The Corsair Cruze 970 (9.7 meters = 31ft 10 inches) replaces the Corsair 31/F-31 which has been in continuous production since 1993. The Cruze 970 is another exciting addition to the Corsair lineup,  with the usual brilliant folding system, easy trailerability and stellar performance, but with more emphasis on interior finish and comfort than the older C-31/F-31 which it replaces. The Cruze 970 sports a completely new interior, revised exterior and a modernized sail plan. Both the V-berth area and the aft cabin are larger than before, significantly improving overnight sleeping comfort.

What you notice first about the Cruze 970 is the increased height of the foredeck. This increases volume in the forepeak area and provides more headroom above the V-berth. Next you might notice the wing seats in the rear of the cockpit which provide great visibility over the main cabin roof–these seats proved very popular on the Corsair 36-37 so have been incorporated into the Cruze 970. Next you might notice the high aspect ratio mainsail–this follows the current trend in multihull sails and is similar to the design of the Corsair Dash and Sprint mainsails (only much larger!). The standard mast length is 12 meters (~40 ft.) which makes mast raising a little easier than on the C-31, a welcome feature for those of us with bad backs! But for the speed demons, an optional 13.5  meter (~44 ft.) mast is available which will increase light air performance even more.

The interior is beautifully finished in white gelcoat with just enough wood trim for some warmth without adding unwanted weight. The galley area has been substantially improved with more storage and more work space for the cook with real drawers for storage. There is comfortable sleeping inside for 5 persons: two doubles (V-berth and aft cabin) and one single berth in the main cabin.

The Cruze 970 comes standard with a large number of “options” including a roller furling jib and mainsail, a two burner propane stove, a 39 gallon fresh water tank, a washbasin with pull-out shower attachment, a floor drain with sump pump, and a marine head with a 13 gallon holding tank. Several other options can be specified when ordering a Cruze 970 such as refrigeration, autopilot etc.

 Here’s what an observer had to say after his first sail on the Cruze 970:

“The first sail on the Cruze 970 indicates yet another home run for Corsair. During the sea trials, Cruze 970 hull #1 was sailed in near storm conditions and proved to be an even more stable and manoeuverable platform than its predecessorthe F-31/C-31. With winds gusting to 25 knots the Cruze 970 was stable and well balanced thanks in large part to the increased volume of the floats providing significantly more buoyancy. The standard 12m tall mast allowed full sail to be carried for longer before considering a reef. In light wind, the Cruze 970 showed superb performance even with the standard mast.

Most significant improvements to the Cruze 970 hull and deck are the redesigned bow, increased buoyancy of the floats, and a new cockpit design providing comfort normally associated with its bigger brother, the C37.

Other major improvements are found in the interior design. First, the raised deck enables full standing headroom in the entire saloon and the forward head compartment which in combination with the slightly increased length creates an approximate 15% additional space. Second comes the much brighter living area thanks to the new interior liners and the very attractive wood trim accdents creating a luxurious, warm and clean feeling. Additionally, the galley area is larger with more working surface, drawers and cupboard storage. Finally, the forward and aft bunks are wider and longer, aft bunk 2.2m, providing for comfortable sleeping.

The Corsair Cruze 970 is the 3^rd new and improved model released by the company in just above 2 years, demonstrating clear strength, vision and confidence in the future.”

In summary the Cruze 970 has more emphasis on interior comfort than the F-31/C-31 and  has many other improvements. These include more headroom, a better galley with storage drawers, a wider V berth and aft cabin, better visability from the cockpit over the cabin top, and a forward head compartment separated from the V-berth. There is comfortable sleeping for 5 persons: two doubles (V-berth and aft cabin) and one single berth in the main cabin. There are lots of options available to enhance its suitability for cruising, such as a fridge, and a 4 ft. taller mast for those who want the utmost in performance.  More pictures of the Cruze can be found at www.corsairmarine.com. Please contact Don if you would like to receive a brochure for the Corsair 970 Cruze, and a price and options list, or to schedule a demo sail.

