40'
high performance offshore racing trimaran in composite.
This
offshore racing trimaran design was done for the legendary
ocean racer Phil Steggal. From my own racing
trimaran I learned that even on day-races, each crew
has a great volume of gear and it gets in the way
down below. The flare on the sides lets the
gear get stowed out of the way, and it deflects some
of the high speed spray at 25 knots. It looks
like Phil will go with one of those famous designers
but I can't see it being an improvement over this
design.
This is the light to moderate weather
model. The higher wind speed model is much
wilder with planing amas and lifting foils.
