Comments on: Man builds rad trimaran sailboat in yard, now it’s stuck there

By: Christine Park

Christine Park — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:27:51 +0000

I really love this boat. I’d like to know the designer of the boat and if the boat is on sail or not. Awesome design..great work on the yard.. Please let me know..Cheers.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:58:18 +0000

If you try a trimaran first, you’ll never get used to the slow speeds of monohulls.
Did you ever do 18 to 20 knots for a couple of hours on a mono?
I didn’t think so.!!!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:48 +0000

there will be nets in between the beams and in front of the beams ( just like on beach cats) if you look closely you can see a pivot ball for a wingmast which turns left and right.

By: wilton1043

wilton1043 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:25:47 +0000

How does one walk around this vessel? I don’t see a mast or footing for one. Seems like you need to stay inside the cabin all the time. Do the amas fold, appears that they hinge next to the hull. Wonder what the inside looks like? WD

By: gospel

gospel — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:09:35 +0000

NOAH!!

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:08:32 +0000

And its also foldable and will be folded to 2,5 metres.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:07:25 +0000

It is actually an F82 (27ft) and about a 1000 kg its easy to lift with some friends and jacks.

By: Fishing Quiz

Fishing Quiz — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:40:56 +0000

i want to be put in contact with this guy Id help him out if he is willing to sell it i want to check out the inside

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:18:43 +0000

Global warming would certainly be his solution. IF it were true, that is. B)

By: Tony Cabot

Tony Cabot — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:36 +0000

It looks to me that this is an F32 designed by Ian Farrier for homebuilders. It weighs about 3,000 lbs dry, the floats do not disassemble, instead it folds down to 8′6″ beam (9′8″ for the AX version) and obviously is relatively easy to put on a trailer.

By: You stupid bastards

You stupid bastards — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:16:19 +0000

a) Do you really think he didn’t know this was going to happen?
b) How do you know this story is even real, it’s just a photograph
c) So when he gets the money he cabn finally get a crane and launch his boa?

what’s the big deal you stupid cunts

By: Giles F

Giles F — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:10:55 +0000

nobody in their right mind reads the Daily Mail

like the Express, it should be called the Daily Madeliana

By: Giles F

Giles F — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:09:21 +0000

Mark,

you are a buffoon.

An arrogant, self opinionated, narrow minded buffoon.

The ama’s clearly come off.

crane’s are easy

nothing 20 friends and five cases of beer wont sort out

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:23:01 +0000

damn straight rtfa

By: Lowan

Lowan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:19:45 +0000

Honestly, Daily Mail is one of the worse newspaper in Britain! The owner is a porn peddler and the paper lacks any form of professionalism. The boat is a beauty and props to the man for building it but is it really news worthy?

By: Insane_Machine

Insane_Machine — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:01:06 +0000

Way to not read the article before blogging about it.

FTA:

“It’s not as though I’m some idiot who got the measurements wrong and is now stuck with a boat he can’t move,” he said.

“I knew from the start that once the boat was finished I would face some problems getting it out of the garden.”

By: business

business — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:42:29 +0000

If the yacht weighs less than 44 tons, he can have it lifted with a Russian Mil Mi-2 helicopter. That is one nice piece of machinery, the yacht I mean. Well, the helicopter too.

By: Jason Rodriguez

Jason Rodriguez — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:41:15 +0000

That’s too bad. Gorgeous boat.

By: PCNews

PCNews — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:38:22 +0000

global warming will solve the quest.

By: Joe Mama

Joe Mama — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:36:36 +0000

Noah!