his boat(s) below. Anyone interested in purchasing it...
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21 Foot Trimaran SYZYGY Just Launched
Multihull designer John Marples drew up an original design, has just launched it in Maine. The boat is named SYZYGY. John and his wife Robin will now enjoy sailing it. I asked him a few questions about...
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Byte Dinghy Conversion to Trimaran
UK sailor Richard Oates sent me a few pics of one if his other trimarans for us to see here. It features a Byte dinghy that has successfully been converted to a small tri. This is really neat. The...
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Seaclipper 20 – Mad Dash: First Impressions
Sailor David Hughes bought the Seaclipper 20 trimaran that was advertised for sale here. He told us back in June that he’d share some thoughts about the boat after he got it on the water and tested it...
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4.6 Meter Trimaran Tooling
Sailor Tom Flanagan lives in Anacortes, Washington. Over the last 15 years he has built a number of small trimarans, mostly centered around the Hobie Mirage pedal drive. On several of his boats, Tom...
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Assembling and Launching an Osprey Trimaran
Love the following video. It shows lots of details about a great boat from Solway Dory. Solway Dory’s webpage about this boat describes it in the following way: “Osprey is our most seaworthy, most...
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Improved Sailing in Breeze
Briesje is the Dutch word for “Breeze.” Breeze is the name of sailor Hans Schipper’s little single outrigger. We’ve posted about it previously here because there are things shown that might be applied...
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Seaclipper 20 – Mad Dash: 2nd Impressions
Sailor David Hughes takes time to share more about the boat named MAD DASH. You can read his first impressions here. Mad Dash is a Seaclipper 20 trimaran he recently purchased and is now enjoying in...
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DIY Topper Dinghy Tri
Sailor Paul Collins has added outrigger floats to his Topper dinghy. I like his creative approach of attaching these roller-floats to the crossbeams. The use of these floats to try out his idea has...
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1973 Triumph Snark Trimaran on Ebay
Bill A. shares some pics of the Snark trimaran he is offering for sale on Ebay. Although it won’t be displayed forever, at the time of this posting the boat can be seen on Ebay’s site here. I first...
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DIY Spinnaker Snuffer
Sailor Thom Davis shares how to build a DIY Spinnaker Snuffer in this post. We link to both a pdf document he wrote and also a YouTube video he created (with dubbed over audio, due to poor audio...
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Kayak Sailboat to Go
Sailor Bob Paine has added some outriggers to his kayak. He purchased the outrigger/sail kit from SailboatsToGo. Bob shares some thoughts and a few pics below. ……….. Attached are some pictures of the...
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Motorized Canoes with Outriggers
Here are some videos primarily focused on adding outriggers on a motorized canoe. The particular outriggers show here are offered by Expandacraft, but anyone could build them. See here and here for...
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