This little Trimaran is quite exceptional, to handle a gale in the North Sea with ease at 24' is extraordinary I cannot think of any other yacht of that size that could cope at all, and this was fun in spite of the awful weather. Well Aldis the Designer!, The problem is that having experienced this Tri' one can never realy enjoy any other.
i used to sail at kiel yacht club for the brit army its a nice port to see the traditional baltic boats up close in!! nice in spring summer pretty darned offensive in winter!! when freezing cold!!
Hello Stephen, These videos are realy interesting. I have daggerbords on my tri. And komming summer i was panning to redesign them, give then sligtly curve, and make them in a lighter matiriel, fibe,carbol-epoxy.
Many people have been tinkering with foils over the years. But Aldis Eglaijs has 40 years experience with them. And there is a lot more to foils than meet the eye. So good luck with your experimenting.
what sort of prices do these go for? have you seen the ninjas? theyre a good 1-2man boat for recreation beauty of this one is it has a cabin!! bunks galley no doubt!
david john Huxtable I haven't seen the ninjas. Yes the Catri24 has an enormous cabin. The space inside is amazing. 5 berths! That is whay I called it TARDIS, like Dr Who's space ship that was bigger on the inside than on the outside.
+Stephen Walker 5!!!! you gotta be kiddn looked from the outsides no more than 2!!! where do stow away the other 3? over the sides hanging off the bollards or in the sail compartments? strap any spare persons to the masts? thats very surprising!! is prob the best examples of one of this types ive seen! shes not too big nor too small ideal sizes looks fairly simple to sail rig wises! i liked the guy who was laying out on the trampoline on his back saying how much hard works it all was!! har funny!! what sort of price do these go for?
+Stephen Walker how does she handle in tougher rougher seas and high winds? im from devon cornwall plymouth w atlantic reaches weme a bit wilder than all thez baltic sea north sea sailing!!!
No problem. Did you watch the entire video? Did you read my blog? We sailed through two gales on the way back from Latvia. And obviously I was not using the camera during the worst periods. I was busy! I've sailed in your region and the sea is the same. When it's rough it's tough.
Yes indeed. A great boat. It has just been sold again and is still in fine fettle, which speaks volumes of the designer and the builder. Shame it seems to be impossible to buy a Catri these days.
TARDIS was sold to an American in 2006 and was only sold a year ago or so. The Catri 24 has been succeeded by the Catri 25 and you CAN order one. Phone me if you'd like to own one.
Tom, the CATRI 24 is no longer available but CATRI are putting the finishing touches to the prototype of the new CATRI 25 that will be 100% hydrofoiling, as opposed to the 90% of the CATRI 24 featured in the video.
we fish and troll for swordfish and marlin here in south Florida from our 18 ft Cat at approx 4-6 knots our max speed for ours runs at 25 knots with our racing spinnaker in down wind were a racing A class ship but this blows me away
Great video! But why is the total avg. speed only 2.5ks? However, I'm really intersted to see new model, it's nearly a decade from Catri 24, so why I'm expecting great technology improvements?
+Gerry S Well they do if you are a monohull sailor for whom such speeds are unimaginable and if you are any kind of a sailor you can judge the wind speeds anyway by simply looking at the water. Anyway this boat is no longer available to buy (unless you want to go to the USA and buy it second hand. However, the Catri 25, th-cam.com/video/ZbVH6rFqVpY/w-d-xo.html is available new, and it is significantly faster than the 24 that you have been watching here, especially in light airs.
+Stephen Walker Thanks Stephen. I am a monohull sailor but 20 years still doesn't let me judge the windspeed correctly from the narrowed focus of the camera lens. The difference between 15 to 20 is not that significant if you are in sheltered waterways and not knowing from which direction it comes relative to that. With non-planing hulls of course the difference in speed is not that great as windspeed increases beyond a certain limit anyway.....you need to start reefing. The trifoil sounds and looks like a blast....wonder why (flaw?) it is not in production?
