Discover the all-carbon, folding, Rapido 50: “Multihull of the Year, 2022".

Specifications

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General Details

  • Length overall (LOA): 15.24m (50 ft)
  • Length of waterline (LWL): 15.2m (49.9 ft)
  • Beam overall (BOA): 10.24m (33.6 ft)
  • BOA (folded): 5.8m (19.0 ft)
  • BOA (float to float CL): 9.29m (30.5 ft)
  • Average light displacement (subject to final options): 8,550kgs (18,850 lbs)
  • Freeboard: 1.67m (5.5 ft)
  • Daggerboard up: 0.67m (2.2 ft)
  • Daggerboard down: 3.52m (11.5 ft)
  • Mast Height above DWL: 24.98m (82 ft)
  • Headroom in cockpit area (no ceiling liner): 2.01m
  • Headroom in saloon (ceiling liner): 2.0m
  • Headroom in forward cabin and head area (ceiling liner): 1.91m
  • Storage volume of floats (at greatest dim.): (L) 4.6m x (W) 1.1m x (H) 1.5m
  • Storage volume under cockpit (at greatest dim.): (L) 1.7m x (W) 2.4m x (H) 1.0m

Sails 

  • SA Main: 97m2 (1,044sqf)
  • SA Solent: 57.5m2 (619sqf)
  • SA Staysail: 27.9m2 (300sqf)
  • SA Reacher: 150m2 (1,615sqf)
  • SA Asym Spin: 230m2 (2,476sqf)

General Information

360 Degree Virtual Tour

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Rapido 50, 3D Virtual Tour
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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. But where the Rapido 50 sharply differentiates herself is that she has the ability to fold the floats to slip into single berths at marinas.

Video above: Multihulls World magazine has announced that the Rapido 50 has won the Multihull of the Year Award for 2022 in the 45'-55' category. The award was announced at the Multihull Show at La Grande Motte on 20 April 2022.

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 world-acclaimed multihull designers, 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)

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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.

50 IN ACTION

– in the media

Below is a list of articles which have appeared in various publications regarding Rapido Trimarans.

  1. C-foils on a fast cruising trimaran? This looks rapid!, Rapido 40 tour, Yachting World magazine video by Toby Hodges, 8 September 2023
  2. Rapido 40: The Alternative Trimaran, by François-Xavier de Crécy with photos by Ludovic Fruchaud, LE MONDE DU MULTICOQUE #24 by Voile Magazine. July, 2024.
  3. The Rapido 40 is a 20 knot cruising tri, George Day, Cruising Compass, 24 May, 2023
  4. Boat Review of Rapido 40, Zuzana Prochazka, Sail Magazine, 4 May 2023
  5. Rapido 40: ultra fast cruising in complete safety on three hulls, Maxime Leriche, SailboatNews.com, 25 April 2023
  6. Boat anomaly: Rapido 40 Trimaran, No Frills Sailing, 19 April 2023
  7. Rapido 40 – Fast, foldable and worry free!, Multihulls World magazine, No. 189, May-July 2023
  8. Shipyard Focus: Rapido Trimarans, by Kevin Green, Multihulls World, August / September 2022.
  9. Rapido, changing the game, by Zuzana Prochazka, Sail Magazine, 23 March, 2022
  10. Rapido 40: A livable sailboat for cruising on 3 hulls, Briag Merlet, Sailboat News, 23 February 2022.
  11. Rapido, changing the game, (takes a detailed look at the cutting edge design and technology of Morrelli & Melvin) by Zuzana Prochazka, Multihull Sailor, December 2021
  12. Boat Review: Rapido 50, Kevin Green, Boating New Zealand, November 2021
  13. Harnessing Speed, by Kevin Green, Boating New Zealand, November 2021
  14. Rapido 60 Trimaran Boat Review: A Bold Gamechanger For Performance Bluewater Cruising, by Zuzana Prochazka, Yacht World, 23 September, 2021.
  15. Harnessing the wind, by Kevin Green, Multihulls World, September / October 2021 issue, 6 page spread on Rapido Trimarans.
  16. Sailing La Vagabonde choose Rapido 60 to sail world’s oceans, video announcement by SLV to their 1.59 million subscribers, You Tube, 8 June 2021
  17. The Ultimate Racer-Cruiser: Clients on Romanza are turning heads on the racetrack when they're not cruising at high speed, North Sails, 19 April, 2021
  18. Making Short-handed Short Work – Onboard Rapido 60, Anna Merchant, Sail-World, 11 February 2021
  19. Rapido 50 News from the Shipyards, Multihulls World, 2 February 2021
  20. Buyers' Guide 2021, Rapido 50, Multihulls World, 18 December 2020
  21. “New breed” Rapido 40 & 50, Yachting World magazine, November 2020
  22. Cruising Helmsman reviews Rapido 60, October 2020
  23. Romanza takes top spot in Yates Cup, SEA Yachting magazine, September 2020
  24. Rapido Trimarans relocates production arm into VietnamSEA Yachting magazine, Nov/Dec 2019.
  25. Rapido Trimarans, On the March, Seahorse Magazine, October 2019.
  26. (French) Rapido 40, un trimaran repliable de 12 m, Bateaux.com, 29 August 2019.
  27. Rapido 60 – The most exciting production multihull in the world? (or click here for selection of quotes), Multihulls Magazine, Summer (July) 2019.
  28. Rapido, Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, June 2019 (pp23-24)
  29. Ineffable’s Steve Bourne: I’m a nutter for sailing, Daily Herald, 26 February 2019.
  30. Rapido 60′ the fastest production multihull in the world?, International Multihulls World, December 2017
  31. RAPIDO 60’ : Le multicoque de série habitable le plus rapide du monde?, Multihulls World, 23 November 2017
  32. Finding Mrs Right, Boating New Zealand, August 2016
  33. Blue Water Cruising Trimaran, Australian Multihulls World, August 2016
  34. Rapido 60, Cruising World, 25 August, 2016
  35. Rapido 60, by Emma Bamford, Sailing Today.