Any of you cat sailors been on a corsair trimaran? Ive been sailing hobies for 25 yrs and never been on a trimaran. One came up for sale in my area just wondering what the pros and cons of them. They look pretty cool and with a two little kids and wife- cabin and head- it looks appealing and beachable.
Mike
Hobie 21se
excellent boats, as you can see from the numbers made
some complain of them being fiddly to trailer and setup
but not much more than a big beachcat like yours and you get much more tramp space plus a cabin with stove and toilet
Edited by erice on Aug 20, 2013 - 06:23 AM.
well there are many sizes and versions - which are you looking at?
I have heard they are not much trouble at all to trailer or get the ama's out
they are NOT beachable... you need a ramp
MN3 wrote: well there are many sizes and versions - which are you looking at?
I have heard they are not much trouble at all to trailer or get the ama's outthey are NOT beachable... you need a ramp
Andrew, I'm guessing you mean not pull the boat completely out of the water, al la beachcat style, but the F boats are indeed beachable.
yes - you can't launch or recover these off the beach, that is what i consider a beach cat (beachable)
I have been on a f-27 that my friend did the spar work for.
it was beautiful. The owner previously owned a wind rider... a rather HUGE step up for him in boats (but skills come after the purchase).
He tried to show it off at the dunedin causeway and spent 2 days stuck there (infront of the rental shack) until seatow got him off the bottom.
P.M. wrote: [quote=MN3]well there are many sizes and versions - which are you looking at?
I have heard they are not much trouble at all to trailer or get the ama's outthey are NOT beachable... you need a ramp
Andrew, I'm guessing you mean not pull the boat completely out of the water, al la beachcat style, but the F boats are indeed beachable.
P.M. wrote: [quote=MN3]well there are many sizes and versions - which are you looking at?
I have heard they are not much trouble at all to trailer or get the ama's outthey are NOT beachable... you need a ramp
Andrew, I'm guessing you mean not pull the boat completely out of the water, al la beachcat style, but the F boats are indeed beachable.
What big boats call beachable is different than what what we do with beachcats. The Corsairs kind of nose up to the beach (shallow water) leaving the stern in deeper water. Even giant 70 foot catamarans at resort areas do this, some of them have boarding ladders on the bows.
But you sure don't want to run even the 24 footer hard on the beach.
Philip, I'm with Andrew and Damon on this one. You'd make a good politician with your definition.
Load that Corsair on your home-made beach wheels and take it across the beach, or come into OSYC at low tide and put it above the high tide mark into the wind.
Ain't no beach cat.
P.M. wrote: but the F boats are indeed beachable.
ALL boats are beachable! Just not always a good idea :rofl:
This would be "allmost beachable?" or "beach approachable?"
But if it's built for it
I'm looking at a 24 ft. It will be moored and not launched from beach just sailing and beachcombing. They weight 2000 pounds so its a beast.
Guess this Mono is beachable, just can't come and go but on high tide.
Edited by nacra55 on Aug 20, 2013 - 10:12 PM.
O.K. I'll play. This is fun.
~~ Philip wins, hands down... 😆
I agree. It's only a mono hull, but heck, that crew comes with pretty impressive flotation bladders.
There are two Rudder Club members with these boats and another gentlemen often comes up from Orlando for some of our races. We have a concrete ramp into the St John's river and it does not seem like a lot of effort for them to launch. I have run across these boats on occasion and the owner's always seem very happy with their boats, almost cultish following.
It is my understanding they are made overseas now and the older ones are highly sought after.
If you are going to leave it in the water make sure you have a good anti-fouling paint on it Petite Hard Bottom might be a good choice It's not a sluffing type paint so it wont end up on the bunks if you do trailer it somewhere.