Small Trimarans

I first heard about the Philippine Paraw trimarans, possibly better known as Paraw double outrigger sailing canoes, from Gary Deirking. He said some of these simple designs hit 18 to 20 knots in the right hands and under the right conditions.

That’s pretty wild, especially in a watercraft constructed out of simple, inexpensive of materials. (more…)

This post is an update on the Aluminum trimaran being developed by sailor Valery Gaulin. As you can see if you read his first post about the Aluminum trimaran he is building, Val has made quite a bit of progress on his very unique small tri / sailing canoe. (more…)