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Mini-Hydroptere Foiling Trimaran
Sailor and self-boatbuilder Jim Gallant Jim Gallant is building another small trimaran. His first one was BEST GUESS – 20 foot plywood/fiberglass/epoxy tri based in Poulsbo, WA. Jim informed me that he...
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Self-Built H19 Trimaran (Hobie Modification)
Sailor and self-boatbuilder Bill Kennedy shares background info and pictures of his H19 small trimaran. “An H19 trimaran?” you ask. Yes, we reply. Bill is currently developing one. It utilizes a Hobie...
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Meermark M17 Double Outrigger Sailing Canoe Specs
Meermark developer Thomas von Meer sent me the following specs and other info recently. This M17 update is a good follow-up to the previous post. ………….. 2016 Wrap Up & Testing: We’ve been busy in...
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Double Outrigger Sailing Canoe in Tahiti
Sailor Bill Genevro shares the following pictures with us of a small trimaran in Tahiti. He was able to get these shots even though he was about to leave. We’d love to find out more about this boat and...
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How to Scull a Multihull
Sailor Hans van der Zijpp wrote an article about how to scull a small multihull. It has been published by Duckworks Magazine but Hans also wanted to share it with readers here at smalltrimarans. Be...
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Unique, Semi-Hydrofoil Trimaran (Giveaway)
In this post, sailor Roger Saunders is giving away a trimaran he built years ago. He’d really love for it to go to another sailor who appreciates the craft. Pretty neat! Seriously. Who does this sort...
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Paraw Double Outrigger Sailing Canoe Plans
Sailor Lorenzo Acompañado II has published plans for a 20-foot Paraw. The Paraw is a traditional double outrigger sailing canoe in the Philippines. Lorenzo has published some information, along with...
View ArticleRandy Smyth Wins (Class 5) 2017 Everglades Challenge
Sailor Randy Smyth has done it again. He won the small multihulls class of the 2017 Everglades Challenge on his trimaran SIZZOR. Only this time, he has used a new;y patented Wing Rig to do it. If you...
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Identify This Trimaran from Down Under?
Australian sailor Daniel Robin recently acquired a small cruising trimaran and would like some help identifying it. It’s a beautiful looking boat; that’s for sure. I specifically asked Daniel if the...
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Triple A Trimaran with Rowing Flappers
Sailor Hans Schipper has been tweaking his Triple A trimaran some more. He has come up with some rowing flappers. It seems like coming up with a boat motor alternative is on the mind of small tri folks...
View ArticleFinger Mullet Trimaran in the EC
The FINGER MULLET is a trimaran that completed in this year’s Everglades Challenge boat race. There is an article about how it was built on Duckworks. Our friend Stefano Moretti found this article and...
View ArticleDuckworks Now Offering the Scullmatix
I just saw something that caught my eye on Duckworks. A product called the Scullmatix. Based upon a couple recent posts about “sculling a small multihull” I thought it may be of interest to some of our...
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New Chryz10 build for 2017
Another Chryz10 trimaran from sailor (and self-boatbuilder) Christofer Olsson? Yes! We’ve seen him in action before, including here and here. It’s almost finished and ready for sea trials. (We’re...
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Photo of SIZZOR’s Wing Rig Design
Sailor (and small tri friend) David Villarroel shares the following photo with us. He found it on the Net featuring Randy Smyth’s trimaran SIZZOR with that new wing rig Jim Brown is so excited about....
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Denmark Trimaran Project (on Craigslist)
Small tri reader Jens Wellejus shared the following with me this week from a Craigslist post in Denmark. He wrote: “16 foot project boat up for sale in Denmark. Cheap too. The seller is asking some 200...
View ArticleSmall Boat Fun in Cedar Key (with Jim Brown)
In his latest “capercast,” Jim Brown shares about his trip to the yearly small boat gathering in Cedar Key, Florida. He tells a couple great stories, along with some details about interesting...
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Testing a Quadmaran
I received the following info and pics from sailor David Kagan. He has taken a narrow small Hobie cat hull and then added outriggers to it. Will it work? David promised to share how his sea trials go...
View ArticleMore Paraw Sailing Videos from the Philippines
Sailor Bill Lovelock shares more Paraw sailing videos with us that he recently uploaded to YouTube. Bill first shared some great Paraw info with us in a previous post here. Thanks for the links to...
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Quadmaran Success
Sailor David K. sent me the following report (a couple days ago) of the initial sea trial of his “quadmaran.” As you’ll read below, he is very happy with the result of his Hobie-Bravo-with-outriggers...
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Spirit 422 Trimaran Now Available
We first heard about the Spirit 422 trimaran in this post here. And now it seems Italian sailors / boat developers Paolo and Danilo (Paul and Daniel) are now seeing their dream become a production boat...
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