The 470 : Nacra's newest....... trimaran ?

Needs more sail area.

Tastes like chicken.

what's it rate?

someone had to say it.

This must be a Hobie.

What are the components used in that... thingie?
Main-hull, 470? Sail looks like a Hobie 16, but the skegged outriggers have me beaten.

Something tells me that this is not a scaled down ORMA 60..

That's hot

Those look like Nacra 5.7 or 5.0 hulls???

The photo distorts the scale. I think it's a Melges 24 with Nacra 500 hulls for the amas. And Jake, you think the sail area is too small? What you can't see is the 50 foot mast!

Just a guess, but, the main hull looks like the 470 I used to race before I learned about catamarans. But a few things have been added, like expanded * and something that overlays the foredeck and supports the mast. The amas look like Nacra 450 or 4.5 hulls. It doesn't look like a production boat, just one put together from pieces from the two boats mentioned. I would expect that the rig and sail come from the Nacra.

The combination would provide a boat even my wife would enjoy going out on. It looks more comfortable than the catamaran by having seating in the * and some protection from spray. It would sacrafice some performance due to added weight. Both would be "good" things from her perspective. It doesn't look like set-up and take down would be as good as a cat, but it might make a fun boat for those that have "mast up" storage.

Smells like chicken....

This is what happens when monohulls are allowed to breed with catamarans. It's a crime against nature.

Make sure to keep your cat "covered" when you're not around to supervise it.

looks like a freakin day-sailor to me, there's no way thats a melges24. I think it needs a kite, or a hooter, and yeah mor sail.

Sooo, is it chicken? Nah! Its a duck!

What can you do, a catamaran is a sexy beast and if its lonely on the beach, It just might put up with the attentions of a mono.

Oh it's clearly a foil enabled Moth with training wheels. I'm sure wout is writing up the engineering specs at this very moment.

Or is it the next gen 'A' cat... hmmmm.....

It looks like it uses "shared lift" technology. Do you have a picture of it in 4th mode?

FARK! I missed that! Good catch boss.

Careful, Mighetto will be here soon if we're not careful...

Tastes like manatee.

HWSNBN

My girlfriend told me about this guy at her place of employment that was a "big sailor". She mentioned to him that I sailed/raced catamarans and he said that he had a Mac26.

When I found this out, I started laughing uncontrollably much to the bewilderment of said girlfriend.

I told her to tell the guy at work that Frank Mighetto says "hello." Apparently she got wadded up paper thrown at her.

the elusive fourth mode.

Don't dis the Mac26. That trimaran needs an outboard before it can hit the fourth mode.

It can behave, after all, like a mothership to Hobie Cats....is very similar to small catamarans because both have an area designed for storing a cooler.

GROOOOAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!

And the cooler can be used to hold water ballast when filled to assist the hull achieving that ethreal "fourth mode" whilst traversing the Pacific ocean, like the true "ocean passage pocket cruiser" that it obviously is
(smells like chicken???)

Also needs twin rudders...... And the fins on the outboard will help lift the bows like an I14.

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