RAPIDO 50 - Rapido Trimarans

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For Sailors. The Rapido 50 Trimaran is the World’s Ultimate Folding Ocean Cruising Trimaran. Designed by Morelli & Melvin, it is built exclusively by Triac Composites.

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Specifications

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General Details

Length overall (LOA): 15.24m (50′ 9")
Length of waterline (LWL): 14.96m (49′ 1")
Beam overall (BOA): 10.38m (34′ 1")
BOA (folded): 5.5m (18′ 1") (59′ 5")
BOA (float to float CL): 9.32 m (30′ 7")
Freeboard: 1.60m (5′ 3")
T (board up) 0.67m (2′ 2")
T (board down): 3.52m (11′ 7")
Displacement (light): 6,550kgs (14,440lbs)
Displacement (max): 8,400kgs (18,519lbs)
Mast Height above DWL: 24.7m (81′)
Download the Rapdio 50 General Specifications (5 Nov, 2020)

Sails

SA Main: 95m2 (1,023sqf)
SA Solent: 54m2 (581sqf)
SA Staysail: 18m2 (194sqf)
SA Reacher: 125m2 (1,345sqf)
SA Asym Spin: 160m2 (1,722sqf)

Click to download in pdf format, Rapido 50 SailPlan (29Aug19)
For sails options offered by Doyle, click here.

General Information

The Rapido 50 – The World’s Ultimate Folding Cruising Trimarans

Every exceptional product needs a source of inspiration. For the all-new Rapido 50, that source has been the Rapido 60 which has proven herself to be an exceptional trimaran for:

Podium performances
Fast passage-making
Classic cruising
Couples; and
Sailors

Critically, the Rapido 60’s DNA can be found throughout the Rapido 50.

When the idea to make the Rapido 50 a folding trimaran was first suggested – yes, that’s right, a 50′ trimaran that folds! – our initial reaction was, “ARE YOU CRAZY??”.

But after consulting with Pete Melvin from our designers, Morelli & Melvin, we thought, “Why not!”. After all, our management team has built more folding trimarans than anyone else in the world and if anyone understands the challenges and how to do it right, we do!

Advantages of the Rapido 50’s folding system

Folding floats:

Access to single marina berths
Access to all marinas
Reduced marina, hard stand and shipping costs
Keeps floats in upright position (no barnacles or algae on sides)
Maintains stability of trimaran in folding position and during folding

Folding mechanism:

High tech design by Morrelli & Melvin
Patented Design (concept by Paul Koch, Australia Patent Application No. 2019902014)

The Rapido folding system is winch-assisted to take away, what some people say, the “back-breaking" strength required on bigger boats with other systems.

Summary of Rapido 50

The Rapido 50 sets a new standard in the market place. Upon its launch in October 2020, it will generate an enormous amount of interest and attention. Its benefits include it being:

Lighter
Faster
Easier and safer to handle with self-tacking jib, roller furler head sails and spreaderless mast
CE A Certification for safer ocean crossings
Better weight distribution with heavy items (eg engine) in the middle of the boat
Functional interior finished to Rapido 60 standards
High tech, infused carbon foam sandwich construction with beams, daggerboards, ruddercase and blade made from prepreg carbon and cured in autoclave
Folding floats (reduced fees for marina, hard stand and shipping)

Download these pdf files

Rapido 50 Interior Arrangement (24 July 2018)
Rapido 50 Sail Plan (29 August 2019)
Rapdio 50 General Specifications (5 November 2020)
Rapido 50 General Arrangement, click here (24 July 2018).

Further details – Rapido 50

Email Paul Koch
Contact your nearest Rapido Trimarans’ Dealer

FAST AND POWERFUL

Trimarans are safe, powerful and fast as demonstrated by the fact that they consistently win races and hold the solo speed record for circumnavigating the world.

safe

Safety at sea is the No. 1 priority and this thinking is reflected throughout the design and construction of the Rapido.

spacious

The Rapido has some truly amazing living spaces which provide more open, private and intimate areas than monohulls or catamarans.

stable and comfortable

Trimarans are comfortable on all points of sail.

fun

The combination of safety, performance and comfort put the Rapido in a league of its own. The enormous trampoline nets add fun and excitement as you watch the blue water rush underneath you – or as you lounge on the nets while gently floating over a reef. You will be instantly hooked.