U da man!!! I just subscribed after bumping into this video. Headed to Jim's home page to see what's going on. She's a fast one. waiting to see all the changes on her. I think I will stick around for a while
Looks like it will be great once you've sorted stuff out. Have you thought about a self tacking jib? It would reduce your work load. 2 tiller extensions ( port and starboard) would help as well. Happy sailing.
Very cool. I always wanted to do this. Looks fast as heck!!. I fully understand all the quick stuff you need to do to tack that thing. Because you put it together its up to you to iron out all the little kinks. I like how you went for it. That tiller extension is looking like a pain in the neck. The rope and pulley steering system would rock on that set up.
@@jimgallant8721 wow you have the same vision as I do. I have restored two piver nuggets and owned a 28-ft trade winds trimaran Is your story on small trimaran website.
nice lake reminds me a little of Mona Lake near Muskegon Michigan, also looks a little like the finger lakes area of NY state, but any water you can sail on is good. Nice that you used cat hulls on all three keeps the boat very efficient with great speed potential. Non-centerboard Ama's would likely make it a good non-centerboard trimaran/ shallow water or shallow crossing boat.
It's actually a salt water bay (Liberty Bay by Poulsbo, WA) subject to tides that vary as much as 17 feet. I keep it on an anchored mooring buoy in the summer, and it sits on the mud in anything below a plus 5 foot tide. So have to launch and land by the tide. It draws less than a foot of water with no boards in the water.
@@jimgallant8721 oh, tides vary widely, our local South Padre Island tides are less than 2 feet, but the Lagoona Madre is quite shallow in many places (thus many flats boats with tunnel hulls)
Well done. Yes it sails and it’s pretty fast. But does it sail faster than any of the component catamarans would sail ? Furthermore: is it strong enough when two of the tree hulls are lifted and the hull in the water gets to carry the weight plus arm of the two other hulls plus the weight plus ( extra long ) arm of the sailor ?
I never intended to fly the center hull. Yes, the Nacra 17 or the Supercat 20 (where the hulls came from) would probably be faster. But sailing in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest, I don't want to capsize, or have to wear a wetsuit for that matter.
@@jimgallant8721 very good yes. I am considering the same. I have a very old Tornado that has no sales value anymore. I also have an older model A-cat that has been damaged. I am thinking to make a tri like you did. I like to sail solo, but the North Sea in The Netherlands is always cold an I don’t dare to use the trapeze anymore as I am nearly seventy now.
@@jimgallant8721 perhaps a crossbar on the very front and some diagonal tensioning ropes would give the extra strenght that you may need when the leeward bow digs deep in and you sit on the rear end of the luff hull. That is when the construction is loaded to its maximum.
@@alfreddaniels3817 I'm closing in on 70 too. This boat goes fast enough for me. Too many other projects to spend time on it now. If I was to do anything, I'd modify it somehow to get the amas a couple of inches higher. At rest, all 3 hulls are in the water. Be better if only 2 were. I've pondered the best/easiest way to do it. There is no easy way.🙂
@@jimgallant8721 epoxy and glass are very easy to work with. Could you raise the beams on the centrehull by using longer bolds and some well shaped template under it? Perhaps even a deck that overhangs the sides ?
Kudos on making your own boat. It looks to me like you could carry more sail on it. Maybe a taller mast with a roller furling jib. Where did you get the hulls? Aren't Supercat hulls hard to come by?
I had sails made for it that are significantly larger than the old sails I started with from a Solcat 18. They're very powerful. You can read about them here: nwguy.fun/tri/foil2/sails.html It does have a furling jib. You can read about it here: nwguy.fun/tri/nacra/jib.html
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U da man!!! I just subscribed after bumping into this video. Headed to Jim's home page to see what's going on. She's a fast one. waiting to see all the changes on her. I think I will stick around for a while
Check that acceleration! Nice👌
Good for you! The only thing better than messing about in boats is building the boats and messing around in them.
Looks like it will be great once you've sorted stuff out. Have you thought about a self tacking jib? It would reduce your work load. 2 tiller extensions ( port and starboard) would help as well. Happy sailing.
Sailing, and not a lot of money, very well done.
Very cool. I always wanted to do this. Looks fast as heck!!. I fully understand all the quick stuff you need to do to tack that thing. Because you put it together its up to you to iron out all the little kinks. I like how you went for it. That tiller extension is looking like a pain in the neck. The rope and pulley steering system would rock on that set up.
Looks awesome. I built one with a 5.2 nacra center Hull with Hobie 14 as Alma's. Using a Hobie 14 rig. I had her up to 14 knots
Cool. My first trimaran used 14' Hobie amas.
nwguy.fun/tri/bestGuess/launch.html
@@jimgallant8721 wow you have the same vision as I do. I have restored two piver nuggets and owned a 28-ft trade winds trimaran
Is your story on small trimaran website.