In 2004 Corsair Marine has introduced the largest trailerable trimaran on the market, the Corsair 36. Corsair took their experience over the previous 16 years building the world’s most popular folding trailerable trimarans and brought it to the next level. In 2008/2009 the Corsair 36 was upgraded and improved further and became the Corsair 37. The Corsair 37 is the perfect answer for experienced sailors who want the comforts of a cruising monohull, the flat sailing of a big catamaran and the speed, safety and unsinkability of a Corsair Trimaran.

The Corsair 37 is engineered and designed with the serious cruiser in mind. The Corsair 37 features a shallow draft with retractable daggerboard and rudder for exploring those shallow waters, hidden coves and also allows for easy beaching. On deck the C-37 features an aluminum rotating wing mast, carbon fiber bowsprit, and quality deck hardware from companies you know and trust. The Corsair 37 boasts an intelligently designed deck layout that leads all control lines aft to the cockpit for ease of sail handling and control. So even the 36 can be sailed short or single handed.

The interior of this new Corsair brings more of the amenities you’ve come to expect from Corsair. Please come aboard and let us show you around. When we descend below decks we find a functional yet spacious galley to port with a standard two burner propane stove, double stainless steel sink with pressurized hot and cold water. A salt-water pump can easily be added for conservation of your onboard fresh water supply. Included in this well-equipped galley is an insulated icebox with optional refrigeration. Ample cabinet and storage space will handle those extra provisions for extended cruise.

Heading into the main salon area you’ll notice a comfortable curved settee with seating for six at meal times. The dinette table easily drops down to become a comfortable double bunk. Flow through ventilation is assured with two overhead screened opening hatches.

As we travel forward of the main salon, you will find an enclosed head on the port side with standard marine toilet, molded in vanity with sink, pressurized hot and cold water and shower attachment. You don’t have to give up comfort when you’re cruising exotic locations or blasting across the racecourse.

Forward we find a spacious v-berth that easily sleeps two adults in unmatched comfort. There is ample storage and lighting provided in the v-berth so all are certain to rest in comfort. Additional sleeping accommodations for two can be found in a cozy under cockpit bunk or in a spacious aft-cabin, depending on model.

Standard power for the C-37 is provided by a 15 -hp 4-stroke outboard motor with electric start (larger motors are optional). The standard sail plan includes a fully battened square top main sail, hank-on or roller furling jib with an optional asymmetrical spinnaker and screacher easily flown from the retractable carbon fiber bow sprit.

The new CORSAIR 37 is as good as it gets in a folding trailerable trimaran. Please contact us and arrange to be one of the first to see and sail this extraordinary new boat, the latest addition to the Corsair Family of trailerable trimarans. It’s certain to be the talk of the water!

Corsair Marine kicked off 1997 by entering production with a brand new model in its line of folding trailerable trimarans. The Corsair 28 (shown here) and Corsair 28R are now the the mid-range mainstay of Corsair, which also produces the Corsair 24 Mk.II and several models of the Corsair 31 trimarans. The new Corsair 28 models have superceded the famous F-27, which enjoyed an 11-year production run at Corsair.

In 2000 Corsair Marine introduced the 28′ Center Cockpit model. Click here for all the details on this exciting trimaran.

The Corsair 28, like all of its predecessors and current sisters, is an easily trailerable sport boat because of its light weight and low profile on the trailer. Here the mast has been raised and final preparations are being made to launch the boat. As with other Corsair trimarans, the transition from trailering to sailing only takes about 30 minutes.

Roomy Interior

The Corsair 28 and Corsair 28R have roomy, functional interiors with all the necessary amenities for comfortable overnight cruising. There are sleeping accommodations for four, galley area with 2-burner stove, stainless steel sink, fresh water tank and pump, and a marine head with privacy curtain and a holding tank. Seat/bunk cushions are standard and are available in over 40 colors and patterns, or may be covered with customer-supplied fabrics as desired.

