Grainger R42 - 12.8mts Performance Cruiser Trimaran
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SailingTips.Ca
Feigns Knowledge
Okay this isn't quite the same thing, but a related family member:
https://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sailing-trimaran/grainger-tr40/274719
Why does it have balsa core only in the main hull below the waterline?
Is it because there was concern about foam compressing under shock loads?
https://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sailing-trimaran/grainger-tr40/274719
Why does it have balsa core only in the main hull below the waterline?
Is it because there was concern about foam compressing under shock loads?
Ocean View
Member
Huey 2 - You might like this video from the same day as the above.
SeaGul
Super Anarchist
Fantastic tri... looking at it - the beams seems slender... and the discussion before in this tread had a not sceptics about them not being one hole structure etc. Bute they seem to hold very well...?
ProaSailor
dreaming my life away...
The first thing I see on that photo is flat bottoms on all three hulls. Is that a problem?
Nice video. 20 knots!
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multihuler
Anarchist
If true, it is to keep the resale value low
bushsailor
Anarchist
Upwind speed for venom was really impressive.
They have obviously got it sorted now
They have obviously got it sorted now
Jethrow
Super Anarchist
Jumping the halyard for the sail (screacher?) tacked to the bowsprit
Ocean View
Member
Jumping the halyard for the sail (screacher?) tacked to the bowsprit
Correct.
It's very heavy to hoist and worse in 20 knots when its full of water from sitting on the tramp on the upwind leg. We also need 2 on the halyard when hoisting the asym for the W/L races if we hoist it late and/or it's blowing.
The asym enables us to runner deeper than the screecher when the breeze is under 15 to 20 for W/L races and long downwind legs and paid off for the run from Cape Spencer in tracker link below.
Race outline
The 5 x TC52's started 15 mins behind and us had us on the upwind leg in the lighter 10 to 12kn breeze. Once we found more pressure we got the jump on them, before squirting off on a reach across the foot sitting on 20kn's (15 to 25 knots of breeze) for a few hours in the dark with confused seas (fast, wet and fun) before turning the 2nd corner and ran downwind under the asym with a cross swell and fading breeze that dropped out from a nice 15kn to only 2kn near the finish line.
Tracker link of the race below.
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