@@greghardt9210 yes. Search for gallant:
smalltrimarans.com/blog/?s=gallant
Great Accomplishment, Nice to watch
Amazing boat. Consider wearing a PFD when sailing solo and untethered in cool weather on a fast boat with cleated sheets ....
Yes, a good idea.
nice lake reminds me a little of Mona Lake near Muskegon Michigan, also looks a little like the finger lakes area of NY state, but any water you can sail on is good. Nice that you used cat hulls on all three keeps the boat very efficient with great speed potential. Non-centerboard Ama's would likely make it a good non-centerboard trimaran/ shallow water or shallow crossing boat.
It's actually a salt water bay (Liberty Bay by Poulsbo, WA) subject to tides that vary as much as 17 feet. I keep it on an anchored mooring buoy in the summer, and it sits on the mud in anything below a plus 5 foot tide. So have to launch and land by the tide.
It draws less than a foot of water with no boards in the water.
@@jimgallant8721 oh, tides vary widely, our local South Padre Island tides are less than 2 feet, but the Lagoona Madre is quite shallow in many places (thus many flats boats with tunnel hulls)
Well done. Yes it sails and it’s pretty fast. But does it sail faster than any of the component catamarans would sail ? Furthermore: is it strong enough when two of the tree hulls are lifted and the hull in the water gets to carry the weight plus arm of the two other hulls plus the weight plus ( extra long ) arm of the sailor ?
I never intended to fly the center hull. Yes, the Nacra 17 or the Supercat 20 (where the hulls came from) would probably be faster. But sailing in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest, I don't want to capsize, or have to wear a wetsuit for that matter.
@@jimgallant8721 very good yes. I am considering the same. I have a very old Tornado that has no sales value anymore. I also have an older model A-cat that has been damaged. I am thinking to make a tri like you did. I like to sail solo, but the North Sea in The Netherlands is always cold an I don’t dare to use the trapeze anymore as I am nearly seventy now.
@@jimgallant8721 perhaps a crossbar on the very front and some diagonal tensioning ropes would give the extra strenght that you may need when the leeward bow digs deep in and you sit on the rear end of the luff hull. That is when the construction is loaded to its maximum.
@@alfreddaniels3817 I'm closing in on 70 too. This boat goes fast enough for me. Too many other projects to spend time on it now. If I was to do anything, I'd modify it somehow to get the amas a couple of inches higher. At rest, all 3 hulls are in the water. Be better if only 2 were. I've pondered the best/easiest way to do it. There is no easy way.🙂
@@jimgallant8721 epoxy and glass are very easy to work with. Could you raise the beams on the centrehull by using longer bolds and some well shaped template under it? Perhaps even a deck that overhangs the sides ?
Nice job
Boat looks solid on the water.
Kudos on making your own boat. It looks to me like you could carry more sail on it. Maybe a taller mast with a roller furling jib. Where did you get the hulls? Aren't Supercat hulls hard to come by?
I had sails made for it that are significantly larger than the old sails I started with from a Solcat 18. They're very powerful. You can read about them here:
nwguy.fun/tri/foil2/sails.html
It does have a furling jib. You can read about it here:
nwguy.fun/tri/nacra/jib.html
wow i made such a similar one tornado middle hull 16 or 17 foot beam :)
Só um palpite. Colocava um trilho na buja e na grande e na cabagem já ficariam na posição. Facilita muito!
lo siento, no entiendo
You complained it was quite a handful. I would change the rigging/'cleats immediately.
Nice. Was this a plan you bought or home brew design?
Home brew
@@jimgallant8721 nicely done
What mast and rigging and sails did you go with?
See here:
nwguy.fun/tri/foil2/sails.html
The mast is from an 18' Solcat catamaran.
@@jimgallant8721 thanks!
Do you have any plans for this trimaran build?
No
I've added a self tacking jib, and seats. You can see them here: nwguy.fun/tri/nacra/stuff.html
Nice sir
That seems like too much work, isn't there a sail pulley system that makes tacking easier?
I added a self tacking jib system:
nwguy.fun/tri/nacra/jib.html
Awesome!
Да.., Одному не просто управлять парусником. У меня парусный катамаран. Когда один на нем выходил, то только под мотором.
How could this design be made into a blue water cruiser?
Hard to do. Would be like trying to make a Hobie cat a blue water cruiser.
Im looking for a blue water design to build.
Standing room only ?
I've got plans for seating. Low profile beach chairs with foam noodles on their bases.
Cool
losing at lot of speed when tacking. , not easy main sheet and jib same time alone
Did you not see the comment immediately below yours saying I've added a self-tacking jib, and the link to pages that show it?
Dufte !
that thing is hauling ass, so to speak