Ready for Launch

Mast up and ready to launch, this is the standard Corsair 28 showing the rakish aluminum rotating rig. The “R” model sports a taller but lighter weight rotating carbon fiber mast of airfoil section. The mast is raised or lowered using the installed winch on the trailer. This is a straight forward operation that can be accomplished easily in a few minutes, even with only one person. Everything about the Corsair 28 is designed to get you on the water quickly. The carbon fiber mast of the Corsair 28R has the double advantage of being more efficient and powerful on the water and of less weight for easy handling on the trailer. What appears to be an aircraft’s verticle stabilizer in this photo is actually the rudder, which pivots up 180-degrees for trailering. This and the fully retractable daggerboard also enable you to pull in close to shore and anchor in knee-deep water, or even put the Corsair 28 onto a sandy beach. The rugged dual axle galvanized steel trailer will provide many miles and years of trouble free trailering. Surge brakes, lights and spare wheel are provided. Full up gross towing weight, including boat, trailer and essential sailing gear, is only 4,400 pounds.

Photo by David Shuler

First Photos Under Sail

The standard Corsair 28 under sail during its sea trial in early ’97. Sails offered by Corsair are mylar-based “Tape Drive” sails by UK Sailmakers. These feature a Technora scrim and a system of Polyester and Kevlar tapes arrayed along the natural lines of stress in the sail material. This Corsair 28 has an aluminum rotating mast supplied by Ballanger Spar Systems of Santa Cruz, California. The masthead is approximately 37 feet above the deck. (In this photo it appears to be proportionally shorter than normal because of the wide angle lens that was employed in taking this photograph.) The Corsair 28R (race version) has a carbon fiber rotating mast that is 1-1/2 feet taller than the standard version. The carbon mast has an airfoil shaped cross section and is supplied by the Omohundro Company of Minden, Nevada. Both versions feature a roller furling/reefing boom, which has proved very popular on earlier Corsair trimarans such as the F-27. Beyond the choice of masts, Corsair 28s and Corsair 28Rs are identical in all respects.

Fast and Easy Under Sail

The new Corsair 28R with carbon fiber rotating mast punches effortlessly through choppy seas at over 14 knots with main and jib alone while sailing nearly level.

Folding is Easy

Once in the water, folding the floats is quick and easy. It only takes a minute or two and is managed readily by one person. The nets tension themselves automatically as the floats are unfolded. No other adjustments are required. Notice the kick up rudder blade in the vertical position. The mainsail is rolled on the roller furling boom and is ready for hoisting.

Specifications

Design specifications and line drawings are available here.

Nothing can beat the Corsair Sprint 750! It’s an absolute blast for daysailing, camp-style cruising, and one-design racing; and it’s towable without a giant SUV!

The Corsair Sprint 750 has been a popular addition to Corsair’s worldwide-favorite line of trailerable trimarans. Based on the well-proven Corsair 24, the new Corsair Sprint 750 takes performance and fun to the next level and then some: it offers all the performance and flexibility of a beach catamaran with none of the annoyances. It won’t go into irons, it will tack and go to weather as well as or better than any monohull (and certainly better than any beach cat), and it gives you an optional cuddy-cabin and full cockpit enclosure for camp-style overnighting, is fully beachable, easier to trailer, rig and launch than any other trimaran, cat or monohull in it’s size range, and affordable.

With its huge cockpit and optional cockpit cabin, double bunk, area for portable head, and spacious decks and nets, the Corsair Sprint 750 is a highly mobile pocket cruiser; but it’s the amazing performance – with 20-knots plus speed capability – that sets the Corsair Sprint 750 apart. Even in the toughest conditions you only need a crew of two to obtain top racing performance. The Corsair Sprint 750 can fly an easy-to-handle asymmetrical spinnaker for exhilarating performance at a high plane; synthetic rigging adds to the ease of rigging and maintenance. The Corsair Sprint 750 has an active one-design class association, its own chat group on the internet and has already become a favorite one-design racer.

