DRAGONFLY Trimarans User Forum

The Pacific Cup race (San Francisco to Hawaii) has specific requirements for multihulls: 33' min. length, crew of 4, 60 gallons of water in tankage, etc. Flat-out racing tri's of the size for ocean (40-50') crossings do not have the carrying capacity for this race. Even the Dragonfly 35 is a bit sma...

Mika; Thanks for the reply. My question does not introduce the idea of flying two hulls, but just the ability to add lift to the amas for increased pointing ability, and sail carrying. For flying two hulls, one has to think about adding rudders to the amas; and this then gets pretty complicated, esp...

Have any Dragonflies been modified with daggar boards in the amas? Would akas or water stays need re-engineering to strengthen them?