+Gerry S The Catri 25 is ready for production. If you order one it will be produced. Understand that within the boating world there are motor boats & sailing boats, monohulls and multihulls, catamarans and trimarans, conventional and foiling and these are listed in ever diminsihing market sizes. What I am saying is that there are lots of BMW drivers who fancy a motor boat because they think that they can just jump in and turn the key to go boating at 20 knots. There are not so many people in the world who wake up thinking "today I will go and buy a foiling trimaran because then I can go sailing at 20 knots". But this is actually the ultimate safe but fast sailing experience. Aldis Eglajs spent the first half of his life designing sailing boats to go fast. When he was just 17 he "invented" the catamaran because living behind the Iron Curtain he did not know that they had been invented 1000 years ago by the polynesians. And following a catastrophic catamaran capsize he spent the second half of his life designing fast sailing boats that are safe. This is the holy grail for sailors. Not everybody wants to break world sailing speed records - a hazardous occupation. But every sailor wants to be safe and to go faster. In monohulls people will go to extraordinary lengths to get an extra tenth of a knot out of a boat. But with multihulls we are now talking about 10s of knots with the advent of foilers. Most people seem to think that the Americas cup boats were the first foilers around. But they are very much mistaken. So if you are looking for a fast, safe trimaran then look no further than the Catri 25.
fiddler2u No it doesn't. It is designed for the leeward float always to be in contact with the water although supported by the foils. This is the SAFE way to sail on foils. Those other foiling vessels that sail clear of the waves are extremely vulnerable to pitchpole!
The most I eever got out of the CATRI 24 was 25kn. But the CATRI 25 will be even faster. Of course you need flat water and strong winds to achieve maximum speeds and such conditions do not occur all the time. So the boat has to be able to produce good performance in all conditions. This is what the design achieves.
This little Trimaran is quite exceptional, to handle a gale in the North Sea with ease at 24' is extraordinary I cannot think of any other yacht of that size that could cope at all, and this was fun in spite of the awful weather. Well Aldis the Designer!, The problem is that having experienced this Tri' one can never realy enjoy any other.
And Cris should know as he has sailed in just about every kind of boat!
hell of a shot. well done!
i used to sail at kiel yacht club for the brit army its a nice port to see the traditional baltic boats up close in!! nice in spring summer pretty darned offensive in winter!! when freezing cold!!
Hello Stephen, These videos are realy interesting. I have daggerbords on my tri. And komming summer i was panning to redesign them, give then sligtly curve, and make them in a lighter matiriel, fibe,carbol-epoxy.
Many people have been tinkering with foils over the years. But Aldis Eglaijs has 40 years experience with them. And there is a lot more to foils than meet the eye. So good luck with your experimenting.
Looks a well thought out boat
If you think that this is good, wait until you see the NEW CATRI 25 and 28 that will be available early in 2014!
Check out the NEW Catri 25 video
th-cam.com/video/ZbVH6rFqVpY/w-d-xo.html
what sort of prices do these go for? have you seen the ninjas? theyre a good 1-2man boat for recreation beauty of this one is it has a cabin!! bunks galley no doubt!
david john Huxtable
I haven't seen the ninjas. Yes the Catri24 has an enormous cabin. The space inside is amazing. 5 berths! That is whay I called it TARDIS, like Dr Who's space ship that was bigger on the inside than on the outside.
+Stephen Walker 5!!!! you gotta be kiddn looked from the outsides no more than 2!!! where do stow away the other 3? over the sides hanging off the bollards
or in the sail compartments?
strap any spare persons to the masts?
thats very surprising!!
is prob the best examples of one of this types ive seen!
shes not too big nor too small
ideal sizes looks fairly simple to sail rig wises!
i liked the guy who was laying out on the trampoline on his back saying how much hard works it all was!! har funny!!
what sort of price do these go for?
+Stephen Walker how does she handle in tougher rougher seas and high winds?
im from devon cornwall plymouth w atlantic reaches weme a bit wilder than all thez baltic sea north sea sailing!!!
No problem. Did you watch the entire video? Did you read my blog? We sailed through two gales on the way back from Latvia. And obviously I was not using the camera during the worst periods. I was busy! I've sailed in your region and the sea is the same. When it's rough it's tough.
Cool sail
Yes indeed. A great boat. It has just been sold again and is still in fine fettle, which speaks volumes of the designer and the builder. Shame it seems to be impossible to buy a Catri these days.
Where is the catri 24 now and are they every going to put it on the market?
TARDIS was sold to an American in 2006 and was only sold a year ago or so. The Catri 24 has been succeeded by the Catri 25 and you CAN order one. Phone me if you'd like to own one.
Stephen, How much will the Catri 24 retail for, and will it be available in the US?
