Trailertri 680

 Home-built from plans or kit

Brand:

Trailertri

Designed by:

Farrier Marine

Description:

The Trailertri 680 is a development of the Trailertri 18 design, the first model in the line of trailerable folding trimarans for home-building. The 680 proved to be even more successful than the earlier popular model.

The Trailertri 720 was developed from this model.

Type:

Cruiser-racer

Multihull type:

Trimaran

Construction:

Hulls and decks: Sheet plywood on plywood frames and stringers, sometimes fibreglass-sheathed

Beams: Box plywood or moulded in fibreglass

Sails and rigging:

• Masthead sloop rig is standard
• Optional 3/4 fractional rig
• Optional racing rig with a taller mast and larger sail area

Keels, boards and rudders:

Offset, kickup centreboard

Accommodation:

• Aft cabin has double berth with sitting headroom
• Single berth in the forepeak
• Main cabin has with two single wing berths; galley; folding table; space for a chemical toilet
• An optional 'pop top' gives standing headroom at the galley

Accommodation images:

Performance and handling:

• Easily trailerable with the Farrier folding system
• Mast is easily raised and lowered by two people
• Capable of extended cruising
• Docile to handle, with fingertip rudder control
• Fast

LOA (length overall):

6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)

LWL (length at waterline):

6.23 m (20 ft 5 in)

Beam:

4.98 m (16 ft 4 in)

Draft minimum:

0.43 m (1 ft 5 in)

Draft maximum (e.g. boards down):

1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)

Windward sail area:

22.2 m² (239 ft²)

Mainsail area:

11.2 m² (121 ft²)

Jib or Solent area:

11.0 m² (118 ft²)

Genoa area:

14.6 m² (157 ft²)

Spinnaker area:

52 m² (560 ft²)

Mast height above deck:

8 m (26 ft 3 in)

Mast height above water:

9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)

Displacement, lightship (empty):

700 kg (0.69 tons)

Displacement, maximum:

1140 kg (1.12 tons)

Payload:

440 kg (0.43 tons)

Number of berths:

4

Outboard engines:

1

Typical total engine HP:

5

Fuel type:

Petrol

Weight with trailer (typical):

1100 kg (1.08 tons)

Towing width:

2.44 m (8 ft)

First introduced:

1977

In production:

No

More images:

Degree of customisation:

Several options

Designer's/manufacturer's website:

• Farrier Marine website

Associations & newsgroups:

• F-Boats newsgroup
• TrailerTris Newsgroup
• F-24 MkII owners' group

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