“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. A Full Circle

The righting arm of the catamaran, at extreme angles of heel, is shorter. It is 0.2L against 0.3L of the trimaran. The righting arm of the trimaran, at normal heeling angles, is coupled to t of the displacement and the righting arm of the catamaran to the full displacement. The net result is 100 per cent higher sail-carrying power favouring the catamaran.

By Richard Crockett

I have found that historic editorials on ocean-going multihulls are always well received, so have no compunction in sharing this one, written by JS Taylor of Australia, for the May 1967 issue of SA Yachting magazine.

Love them or hate them, multihulls are today a feature of every marina, and generally no longer have the stigma of being unsafe craft.

The feature opens with these words: “The first cruising trimaran was an attempt to create a new type of offshore multihull without the alarming quality of the catamaran, the tendency to suddenly capsize.”

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE:  1967 05 – SA Yachting – a full circle – OCR

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