Hi All I found a nice video from a trimaran "Competing" with a windsurfer.
I know the Tri is just at cruising speed and not unther full sail but stil a nice thing to look at.

Link to the Video

This was actually a bet about which craft was faster over a given distance.

The windsurf guy broke his rig during the attempt and the lost the bet that way. He was slightly ahead I think, but he had a rough ride and it went wrong.

at least that is how I remember it.

Wouter

If it was a bet, wouldn't the tri put up ALL of its sail?

If I click, all I see is weird text. If I right click and save as, it will only save it as a text file.

I wanna see I wanna see!

Just go ahead and right-click/save-as. While the save-as dialog will indicate that it's a text file, it will nonetheless save as .wmv. Then you can open it with Windows Media Player.

Mark.

great video, Rob, thanks. They have another one on the site that shows elements of the construction phases.

Thanks for posting the link Rob

great footage -

Enjoy sailing both types ,-

Has to make you wonder how much faster a tri or beachcat might be with similar aft raked swept angulating rig and planning surface hull shape in those similar windspeeds .

Carl

Inter 20
H-18
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and Mystral board

Watch closely, and you'll see that the tri is on the verge of flying its main hull. In a couple of spots, you can see air under the full length of it. As such, more sail would probably not be faster but would just cause more hull-flying.

sail fast