Specifications
General Details
- Length overall (LOA): 15.2m (50 ft)
- Length of waterline (LWL): 15.2m (50 ft)
- Beam overall (BOA): 10.36m (34 ft)
- Freeboard: 1.67m (5.5 ft)
- Daggerboard up: 0.67m (2.2 ft)
- Daggerboard down: 3.94m (11.5 ft)
- Air draft: 24.67m (81 ft)
Sails
- Main: 117m2 (1,259sqf)
- Asym A 2: 230m2 (2,476sqf)
- Reacher: 150m2 (1,615sqf)
- J1 (FRAC): 98m2 (1,055sqf)
- Overlapping jib: 73m2 (786sqf)
The Rapido 50XS
The “Xtra Space” of the Rapido 50XS is for sailors requiring three cabins without unduly compromising performance.
Morrelli and Melvin have achieved this outcome in the XS by retaining the same efficient shape of the Rapido 50’s hull at the waterline level. Above the waterline, she flares out to support an expansive deck at the cost of just 800kgs to the boat’s overall weight.
Three cabins and two heads as well as additional informal sleeping arrangements ensure that the sailing experience can be generously shared.
This version is non folding.
More to follow.
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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.
– in the media
Below is a list of articles which have appeared in various publications regarding Rapido Trimarans.
- Shipyard Focus: Rapido Trimarans, by Kevin Green, Multihulls World, August / September 2022.
- Cutting edge technology for multihull design, by Zuzana Prochazka, Sail Magazine, 23 March, 2022
- 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
- Harnessing Speed, by Kevin Green, Boating New Zealand, November 2021
- Rapido 60 Trimaran Boat Review: A Bold Gamechanger For Performance Bluewater Cruising, by Zuzana Prochazka, Yacht World, 23 September, 2021.
- Harnessing the wind, by Kevin Green, Multihulls World, September / October 2021 issue, 6 page spread on Rapido Trimarans.
- 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
- 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
- Making Short-handed Short Work – Onboard Rapido 60, Anna Merchant, Sail-World, 11 February 2021
- Rapido 50 News from the Shipyards, Multihulls World, 2 February 2021
- Buyers’ Guide 2021, Rapido 50, Multihulls World, 18 December 2020
- “New breed” Rapido 40 & 50, Yachting World magazine, November 2020
- Cruising Helmsman reviews Rapido 60, October 2020
- Romanza takes top spot in Yates Cup, SEA Yachting magazine, September 2020
- Rapido Trimarans relocates production arm into Vietnam, SEA Yachting magazine, Nov/Dec 2019.
- Rapido Trimarans, On the March, Seahorse Magazine, October 2019.
- (French) Rapido 40, un trimaran repliable de 12 m, Bateaux.com, 29 August 2019.
- Rapido 60 – The most exciting production multihull in the world? (or click here for selection of quotes), Multihulls Magazine, Summer (July) 2019.
- Rapido, Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, June 2019 (pp23-24)
- Ineffable’s Steve Bourne: I’m a nutter for sailing, Daily Herald, 26 February 2019.
- Rapido 60′ the fastest production multihull in the world?, International Multihulls World, December 2017
- RAPIDO 60’ : Le multicoque de série habitable le plus rapide du monde?, Multihulls World, 23 November 2017
- Finding Mrs Right, Boating New Zealand, August 2016
- Blue Water Cruising Trimaran, Australian Multihulls World, August 2016
- Rapido 60, Cruising World, 25 August, 2016
- Rapido 60, by Emma Bamford, Sailing Today.