[MHml] New SODEBO trimaran

[Dan Frenette]

This begs the question why they don't do some of the things that make 
sail handing easier?

I read this and ask myself where the wishbone boom fits in this kind of 
racing.

Or even a variant of a balanced sail plan?

Dan Frenette

brian eiland wrote:
> COVILLE'S NEW SODEBO
> Excerpt from an extensive, must-read on TheDailySail.com:
> 
> The new Sodebo may be long but it is a very small 100 footer. The
> best example of this is her beam which at 54ft is slightly less than
> the 56ft of the 75ft long B&Q. Coville says that they worked on the
> basis that the sail plan on his 60ft trimaran was pretty much at the
> limit of what he could move. He is fit, but no BMW Oracle
> Racing-sized grinder. Saying this the sails are 20-25% larger - the
> main for example is 255sqm to his ORMA 60's 200.
> 
snip..