Len- I noticed that you have owned a power trimaran. What is this boat, and why aren't there more power triimarans? Is there an inherent problem with power trimarans, compared to power catamarans? It seems that a trimaran would be even more stable for pitch and yaw, and would have more room for mechanicals, engines, fuel, etc. It would also be able to have a reduced draft. If trimaran design works for sailboats, why not for power? Can anyone give some insight? Malcolm? Thanks, Paul ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Hi The PT 32 was a prototype for a 70 ft for the pacific trade. It was 8'6" wide and I considered it a geriatric special with wide side decks and high coamings It ran fine with a 40 HP. we put a 100 on it since it was a 3 step planing hull I think a Displacement hull for extended cruising would work fine but generally a tri needs 1/3 more length for the capacity and volume. It would be narrower then the comparable cat. for ease of docking and handling. Anyway don't think anyone else has tried it yet. Details are available at Trikini.com which is a mirror site and may not be fully functional PS wish I still had it but a weird turn of events made giving it (virtually ) away and then the plans fell apart. Have the 6.09 and have several times considered converting it to a power tri. There are some sketches in the whats new section PaulJChristman@aol.com wrote: > Len- > I noticed that you have owned a power trimaran. What is this boat, > and why aren't there more power triimarans? Is there an inherent > problem with power trimarans, compared to power catamarans? > It seems that a trimaran would be even more stable for pitch and yaw, > and would have more room for mechanicals, engines, fuel, etc. It > would also be able to have a reduced draft. If trimaran design works > for sailboats, why not for power? Can anyone give some insight? Malcolm? > Thanks, > Paul > > > ************************************** > See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) -- Live Long and Prosper Capt. Len Susman, retired trikini23@trikini.com After Dec. 13,2007 Email : trikini2007@comcast.net What's New http://www.trikini.com/whatn.htm

All hands! Please use the above subject line for any further discussion of powered trimarans. If we stick with the DSe subject line, no one will find the trimaran discussion. --Listmeister Georgs

Two pieces of news. 1) We have found a mirror site for the trikini.com website and all the info on the PT-32 is available there. 2) we are discussing producing plans for a PT 70 for use as a people bus on the Amazon. The PT 32 was originally a prototype for a 70 footer for Micronesia that never happened. Will keep you guys posted. Georgs Kolesnikovs wrote: >All hands! > >Please use the above subject line for any further discussion of >powered trimarans. If we stick with the DSe subject line, no one will >find the trimaran discussion. > >--Listmeister Georgs >_______________________________________________ >Power-Catamaran Mailing List > > > > -- Live Long and Prosper Capt. Len Susman, retired trikini23@trikini.com After Dec. 13,2007 Email : trikini2007@comcast.net What's New http://www.trikini.com/whatn.htm