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He spent much of his life in San Diego, California, beginning to design multihulls in the 1950s, starting with catamarans. [1] His full-time multihull development work began in 1968. [ 1 ]
Jim Brown stayed with Piver's narrow-waisted hulls while introducing the centerboard, center cockpit, and cutter rig. Of the 47 multihulls we spoke outside U.S. waters, 13 were Brown designs. While poor payload capacity and hobby-horsing are owner complaints with the 31 and 37, his 40-footer gets high marks.
[22] [23] In modern terminology, especially in leisure or sport boating, double-outrigger ships are usually termed trimaran or triple-hull ships. An unusual type of double-outrigger boat design, preserved in scale models in the Pitt Rivers Museum, forms a triangle shape. The front ends of the outriggers are attached directly to the hull, while ...
Wētā racing on Huntington Lake California High Serra Regatta 2017 Wētā features. The Wētā 4.4 Trimaran is a 4.4-metre (14-foot) sailing dinghy conceived and developed in New Zealand from 2001 to 2006 by Roger and Chris Kitchen and others with original drawings by TC Design's Tim Clissold.
Jim Brown stayed with Piver's narrow-waisted hulls while introducing the centerboard, center cockpit, and cutter rig. Of the 47 multihulls we spoke outside U.S. waters, 13 were Brown designs. While poor payload capacity and hobby-horsing are owner complaints with the 31 and 37, his 40-footer gets high marks.
The design concept comprises a narrow, long hull that cuts through waves. The outriggers then provide the stability that such a narrow hull needs. While the aft sponsons act as trimaran sponsons do, the front sponsons do not touch the water normally; only if the ship rolls to one side do they provide added buoyancy to correct the roll.
The Farrier Trailertri 18 is a trailerable 1976 trimaran sailboat designed by Ian Farrier that was sold in plan form, targeted at owner builders assembling from marine plywood, and marketed as a day sailer. [3]
The Searunner 31 is a trimaran sailboat designed by Jim Brown in the 1960s. [2] It is the most popular boat in the Searunner series, [1] which includes models from 25 ft (7.6 m) to 40 ft (12 m). The Searunner 31 is a small, trailerable trimaran sailboat known for its performance, versatility, and seaworthiness.