Tom, the CATRI 24 is no longer available but CATRI are putting the finishing touches to the prototype of the new CATRI 25 that will be 100% hydrofoiling, as opposed to the 90% of the CATRI 24 featured in the video.
we fish and troll for swordfish and marlin here in south Florida from our 18 ft Cat at approx 4-6 knots our max speed for ours runs at 25 knots with our racing spinnaker in down wind were a racing A class ship but this blows me away
Great video! But why is the total avg. speed only 2.5ks?
However, I'm really intersted to see new model, it's nearly a decade from Catri 24, so why I'm expecting great technology improvements?
That's easy to explain Ziga. We stopped for lunch in between the morning and afternoon races.
Stephen Walker Anyway, how's going with CATRI 25 progress? Any news? I'm really interested in this boat.
Žiga Škrjanc
The latest news is that Catri hope to launch the new 25 in late May but they are making no promises. Quality first.
Žiga Škrjanc
Check out the new Catri 25 video
th-cam.com/video/ZbVH6rFqVpY/w-d-xo.html
If I could see both amas out of the water this boat would be incredibly fast.
But then it would not be as safe. It's already incredibly fast but it is designed for the leeward hull always to be in contact with the water.
@@StephenWalkerAhoy-Boats Do you have a set of polars for this boat?
wow! 15 knots! that's hauling ass!
15kn is just cruising speed. This boat did more like 25kn! Check out my 2005 blog reports on sailing back from Latvia.
boat knots don't mean much without the associated windspeed.
+Gerry S Well they do if you are a monohull sailor for whom such speeds are unimaginable and if you are any kind of a sailor you can judge the wind speeds anyway by simply looking at the water. Anyway this boat is no longer available to buy (unless you want to go to the USA and buy it second hand. However, the Catri 25, th-cam.com/video/ZbVH6rFqVpY/w-d-xo.html is available new, and it is significantly faster than the 24 that you have been watching here, especially in light airs.
+Stephen Walker Thanks Stephen. I am a monohull sailor but 20 years still doesn't let me judge the windspeed correctly from the narrowed focus of the camera lens. The difference between 15 to 20 is not that significant if you are in sheltered waterways and not knowing from which direction it comes relative to that. With non-planing hulls of course the difference in speed is not that great as windspeed increases beyond a certain limit anyway.....you need to start reefing.
The trifoil sounds and looks like a blast....wonder why (flaw?) it is not in production?
+Gerry S The Catri 25 is ready for production. If you order one it will be produced. Understand that within the boating world there are motor boats & sailing boats, monohulls and multihulls, catamarans and trimarans, conventional and foiling and these are listed in ever diminsihing market sizes. What I am saying is that there are lots of BMW drivers who fancy a motor boat because they think that they can just jump in and turn the key to go boating at 20 knots. There are not so many people in the world who wake up thinking "today I will go and buy a foiling trimaran because then I can go sailing at 20 knots". But this is actually the ultimate safe but fast sailing experience. Aldis Eglajs spent the first half of his life designing sailing boats to go fast. When he was just 17 he "invented" the catamaran because living behind the Iron Curtain he did not know that they had been invented 1000 years ago by the polynesians. And following a catastrophic catamaran capsize he spent the second half of his life designing fast sailing boats that are safe. This is the holy grail for sailors. Not everybody wants to break world sailing speed records - a hazardous occupation. But every sailor wants to be safe and to go faster. In monohulls people will go to extraordinary lengths to get an extra tenth of a knot out of a boat. But with multihulls we are now talking about 10s of knots with the advent of foilers. Most people seem to think that the Americas cup boats were the first foilers around. But they are very much mistaken. So if you are looking for a fast, safe trimaran then look no further than the Catri 25.
Does it ever fly clear?
fiddler2u No it doesn't. It is designed for the leeward float always to be in contact with the water although supported by the foils. This is the SAFE way to sail on foils. Those other foiling vessels that sail clear of the waves are extremely vulnerable to pitchpole!
What max speed boat?
The most I eever got out of the CATRI 24 was 25kn. But the CATRI 25 will be even faster. Of course you need flat water and strong winds to achieve maximum speeds and such conditions do not occur all the time. So the boat has to be able to produce good performance in all conditions. This is what the design achieves.
looks a bit wet
Definition of sailing!