Photo Gallery and Movies

Click here for a gallery of Sprint 750 photos. View a short Sprint 750 movie as a Quicktime mov file  (19 mb, higher resolution) or as a Windows Media Player .wmv file (7 mb, lower resolution).

Drawings

Specifications

The latest model from Corsair Marine is called the DASH 750, a development of the Corsair 24 and Sprint 750. This exciting new boat from Corsair Marine has the mast, sail plan and efficient foils (daggerboard and rudder) from the sporty Sprint 750, an interior similar to but improved upon that of the Corsair 24, and boasts higher buoyancy floats with plumb bows. The DASH 750 is a great looking boat, with vastly better interior accommodations than a Sprint 750, but like the other Corsair trimarans, it’s an excellent performer.

Check out Corsair Marine’s web site for more information or click here to see a short video by Sailing World where Mat Bryant points out the features of the Dash 750.

The Dash 750 was  featured in the April 2010 issue of Cruising World, where the editors strongly praised the Dash for its performance and practicality. The Dash 750 was also the runner up in Sailing World’s Sport Boat of the Year competition. The judges all agreed that the Dash was the MOST FUN BOAT TO SAIL OF ALL those tested. The Dash was also reviewed in the 2010 edition  of Sail Magazine’s “New Sailboat Review”. Click here to read what the editors had to say about the Dash  An exerpt: “The hardware is first rate”….”I could not fault the boat’s behavior.”  In other words its all good!.

Background and profile of the DASH 750

The Corsair DASH 750 was launched on New Year’s Day 2009. In the next 12 months of 2009 as the Global Financial Crisis really got going, so did this tough little pocket cruiser. Not only was it sailing at “close to 14 knots in 12-14 knots of breeze”, it also accounted for half of our sales in 2009.

The DASH is compact, easily trailerable and ideal for camp style cruising and day sailing. Other adjectives used to describe this boat are that it is tough, lightweight, sporty, exceptionally fast, responsive and safe.

The DASH was developed from the well proven Corsair 24 MkII. This new model incorporates the same innovative folding system and accommodation features of the previous model. It has a modern rotating wing section mast, retractable alloy bowsprit and a modern alloy dagger board, dagger rudder, plumb bow and larger volume floats (ama).

With its open space cabin, optional cruising amenities and spacious decks and nets, the Corsair DASH 750 is a highly mobile pocket cruiser. However, it is the amazing performance of the DASH – with ’20 knots plus’ speed capability – that sets this Corsair apart.

If you want some high planing action, fly the easy to handle asymmetrical spinnaker or screecher for exhilarating performance!

Sail Plan & Accommodation Plan

Click plans to enlarge.

 Reviews of the DASH 750

Summaries of several reviews of the Dash 750 are provided below.  Links to the full reviews are available for most.

• New Sailboat Review , Kimball Livingston, May 2010. There’ll be smiles all round aboard this hot performer; Reinforced… with carbon fibre… and kevlar; The added power; The hardware is first rate; A modular galley sink and single burner alcohol stove; Place for a porta potti and a cooler; Everything was smooth; I could not fault the boat’s behaviour; We wafted along at speeds of 11-15 knots (the boat will top 20, I’m told); My host related stories of cruising… with his wife and six-year-old daughter and how the youngster thrilled to the high speed reach on the way home. He didn’t sound like a salesman. He sounded like a dad; If any of these statements fit – I want to cruise on a hot rod; I sail in shallow water; I want to mix racing with my cruising; I want to trailer my boat to distant cruising grounds; I want to pull up onto the beach – you owe yourself a ride on the DASH.
• Cruising World Magazine, Alvah Simon, April 2010. (The DASH’s) real reason d’etre lies in its blistering speed and fingertip responsiveness… The DASH 750 will match and even exceed most wind speeds. It sails smartly upwind and is absolutely unleashed on a beam reach…. Downwind sailing (is) as easy as it is exhilarating. (I felt) completely comfortable with the uncomplicated systems… It’s built in Vietnam with the latest materials and technologies; quality control is closely monitored. [April 2010]
• Cruising World Magazine, Bill Springer, 15 December 2009. The Corsair DASH 750 is a trailerable trimaran that had the judges absolutely beaming at its ability to sail at close to 14 knots in about 12 to 14 knots of breeze. That’s something the other boats in this category simply can’t claim.
• NewBoats.com Alvah Simon. The Dash 750 simply rips. Are you ready to match boat speed to wind speed, knot for knot, well up into the 20s? Simply said, the Dash 750 is portable, affordable, fast, and fun.
• Cruising World Magazine, Carol Vernon, 16 September 2009. “The SPRINT is tricked out for sailing at speeds up to 20kts… Folding to a road legal 8’2″ and weighing just 1,690 lbs, she is easy to trailer behind most cars/suvs, greatly increasing cruising opportunities and reducing storage costs.”
• Sail Magazine, Peter Nielsen, 5 August 2009 South East Asia Yachting, Nov-Dec 2009
• Yacht Hub Australia

