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  • production Strider 24

  • plywood Romany 34

  • lightweight 14ft Zeta mainhull

  • Strike 15 trimaran at speed

  • 28ft Skoota in British Columbia

  • 10ft 2 sheet ply Duo dinghy

  • 24ft Strider sailing fast

  • 36ft Mirage open deck catamaran

The Sagitta was the boat we were sailing when I made the Multihull Sailors Have More Fun! video, so it features heavily in the video. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO7UjcDLUWQ

This sequence from the MSHMF video shows us overtaking - rather easily! - a 32ft Erik Lerouge catamaran built by Solaris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmKkK0milms

And this is me sailing singlehanded in 20 knots of wind (hence the reef). 9 knots to windward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1vGd5doI0

While here is a gentle sail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgy_OPtE0k

and here a windier one. One of our first sails, so the boat isn't finished

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikaVMWEc9k0

Steering, even at speed is easy, here's Lillian balancing the tiller on the end of her finger. And as you can see, you can leave the helm and the boat will still steer straight. Yet it tacks faster than a Banshee, see the FAQ's page HERE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amg32X8GcdE

and this one shows the galley and interior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0bS1R7_vM

Then this is of a Sagitta sailing to the Azores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VIqC1ygoK4