Rapido 500 ECO Power Cat

Summary

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

49.9 ft (15.22 m)

Hull length

49.8 ft (15.18 m)

LWL

49.6 ft (15.12 m)

Beam

20.4 ft (6.21 m)

Draft (min)

—

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

11.1 ft (3.38 m)

Displacement

14,330 lb (6,500 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

2

Heads

2

Berths

—

Performance

Maximum speed

22 kn

Cruising speed

10 kn

Range

—

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

—

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

—

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

343 gal (1,300 L)

Fresh water capacity

53 gal (200 L)

Black water capacity

26 gal (100 L)

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Accommodation

a queen cabin and a private head and shower in each hull; lounging areas convert to daybeds and the dining table sleeps two more

Waste tanks

2 x 50 L

Fuel tanks

2 x 650 L

Maiden voyage (builder's figures)

Vietnam to Singapore, April 2025: 600nm 2 x 80HP inboard engines 49 hours Total fuel consumption for 2 engines: 18 litres per hour Total rate of fuel consumption for 2 engines: 1.5 litres per nm Average speed: 12.2 knots Crew: 3 Total fuel bill: USD648 (900 litres at 72c in Vietnam)

Cruising speed

10-12 knots (recommended)

Top speed

16-22 knots (depending upon engine)

Engine options

Twin 40kv electric outboards OR 2 x 80-110hp diesel inboards / diesel outboards/ gasoline outboards

Fuel economy

16 litres per hour (2 engines x 8 litres p/h @ 12 kts (3,400rpm))

Standard engine

110 hp diesel in the EU and USA (as printed); hull #01 has twin 80 hp diesel inboards

Beam of each hull

0.96 m

Passengers / crew

1-30 pax

Displacement basis

light displacement as printed (6,500 kg); fully loaded 8,000 kg

About Rapido Trimarans

Premium production

Carbon performance trimarans designed by Morrelli & Melvin and built in Vietnam by Triac Composites, the yard co-founder Paul Koch set up in 2014 — the folding Rapido 40 and 50, the 53XS, the Rapido 60 and 63, a 40 Racer and the R500 ECO Power Cat.

Rapido, in the company's telling, began with a simple idea: there should be a better way to cross an ocean under sail. Co-founder Paul Koch had spent his life designing, building and sailing multihulls — he started in 1986 with OSTAC Yachts (Ocean Sailing Trimarans and Catamarans) and from 1994 to 2010 led Corsair Marine, helping turn the trimaran from a specialist craft into a respected form of performance cruising. With his business partner Richard Eyre he set out to build a genuine ocean-going trimaran that combined performance, safety, comfort and simplicity and could be run by a couple — not a racer adapted for cruising, nor a cruiser with performance added afterwards. Its stated mission is to build the world's best ocean-cruising trimarans. For the design they engaged Morrelli & Melvin, the California naval architects founded by Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin, whose credits include two multihull America's Cup winners, Stars and Stripes in 1988 and BMW Oracle Racing's trimaran in 2010. To build the boats, Koch and Eyre co-founded Triac Composites in Vietnam in 2014; its facility about 45 minutes from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, with large CNC and robotic machinery and an 8.5-metre autoclave, builds every Rapido exclusively.

The Rapido Trimarans Range

Every model Rapido Trimarans publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Rapido 500 ECO Power Cat· this model49.9 ft

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