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Windrider 16

Trimaran With Fixed Unballasted Keel · Cat (unstayed) · First built 1995

A Jim Brown-designed trimaran featuring an unstayed carbon spar and a high power-to-weight ratio for spirited sailing

Designed by Jim Brown & Windrider.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Trimaran With Fixed Unballasted Keel

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
33.1
Hull
Hull type
Trimaran with fixed unballasted keel
Construction
Polyethylene
Production
Years built
First built 1995
Designer
Jim Brown, Windrider
Builder
Windrider, Nickels Boat Works Inc

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