Self-designed, Self-built Small Trimaran Just Launched
Small trimaran enthusiasts Tom Raidna & David Kagan both sent me the following information about a new self-designed & built trimaran featured at Duckwords.
It was launched this year by Jason Nabors “just in time for the 2012 Texas 200.”
Here is the photo published on the server at the Duckworks site …
And here is a short YouTube video of the boat sailing. Perhaps Jason will share some more info about his boat with us soon :-)
Update: 06-29-12 – Jason discovered this post and offered some more information about his boat in the “comments” are below. Check them out! (Thanks Jason)
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June 29th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
LOA 13’10″
LWL 13′
VAKA Beam 5’2″
AMA beam 12′
Lateen sail area 85
Jib 33
Total sail area 118 very low aspect sail.
Draws 6″ center board up and 3′ when down.
The hull is super stable I mean really stable maybe 5 degree of heel 20+ winds.The whole design is a collection of boat I have seen in the past.Potter being my main influence.If you couldn’t tell.The cabin has 3’6″ of headroom and the cockpit is self bailing and has a tent that sets over it making an additional room.Or as I call it the guest suit.The guest suit has 5′ of headroom with the tent on.The down side…
The low aspect sails make it slow to windward but nothing a hobie 12 or 14 rig can’t solve.That being said all in all it performed well and got us to the end of the Texas 200 without really any major issues.
Thanks for your interest in my tri and if you have any other questions I would be more than happy to answer them.
Jason Nabors
June 29th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Thanks for the additional info Jason. I’ll contact you soon for some more info on your small tri here.