Hull form · What it is for
Sailing TrimaransLiveaboard
Sailing Trimarans · Liveaboard: YachtCodex lists 4 models, 14.2–16.1 m long. The builder with the most is NEEL Trimarans (3). The largest in production is the Rapido 53XS (16.1 m).
Sailing Trimarans
A main hull with a float either side: most of the weight in the middle, most of the stability at the ends of the beams. A trimaran carries its accommodation in one hull rather than two, which puts the living space on one level and keeps the crew together, and it is generally the quickest of the three forms for a given length. It is also the rarest in production, which is why this is the shortest list on the site.
Liveaboard
Boats with enough room, water and plumbing to be lived on rather than visited. The criteria are a length overall between 11 and 24 metres, three cabins or more, two heads or more where the builder publishes a number, and 300 litres of fresh water or more where that is published; day boats, sport cruisers, centre consoles and racers are excluded. A figure the builder never published does not disqualify a boat on the secondary conditions -- unknown is read as not contradicting -- but cabins and length must be there.
- Models
- 4
- Builders
- 2
- Length range
- 14.2–16.1 m47–53 ft
- In production
- 3
