Outremer, Fusion 40 and Privilege all had
standing space and pop up stands, but
this year, no boats. Edel was attempting
to fill a gap, if there is one, in the large
cruising catamaran market with their
single outboard-driven, demountable and
transportable 33 footer.
Virus V8 will also be on show at London Boat Show Virus V8 a new micro-multihull – we will test
it in March
The Edel 33 is growing in popularity
Targeting the family market, the 4.6m trimaran ‘Freefly’ for example, from Far East Boats,
In the dinghy section, the VPLP designed
looks very much like the ‘Weta;’ the ‘Astus’ range roughly mimics the styling of a Corsair,
Multi 23 was a prime attraction and the first
although without the patented folding mechanism and mast section beams instead. The
time I had seen the boat in the flesh. Built in
Naval Force 3 is another, take your pick. The ‘V8’ Virus Boat, whose brochure is peppered
China, the first container load of Multi 23s
with happy looking images of women and children, who are incidentally not on the boat,
was snapped up before it had even washed
also looks pretty enticing for a high-speed family day out. Despite the bench-like windward
up on US shores and sales are still going
seating, I would probably still want my children to clip on!
strong. For a modest-sized beach launch-
able trimaran of notable design, in the US
Lastly, the 6m ‘Aster Wind’ caught my eye with its rotating carbon spar and twin curved
you really can’t beat the price. Nestled in
asymmetric foils familiar to ORMA 60s, although the really fascinating part of this boat is
amongst the sports multihulls at ‘le Salon,’
the square frame. The same width as the beams and length between hulls, the frame is the
most a variation on the same theme, it
support structure for all rigging, mast and boom; yet it may be raised to windward which
is clear that in Europe, there’s a lot more
apparently prevents the boat’s capsize and dramatically improves hiking performance! On
competition on offer.
the water, the Aster Wind has so far clinched the Channel Crossing record (Cowes > Dinard)
The popular Multi 23 Astor Wind pedigree shining through Katalyst
on July 1st last year. Formerly held by the 110ft Tri ‘Maiden 2’ the new Aster Wind record
under the helm of Geronimo boat captain, David Leon, now stands at 31 hours 38 minutes
and 40 seconds!
While the one-man ‘Katalyst Marine’ sailing catamaran which is sailed from a central
go-kart-like sitting pod underneath a handkerchief of sail is rather on the odd side, my
favourite has to be the Tricat. Their 23.5ft convertible trimaran-catamaran is for those
multihull lovers who just can’t decide…!
If any of the smaller multihull shows take your interest then this website is worth looking at
the next issue:
http://smalltrimarans.com/blog/
Also at the show was this company
www.colligomarine.com/products.html
Thier use of Dynex Dux (heated and pre-stretched Dyneema SK75) as a cruising multihull
rigging solution is pretty interesting as well as their range of light-weight AND CHEAP
ORMA 60 pedigree shines through
anodized blocks and furlers.
24  MULTIHULL REVIEW : JANUARY 2009
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