I often see what I think is bad design being foisted onto the inexperienced. And I call them out. Sometimes I see designs that look good to me. The new Dragonfly looks pretty good to me. Finally amas that are big enough. A snakey look. Flowing beams. And of course the required aft swept bows. I assume they also have improved on the single stainless pin swings in favor of a composite bushing?
If I may, all the same features that I put in my 31′ swing arm tri 10 years ago, less the swept bows.
Your mention of a 10 year older design of your own with the same features implies that you came up with it first. A bit disingenuous don’t you think?
I never imply. If I think smething, I say it. Swing arm trimarans go back at least as far as Westall in the 60s. I assumed everybody knew that.
FYI, Dragonfly have been building ‘swing wing’ tris for at least 25 years.
Dude, I assume you think this is news to me? I have sailed on one. I gave joint multihulls lecture with Jens back in ’07. They used to look frumpy and had small amas. And severe weather helm. This unit looks much better to me.