The designers could have placed the amas a little forward more, in line with bow of the centre hull. How do you think doing this would effect the performance, especially the stuffing of the bows?
Good question to which I don't have a good answer. The VirusBoats Magnum 21 (which was the first of these open cockpit trimaran day boats ever to be built) also had the amas set back (quite a bit actually). The next boat in the Astus range does NOT have set back amas. So maybe designers copied the original (extremely successful) Magnum 21 without knowing why.
The designers could have placed the amas a little forward more, in line with bow of the centre hull. How do you think doing this would effect the performance, especially the stuffing of the bows?
Good question to which I don't have a good answer. The VirusBoats Magnum 21 (which was the first of these open cockpit trimaran day boats ever to be built) also had the amas set back (quite a bit actually). The next boat in the Astus range does NOT have set back amas. So maybe designers copied the original (extremely successful) Magnum 21 without knowing why.
Another brilliant video Stephen, you are honestly an inspiration. Keep up the good work!
Beautiful trimaran!
Love it 😍🌏🌬⛵️⛵️⛵️
This is the Astus 16.5 sailing upwind at 16+ knots: ua-cam.com/video/uzzKQIgswbM/v-deo.html&pbjreload=10