Thank you! You are obviously an "insider" in these boats ;-)

Many, many thanks! Please like and share ;-)

Hope you are in the water now Robin! Multihulls rule...

@@sailingtrimaranlightness just fitting the second float. Standing rigging and deck fittings going on. Should be launching in 4-6 weeks. She’s looking very nice. I’ll be doing a few YT videos of the build when she’s afloat. Subscribe to my channel if you’re interested. I have a couple of videos on that of a previous small boat I built. I’m so looking forward to sailing a tri. The only multihulls I’ve ever sailed are hobi’s as a teenager. Cheers

I have the plans for the 32 footer from the same designer Just gotta sell my mono and I will start. My second build from Kendrick Design..Good luck mate.

Thank you Antoine! :-)

Thank you very much for the compliments Ed! I appreciate it a lot :-)

Hallo Iris und Albert! Schön, dass Ihr gleich hier vorbeigschuat habt. LIGHTNESS ist jetzt nach 550 erlebnisreichen Seemeilen jetzt wieder zu Hause...😊

@@sailingtrimaranlightness bin immer noch absolut fasziniert von Eurem Boot 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you Mathew! I appreciate your compliments! Check out the brand new video of our 1st offshore race!

Thank you Alan for your compliments! Indeed we are very happy and attract a lot of attention. Maybe it is one of the most beuatiful Farriers around ;-)

Alan any chance you would be willing to part with those plans?

@@tonydugan8655 I have unused plans for a Farrier F32AX if you’re still interested.

Thank you very much for your appreciation!

Thank you very, very much !

Thank you! It is not only sweet but also really nice to sail!!! Some other vids will follow as I have more footage now which waits for being cut....

Thank you Ray. I hope to send a lot more but I am not confident in video cutting yet and I do not have a drone ;-)

Thank you Max! At the moment we are preparing for the races in the Adriatic Sea: La Duecento, La Cinquecento an the Thousand Islands Race 👍

Mille Grazie Allessandro! At the moment we are preparing for the La Duecento and the La Cinquecento in Caorle 😉 www.cnsm.org

Bellissima caorle …. Io spesso andavo a cena al ristorante “ Tituta”

Thank you! We are happy that others also like our LIGHTNESS!

Thank you Clive! 👍☺

Thank you ZEUS O.! You obviously know what such a project means... ;-)

Dear Martin Gutierrez! Thank you very, very much for your appreciated words about our trimaran. Indeed - beside hard work and sweat - we put a lot of passion into our project. It is nice to hear that you can see this in our picture show. I wish you all th ebest for your project and would be glad to get some pictures of your trimaran. Sailing this piece of art is worth every hour of work. Best regards from Austria

Sailing starts at 3 kts - sometimes we do one and a half of the windspeed ;-) Grinning all over the face!

Danke Ralph und bis zum nächsten Mal

Thank you! Please like and share ;-)

Thank you Celesdoc!

Thank you for the compliment!

Thabk you Max for your nice comment. I hope to upload new videos soon...

Thank You David Ho!

Thanks! I also love both of them ;-)

Grazias!!!

Eric, auch ich war von diesem Traum inspiriert und er durfte wahr werden. Unseren Blog findest Du unter: www.einfachmeer.segelnblogs.de und er heißt: Building a dream 😊

thank you!

Not as big as Fram but it quite big enough for our workspace and energy ;-)

Hi Ben, we worked about three and a half years on it. And thank you for the compliment! 😉

Thank you Rick!

The floats are neither thin, nor is their surface flat ;-) But you're right, if you overdo it, you can knock over a multihull. Perhaps you could research how many capsizes with a Farrier design have been documented so far. There are not many. All the best!

Thank You! That's really true. I've a lot of fun sailing this vessel.... ;-)

@@sailingtrimaranlightness what are the full specifications of this? Is the build process documented somewhere? I'm trying to formulate my own plans for a future trimaran build. Also was this hand layup or vacuum bagged or vacuum infused technique?

@@allmomomosthomebus3895 you can find a documentary at www.einfachmeer.segelnblogs.de

Thanks!

Our top speed was 18.4 kts racing - cruising in ideal conditions would be between 8 and 13 knots ;-) See also the other vids and get an impression!

Thank you very much for your comment!

The investment has been around 100k $ .... and 4 very demanding years ;-)

Hello Rafa! This is a Farrier F-9R from the New Zeeland Designer Ian Farrier. You'll find the specifications at www.f-boat.com . A lot of intersting information from this genius which sadly passed away to early.

Thank you 👍👍👍

Thank you Serhiy!

@@sailingtrimaranlightness What's your speed record so far?

@@Serhiy34 18.5 kts but I am still really carefull. If you push hard 25+ kts is possible for sure ;-)

@@sailingtrimaranlightness Rocket!

Yes, that black stuff is pure unidirectional carbon fiber which is also saturated with epoxy resin. The correct direction of the fibers is very important.

Thank you for the compliments!

Wurde nach Plänen des genialen Ian Farrier gebaut. www.f-boat.com

Meinen Bauplan habe ich im Kopf den es gibt keinen, der Tri wird ca 6,5 m.

@@hansk.7272 würde mich über Fotos oder Skizzen freuen...

@@sailingtrimaranlightness, deine Email

@@hansk.7272 zu finden auf einfachmeer.segelnblogs.de/wer-wir-sind/

Hi Alessandro even if I don't understand Italian I suppose you want to know, how fast we did go so far. It has been 18.5 kts yet but the boat can do more. I am still learning and a little bit careful 😉

Thank You!

You are right Walter! Lots of sanding and failring. But as you mentioned: a piece of art ;-)

Hi Marco, the boat is built in positive with a DuraKore core and glassed with fiber and epoxy. This is for the main hull and the floats. The beams are made of PVC foam and a lot of carbon ;-) DuraKore is an amazing wood compound for a one off composite build - light and amazingly stiff. You can find a lot of information in the web. Greetings to Italy. Hope to race there this year ;-)

This is a Farrier Design -> www.f-boat.com But as far as I know they stopped selling plans :-(

Hello Terry! Sorry for the late response but I had been sailing ;-) A lot of new vids which now wait for being cutted. Yes, it is a Farrier design - a F-9A which is equipped with the R-rig so it is a F-9AR. You can find me on facebook Sailing Trimaran Lightness and on the web page www.einfachmeer.segelnblogs.de. If you are interested we can meet us in messenger or via email. Looking forward to this contact. Best regards

Hello JCBs At the Helm! Thank you for your comment! Most of the boat is not plywood. The core is from Duracore - a balsa teak combination of 13 mm. The stressed parts are the beams and the hull section between the beams. Beams are made from foam with a lot of carbon fiber ;-) But you are right, the inner parts, where the the beams meet is made from ply also. Ian Farrier had been a genius. Never saw construction in this perfection before. In no situation had any doubt of the construction an stress loads yet. 2.600 miles sailed - sometimes in rough conditions but there are no vids :-I

I owned a WEST System Seaclipper 28 trimaran for years. We did multi day, open ocean trips and encountered 50 to 60kt winds at times. It was no more hair raising then most other vessels. Better than some. While my boat was a bit more stout than this one, I'd wager that if you were to inspect Lightness and sail it in brisk conditions, you may have a different opinion!

In my point of view the construction in combination with the material gives a quite sturdy boat. I do not know of any Farrier breaking - beside the one which was outfitted with massive foils without beeing reinforced at the right spot...

You should have watched further. Sailing starts at 7:53 when the building is complete ;-) And the other videoes of sailing trimaran LIGHTNESS are all about sailing... enjoy!

Thank You!

No, it's me 😄