Rapido 53XS - A peak speed of 24 knots during initial seatrials!

Now that hull #1 is in the water and the first seatrials under sail off Vietnam to the west coast of Malaysia have been validated, we have the answer... The 53XS was capable of averaging over 10 knots and reached a spectacular top speed of... 24 knots! While the Morrelli & Melvin hull is retained, the 53XS logically opts for a fixed structure (i.e., not foldable). The goal is to offer three comfortable cabins and two bathrooms. The shipyard could have stuck to this concession to comfort... but no, in the end, the appendages have been completely revised. The draft has been calculated so as not to exceed that of the central hull.

Builder: Rapido Trimarans
Hull length: 52’10” (16.1 m)
Beam: 34’ (10.36 m)
Draft: 2’2”/12’11” (0.67 m/3.94 m)
Light displacement: 20,615 lbs (9.35 t)
Air draft: 84’10” (25.86 m)
Mainsail: 1,259 sq ft (117 m²)
Solent: 786 sq ft (73 m²)
staysail: 269 sq ft (25 m²)
Gennaker: 1,614 sq ft (150 m²)
Spinnaker: 2,475 sq ft (230 m²)

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