The key to the popularity of Corsair boats is their superior folding mechanism, which makes launching from a trailer a snap. You can view a animation of the Corsair folding system, but nothing beats hands-on experience. So, come see one for yourself. Windcraft usually has several models available for viewing or demo sailis, from the affordable and exciting Sprint 750 and Corsair 24 to the larger Corsair 28 center cockpit and Corsair 28R, the Corsair 31, including the most popular model in the Corsair lineup, the Corsair 31 center cockpit “Ultimate Cruiser” , and the awesome Corsair 36 blue water cruiser. The Corsair 36 is designed and engineered with serious bluewater cruising in mind. Please e-mail us for a brochure or call for more information.

The aft cockpit Corsair 28R and the center cockpit Corsair 28 (Corsair 28CC) are proving to be extremely popular, which is not surprising, considering their similarity to the legendary Corsair F-27. More than 450 Corsair F-27s were built prior to the end of the production run in 1996. The Corsair 28CC is both lighter and faster than the Corsair F-27, but still has more interior room, can sleep six in a pinch, AND has a full galley and a fully enclosed head/bathroom. The Corsair 28R is the Corsair one-design racer and day sailer of choice.

Our favorite Corsair for cruising is the aft cockpit Corsair 31 “Ultimate Cruiser” with the rotating aluminum mast (see below) which turns out to be a truly wonderful cruiser/racer, and can even be competitive with Corsair 31Rs on the race course. We took a fantastic cruise to the Bahamas in our 1999 Corsair 31 center cockpit, and again in the summer of 2001 with our Corsair 31 Ultimate Cruiser in the company of several other Corsair 31s. We have seen some pretty good speeds while using the screacher on this boat: 17-18 knots is not uncommon, and we have seen a max of 21 knots. Although equipped with the full cruising interior, the boat competed surprisingly well against the R versions at the Corsair Nationals. We currently have a 2006 Corsair Sprint 750 available for immediate delivery. One of the pictures above shows a Corsair 31R on its way to winning the 1999 Ft.Lauderdale to Key West Race. The Corsair 31, with its crew of four reclining comfortably on the nets, finished several hours ahead of the fastest monohull, a giant 70 ft. multimillion dollar “race boat” with a crew of more than 20, all hiked out and plenty miserable.

These are just a few examples of the models available from Corsair, and we can of course provide you with any model in Corsair’s line-up (Sprint 750, Corsair 24 Mk II, Corsair 28/Corsair 28R/Corsair 28cc, Corsair 31/Corsair 31R, Corsair 36). We have most models available for viewing and demos, 24,s 28s and 31s. Sailing one of these boats just ONE TIME will convince you of their efficiency, simplicity, practicality and superb performance, and you will wonder why anyone would want to sail anything else. While other boats rapidly depreciate, Corsairs typically hold their value well, with used F-27s sometimes selling for more than what they cost new. This more than offsets the somewhat high initial cost, unavoidable in a folding trimaran with so many components to build and assemble (3 hulls, 4 cross beams and four folding mechanisms).