Windcraft is excited to offer the brand new Multi 23 trimaran, conceived and designed by the legendary French designers Van Peteghem and Lauriot Prevost. VPLP Yacht Design is famous for their ORMA 60 high performance ocean racing trimarans, and the around the world speed record machines such as Groupama, Banque Populaire, Sport Elec and Geronimo, in addition to the BMW/Oracle 90 ft trimaran built to challenge for the America's Cup. The Multi 23 sport trimaran is a lot smaller than the typical VPLP designed boat, but incorporates a lot of their hallmark performance enhancing features. The Multi 23 is ultra
light (less than 700 lbs all up), ultra fast and ultra affordable. For less money than a tippy Melges 20 sportboat you can have a boat that is bigger, lighter, more comfortable, faster, safer, and can be sailed easily single handed or raced competitively by only two people instead of 3 or 4.
Features of the Multi 23:
modern, state-of-the-art design and rigging
vinyl ester/PVC foam core construction
solid glass construction below the waterline
high volume amas (floats) with massive reserve buoyancy forward
beam 15' 6"
kick up centerboard (1' 4"/4' 4" ft draft)
deep high aspect ratio kick up lightweight carbon rudder and tiller
lightweight carbon beams with exceptional under wing clearance
lightweight aluminum rotating wing mast (33ft)
self-tacking roller furling jib
optional roller furling screacher
optional asymmetrical spinnaker for racing
large waterproof storage locker in bow accessed via a water tight hatch at front of cockpit; side storage bins in cockpit
can be sailed or raced with only two; room for many more for pleasure sailing
easily demountable for trailering; single handed mast raising and lowering
costs less than and outperforms any comparable boat on the market
Click here to download a report (PDF file) of our recent exciting weekend in California test sailing
two of the first Multi 23s to hit North American waters (September 15,
2008). Additional information including specifications and photos can be found at multi23usa.com.
Call 404.307.9121
or e-mail
for additional details.
The new Multi 23 Trimaran - more details coming soon
Reserve your spot now if you want a Multi 23 this year. The first few container loads are already sold out, but we have one boat still available. We
are so confident that you will like the Multi 23 that we will gladly refund
your deposit ($2,000) if you decide that you don't want it after you get a demo sail. No risk = no brainer!
Click here or on "Multi 23 image gallery" menu button in the left menu for full specs, sail areas etc., and photos and videos of the Multi 23
in action.
Prices (subject to change):
Base boat $28,900 (includes all running gear, tramps, centerboard, rudder,
carbon rudder housing, carbon tiller handle, two carbon tiller extensions, aluminum rotating wing mast with aluminum boom, stainless steel mast rotation control bar, Harken 8:1 mainsheet, self-tacking jib track and car
(Harken) with Karver blocks, jib sheet, PBO standing rigging, 2:1 main halyard, continuous jib halyard, Karver KF-1 headsail roller furling system.
Dacron mainsail and jib: $2995
Pentex/mylar mainsail and jib: $3350 (by Sail Innovations)
Racing sail option: main and jib $4950 (by Smyth Sails or Calvert Sails)
Reacher/Spinnaker Control Kit: Internal low stretch halyard, upper exit sheave and fairlead, Spinlock PXR sheet-stopper at lower exit, sheets (no blocks): $600.
Continuous line reacher furler (Facnor FX900) with furling line spliced: $675
Non-continuous line reacher furler (Harken 435): $225
Screacher: $1900 (Smyth Sails)
Code Zero (in lieu of screacher and spinnaker): $2000
Asymmetrical spinnaker: ~$1850 (Smyth Sails)
Motor mount: $150--you mount
Outboard motor, Honda 2 hp (weighs only 27 lbs): $1150
Road Trailer, aluminum frame with steel torsion axle, 14" wheels with tires, bunks for main
hull and floats, lights and wiring harness, tongue jack and mounting bracket for front mast support. Customer assembles (bolt
axles and bunks on, mounts lights, tongue jack, front mast support bracket) and registers the trailer as home-built: $1990
winch for trailer (mounted): $100
Beach dolly, 4 wheel beach dolly for beach launching: price to be determined
Other options such as lifting bridles, blocks for sheeting screacher and spinnaker, soft shackles, lashing loops for blocks etc available on request