Cheap Multis and Projects

[brownoarsman]

Originally Posted by smj

$10,000 Gemini 3400 in Florida.
https://fortmyers.craigslist.org/col...659673561.html

That advertisement said the catamaran sank, which we all know is impossible, so it must be a scam.

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[smj]

Originally Posted by brownoarsman

That advertisement said the catamaran sank, which we all know is impossible, so it must be a scam.

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I guess all catamarans aren't created equal! The Gemini is solid glass so there's no doubt I could see it lacking the floatation needed to stay afloat.


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Originally Posted by brownoarsman

That advertisement said the catamaran sank, which we all know is impossible, so it must be a scam.

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From the interior damage, it surely looks as if she sank. Ugh!

[senormechanico]

Hard to tell from the photo, but if the name is Catitude, that boat used to belong to a neighbor of mine.
He lived at the South end of my canal on Whidbey Island.
They sailed to Guatemala, built a casa and sold the boat.

[threeeye]

And as for making a tri out of 3 boats...well... in SMALLER sizes its really not THAT unreasonable. Plenty of tri's under 23 feet built with beach cats (hobie 16/18/etc) as amas. Although you are better off building your own main hull. Newick Tremolino comes to mind, as the most common. With the right centerboard or daggerboard boat as a main hull, and catamaran hulls as the "outriggers" it won't really be all that bad to sail. Most but not all monohull hull shapes are not good for tri's, too beamy, etc etc. But the point is valid that you're better off going with a known multihull design, both in resale value and for practical reasons. It sounds like you're looking for a shortcut and there are plenty of used boats that will get you on the water faster. You will spend as much money and time as building a full trimaran...and probably end up with something sub par, unfinished, that no one else will even be willing to haul away for free..

purvisgs, Thanks for the reply. I was never going to build a tri out of 3 monos, I was just curious... Thanks for the information... Of course buying a project Cat or Tri will be cheaper and less work...

[FSMike]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Pretty much, but how about taking a chain saw to a mono right down the centre line to create a catamaran? Needs the two new sides glassing in but a bit of shutter board and glass should soon have things fixed.

Pete

I think it was Don Aronow, the creator of the Cigarette go-fast boats, who basically cut one in half and made a cat of it. It was sold to the Feds so they could catch drug smugglers in go-fasts.
Unfortunately it was too slow, or so I was told.

[purvisgs]

In florida good deal on a Gary Dierking wa'apa 3 section polynesian outrigger canoe (take it apart and stash it in the ama of your cruising tri?) Wa'apa Outrigger Sailing Canoe / Trimaran

modified project searunner 31 in santa cruz ca
31' Brown Searunner Trimaran (Photos Coming)

a couple of iroquois cats in fl
'70 Iroquois Catamaran Sailboat 30'
1976 Iroquois 32' MK2A Catamaran

there was also a searunner 25 somewhere in the great lakes region but now I can't seem to find it...

[purvisgs]

Tradewins 28 sounds like it's free for the right person in ca Tradewinds 28

[magentawave]

Originally Posted by purvisgs

Tradewins 28 sounds like it's free for the right person in ca Tradewinds 28

I wonder if this is the same boat? Rare Glimpse of a Tradewinds Trimaran

[mohave_steve]

Originally Posted by purvisgs

Tradewins 28 sounds like it's free for the right person in ca Tradewinds 28

I emailed the seller telling him that I am ready to jump in my truck and come pick that boat up. He (she?) has not responded.

Looks like a great project for $10.

[purvisgs]

40ft cross 30k CA Latitude 38 - The West's Premier Sailing and Marine Magazine
54' chris white hammerhead amas (no main hull) still available trimaran parts
40 Ashbridge? designed tri FL 25k 40' open wing trimaran for sale
newick val 31 parts still available VAL Trimaran Components

anyone able to identify the design of this 32ft cat 7k fl
sailboat catamaran

for the real dreamers here is a 60ft piver in panama 60 ft Piver Trimaran yawl

harris 38 Harris Zipper 38 trimaran project | sailboats | Chilliwack | Kijiji

wharram in quebec tangaroa catamaran 33' 1750$ nego | voiliers | Laval / Rive-Nord | Kijiji

[magentawave]

Originally Posted by purvisgs

anyone able to identify the design of this 32ft cat 7k fl
sailboat catamaran

It looks kinda sorta like a stretched Seawind??

Good job finding all of those. Thank you.

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2001 Admiral 4 stateroom sailboat for sale in Outside United States



Seems like a very attractive price for a boat of this size and year. I wonder what "fair" means.
$60K

[Dulcesuenos]

Hasn't run or moved in 4 +years wonder how the interior / eng n drives are

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[magentawave]

Originally Posted by Dulcesuenos

Hasn't run or moved in 4 +years wonder how the interior / eng n drives are

How do you know it hasn't moved in 4 years?