Seaclipper 24 Trimaran Building Project in Maine Almost Finished
Sailor and self-boatbuilder Lenny H. is almost finished with his Seaclipper 24 trimaran building project. As you see in the photos below, his new sailboat turned out beautifully.
Kudos to him on the completion of his new craft!
Lenny hopes to be totally finished and be able to launch in a week or two … just in time to catch the end of this sailing season. He told me that the build process has been fun, but he’d really like to get the boat in the water now.
His last hurdle is trying to modify a J-24 rig to fit the Seaclipper 24. And he said he thought the biggest challenge overall was envisioning how everything fits together and where, for example, a 1/16” measurement is critical and where it doesn’t matter.
As far as I know, this is certainly one of the first SC 24s (if not THE first) that has been built. I know he is going to make John Marples (the boat’s designer) smile.
Click here to listen to a short interview I did with John about the Seaclipper 24
Thanks for sharing these with us Lenny.
UPDATE (04-01-13, thanks to Lenny L. who brought this video to my attention in his comment below):
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August 24th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
I am glad to see this is getting back to some of the successful aspects/sizing of Jim Brown’s first trimaran, Juanita, whose cockpit was modified slightly from someone else’s design.
August 26th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Can’t wait for the launching/sailing report! Great to see one of these nearing completion.
August 26th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
For clarification is the full cabin version?
September 6th, 2012 at 1:57 am
It will be very interesting to see the pictures of the interior of the boat and with somebody in it, to see the real dimensios on of the boat. In the plans looks like it has very little accommodation for a 24 feet boat, but some times the real thing is bigger than it seems in the plans.
September 6th, 2012 at 2:24 am
Keep in mind that plans for the Seaclipper 24 offer 2 different possibilities for an interior cabin. Builders can choose to build either a very small cuddy cabin or roomier interior space that would allow for a bit more room to do camp-cruising. Perhaps Lenny will share some interior photos with us during his next update.
September 6th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Yes, I know both versions and I think the DS will be a wonderfull daysailer with a lot of cockpit space. Also it is lighter than the cabin version, so it might sail better. But I think the cabin version is better as a small cruising tri, and this boat is unique in it’s low tech approach.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Can’t wait for a sailing report- hoping I’m about halfway through the build of my seaclipper 24 and I’d love lots of updates!
September 11th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Launched this weekend (video to come soon). We had very light wind but she handled great.
This is the full cabin version. It does not have a lot of room and I have not finished the cabin interior work — saving that for this winter. Opted to go sailing first :)
September 11th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Hey, congrats Lenny! Can’t wait to see your video. If you remember, please post (or send me) the link!
September 11th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
I’m also very interested in the video and more pictures. It doesn’t matter if its not finished yet!
December 1st, 2012 at 6:40 am
The design reminds me a lot of early tri designs like the old Piver 25′ Mariner, and similar designs, like the Buccaneer 24, and even my old Searunner 25, though that was a center cockpit design, but still had two interior single bunks. Considering I have cruised for several days at a time on both an old friends’ stretched Piver Mariner as well as cruises of up to 3 weeks at a time on my Searunner 25, I’d say the Seaclipper 24 with the full cabin would be a terrific coastal cruiser for any single sailor or couple who don’t mind or don’t need full standing headroom. Add a boom tent with front, side, and rear drop down panels and you have standing headroom when at anchor. The folding ama feature will be especially valuable to anyone who needs to haul out at a marina or yacht club where space for winter boat storage is tight, often the case around the greater NYC area. Another side benefit is due to not needing the usual poppets used to keep monohull sailboats upright while stored on land, the chance for a bad storm like we had a month ago doing damage by causing boats on poppets to fall over due to the poppets sliding over gravel is nil. (That happened to a few boats at a local yacht club, where several boats fell over like dominos on the next one over until 5 boats were on their sides. If you’re using poppets go for the ones without flat bottoms that may slide on gravel, which is what happened at that Y.C.)
December 29th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Hello and Congrats!!!
Have been secretly considering another build project – and your 24 is near the top on my list. Like everyone else, anxious to see the videos!
Am just a few miles away in Mass. If you have any “Visitor Days” (ashore, not sailing days) when you might be willing to let someone crawl around the boat – I’d surely appreciate being on the list of invitees.
Boat looks great, good on ya!
TomH
April 2nd, 2013 at 12:09 am
I just found Lenny’s seaclipper 24 video on youtube. Nice boat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DAZWwpc8yo