Monday, January 12, 2015

GF 42 TRIMARAN


One of the most improbable projects around designed by a trendy Architect  Greg Lynn that normally designs anything but boats in association with Courouble Design, a California Naval design firm, without experience in multihulls and with a short experience in fast monohulls.

I would not have looked at it twice if I had not looked at the guys that are behind them: HDS the French specialists in structural analysis, calculation and design....http://www.hds-design.com/

So what does Lynn after all?: the conceptual project. I tried to find information about that but without success, I mean the boat program. I found something but it is in Latin! No kidding, here:  http://www.couroubledesign.com/?works=gf42-3

The shapes seem interesting if it will sail well or not it will be a bit as a mystery as its use. That's a racing boat? a performance cruising boat? One thing is certain I am curious about it and about its sailing potential. The boat is already on the water and it should not take long to know how it sails. Here's a video with the boat being towed.

DSC 6369 from Greg Lynn FORM on Vimeo.

2 comments:

  1. http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/06/28/video-this-girlfriend-is-wet-and-wild/

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    1. Thanks!!! Great video. It looks as good on the water as it looked on the drawing board ;-)

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