FP "Now What" Flipped trimaran

[carcrash]

I have been on that boat!

It was built in England, sailed to Long Beach CA via Panama, probably around 2000. From the forward end of the bridge deck, which was the bridge, I could look up into the mast structure that is clearly shown. It either had a free standing wing mast that rotated 360 degrees, or a windmill. I can't remember.

Looking for more information.

 

[toddster]

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[carcrash]

Walker Wingsail! That is exactly the boat. Seemed interesting, but as I recall its passage speeds were something like 120 mile days on that UK to California trip.

 

[Rain Man]

Looks like the boat on the left.

 

[SloopJonB]

All that heavy gear to right it but no pumps?

Bucketing out a boat that size would be tedious.

 

[Rasputin22]

Yeah that is/was? a Walker Wingsail, I think one of four. Hull shapes were better than I had previously thought but I never thought much of the rig. I can't imagine it pitchpoling under that underpowered rig but who knows? Looks like there may have been a hole just above the boot top on one ama so maybe that hull flooded and then it rolled over and the rig broke when it hit the reef. 

 

[ROADKILL666]

Cool boat but no tits very sad :angry:

 

[ProaSailor]

Looks like the boat on the left.

The boat on the right is a Jim Antrim design: https://antrimdesign.com/te-marama---22m-catamaran.html

Te Marama (Tahitian for "The Light"), was built in Raiatea.
She is a 22m motor sailor with a 3 element, self tending rigid wind sail.

 

[Controversial_posts]

Too bad the narrator was Canadian, voices are so irritating

 

[Varan]

Eh?

 

[Mudsailor]

Had a buddy who worked there....maybe late 80s down in Plymouth, lots and lots of $ spent with very little to show for it.....

 

[Keith]

Eh?

 

[Zonker]

Small world - I saw it in Curacao in Sept 2016 in a marina.

 

[Recidivist]

It appears to be a conglomeration of weird design ideas (even disregarding the mast/sail).

WTF is with the dorsal fin between the centerboard and rudder?

And with 3 hulls to choose from, why would you pick the bridgedecks as the spot to mount the motors?

 

[EDCURACAO]

It sunk a month ago just before the corona lockdown bullshit here when leaving the bay in Curacao. People onboard were saved and they left boat drifting and washed ashore in Aruba.

This vessel was laying for many years unused in the Spanishwater bay. Was just sold I think. Very unlucky....

For sale ad and Pintrest ad

 

[10thTonner]

Walker Wingsail! That is exactly the boat. Seemed interesting, but as I recall its passage speeds were something like 120 mile days on that UK to California trip.

120 ? ? ? 
We did 200 on a fucking Swan 65, ten days in a row!   

 

[Tranquilo]

She departed Curacao on March 25th. Crew got plucked off the next day north of Curacao by the Dutch Caribbean CG. 

 

[AnotherSailor]

That angel on the wing must have saved them!

 

[Left Shift]

She departed Curacao on March 25th. Crew got plucked off the next day north of Curacao by the Dutch Caribbean CG. 

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Is that thing the world's first three-hulled submarine or was it already sinking in that pic?