My 46′ fast cruising trimaran.

My 46′ fast cruising trimaran.
Andre Cocquyt is now blasting around in his 34′ KHSD power trimaran.
In late July I took my 12′ trimaran design to the small boat festival.
It was the only yellow boat there. And the lightest. It wasn’t really my crowd. All the other boats were heavy timber classics. While there I learned that small monohull guru, John Wellsford would be there.
loaded on the ferry in my F150
at the show
Sailing in Puget Sound.
My 46′ Performance Trimaran, now Pipeline 3.
My 35′ power trimaran, built by legendary boat builder Andre Cocquyt. Foam/glass. Andre notes:
our trials got cut short due to hurricane Lee, the marina evacuated and it’s too late to put back in before the season ends per Oct. 1st. I saw 23.4 mph on the second test run. she likes to cruise happily and quietly around 3,400 rpm doing 14 mph. With engines in idle fwd, she does 6.5 mph. It will be interesting to see how she does next year with the trim mods and the swim platform.
My friend, brilliant designer and builder, built one of my power trimarans.
It looks wonderful. Especially when I stand back and look at it.
A pair of 50 HP, 4 cycle outboards pushes it at 24 knots. Sea trials were cancelled due to hurricane.
#power trimaran
#composite
It had to be larger to carry the weight.
Foam/glass.
Am trying to post the updated wingmast article in PDF.
The venerable 23′ camping trimaran got a carbon/plywood crossbeam.