For Real Sailors. The Rapido 60 is the world’s fastest cruising trimaran. The Rapido 60 offers a spacious and luxurious experience with safe, cutting edge, on-water performance.
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Billed as the World’s Ultimate Ocean Cruising Trimaran, the Rapido 60 really is the Queen of the Oceans. It offers speed, safety, performance – and luxury.
The inspiration behind the Rapido 60 comes from Paul Koch (co founder of Rapido Trimarans), arguably, the man who has built more production trimarans than anyone else on the planet.
The design is by world renowned naval architects, Morelli & Melvin Design and Engineering and the construction is by Triac Composites.
The foam sandwich and carbon construction provides an extremely strong and rigid structure that is relatively light and designed to withstand the might of the oceans and offer speed in friendlier conditions. The foam sandwich construction also offers a high degree of insulation making the Rapido cooler when the sun beats down.
Just how tough are the composites on the Rapido?
An ocean-crossing trimaran must be strong. Very strong.
As big as a 60′ trimaran is, it is but a floating cork on a boundless ocean.
Morelli & Melvin enjoy a very strong international reputation which includes designing entries for the America’s Cup. Their computer modelling said that the boat was very strong. And so we tested it.
We bolted the centre hull of the Rapido to the factory floor in HCMC. We then brought in two mobile cranes – each took a diagonal corner of the two outer hulls. With one diagonal corner each, the two cranes began to lift while the trimaran’s centre hull remained bolted to the floor, causing it to twist. One tonne of lifting pressure… Two tonnes… Three tonnes…
As the trimaran twisted it began to creak and groan. But the sensitive electronic equipment we had measuring every move and twist remained unphased. Everything was within design parameters.
Seven tonnes… Eight tonnes… Nine tonnes…
The pressure was eased and the Rapido spring back into its original condition – totally unaffected by the enormous twisting pressure that had been placed upon it.
The computer modelling had accurately predicted the enormous structural strength of the composites used in the Rapido. The Rapido is built to take on the oceans. Rapido is, simply, the Queen of the Oceans.
A stunning success for the Rapido and another milestone for composites.
Why Rapido 60
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 60 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..
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The Rapido is a blue-water cruising trimaran, designed by the architects Morrelli & Melvin and built by Rapido in Vietnam.
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The idea is to be able to combine the volume aboard with the performance of trimarans and the comfort at sea they provide. The Rapido 60 is thus capable of welcoming up to 8 people in modern, practical and comfortable accommodation. The trimaran is able to sail at 25 knots, and is manageable shorthanded. Note that the company is also offering a day charter version of its trimaran. Here is a video of this amazing trimaran !
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Despite the inexorable rise of the cruising catamaran, trimarans remain something of a rarity in the cruising world, particularly when you move into the bluewater bracket. So the launch of the Rapido 60 is good news.
To this end, the Rapido 60 is a stable boat, can go to windward better than most monohulls, and is also comfortable and roomy, featuring forward and aft doubles with ensuites plus additional berths in the saloon area.
Made of e-Glass and carbon, sea trials on hull number showed blistering performance. The main hull boasts five watertight bulkheads.
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Specifications
General Details
- Length: 18.1m (59.3 ft)
- Beam: 11.7m (38.4 ft)
- Draft: 1.0m (2.5 ft)
- Average light displacement (subject to final options): : 9,700 kgs (21,385 lbs)
- Displacement (max load): 12,000kg (26,456 lb)
- Headroom (average): 2.1m (3 ft 4”)
- Mast height above water: 25.3m (83 ft)
- Storage volume of floats (at greatest dimension): (l) 4.5m x (w) 1.3m x (h) 1.5m
Further information:
- For detailed specifications, click onto Rapido 60 Specifications (30 Nov. 2021)
- Click to download Rapido 60 General Arrangement .
Sailing La Vagabonde to sail world’s oceans on a Rapido 60. 8 June 2021. See video below.
- Mainsail: 125m² (1,345 ft²)
- Solent: 71m² (764 ft²)
- Reacher: 130m² (1,399 ft²)
- Asymmetric Spin: 225m² (2,422 ft²)
- Stay sail: 25m² (269 ft²)
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“I sailed Rapido Hull #01 on the Mediterranean Sea the other day and we were doing 14 knots upwind while cooking in the spacious kitchen!" Ferdinand van West (former F18 World Champion working with designers, Morrelli & Melvin ). ( Click here for original article in Catamaran Racing.)
Billed as the World’s Ultimate Ocean Cruising Trimaran , the Rapido 60 really is the Queen of the Oceans . It offers speed, safety, performance – and luxury.
The inspiration behind the Rapido 60 comes from Paul Koch (co founder of Rapido Trimarans), arguably, the man who has built more production trimarans than anyone else on the planet.
The design is by world renowned naval architects, Morelli & Melvin Design and Engineering who use some of the most sophisticated technology in the world. Triac Composites is our exclusive builder.
While the foam sandwich and carbon construction is lightweight which gives the boat its speed, it also provides an extremely strong and rigid structure that has been designed to withstand the might of the oceans.
An additional benefit of the foam sandwich construction is the high degree of insulation, protecting the Rapido when the sun beats down.
Morelli & Melvin enjoy a very strong international reputation. Their designs even include entries for the America’s Cup .
Onboard the Rapido 60 Romanza at its first regatta – Race Week Come on board the new Rapido 60 from New Zealand called Romanza & take a tour with the owners and hear from crewman Chris Nicholson #HIRW Morrelli & Melvin Design & Engineering Inc. @rapidotrimarans Posted by Hamilton Island Race Week on Wednesday, August 22, 2018
[Video caption: Take a tour onboard Rapido 60, Romanza with owners, Dougall and Jaz Love, during Hamilton Island Race Week.]
Morrelli & Melvin’s computer modelling said that the Rapido 60 was very strong. And so we tested it.
We bolted the centre hull of the Rapido to the factory floor in HCMC. We then brought in two mobile cranes – each took a diagonal corner of the two outer hulls. With one diagonal corner each, the two cranes began to lift while the trimaran’s centre hull remained bolted to the floor, causing it to twist. One tonne of lifting pressure… Two tonnes… Three tonnes…
As the trimaran twisted it began to creak and groan. But the sensitive electronic equipment we had measuring every move and twist remained unphased. Everything was within design parameters.
Seven tonnes… Eight tonnes… Nine tonnes…
The pressure was eased and the Rapido spring back into its original condition – totally unaffected by the enormous twisting pressure that had been placed upon it.
The computer modelling had accurately predicted the incredible structural strength of the composites used in the Rapido. The Rapido is built to take on the oceans.
Rapido is, simply, the Queen of the Oceans.
Incredible storage capacity
The Rapido 60 has amazing, dedicated storage capacity. Floats (4.8m x 1.3m). Beneath the cockpit seats (2.1m x 0.5m). Beneath the cockpit floor (2.1m x 2.9m x 1.3m). Forward of forward cabin (1.4m x 1.2m x 1.2m).
Other videos
[Video above: Rapido 60, Romanza, races effortlessly at 24 knots during the opening day of Airlie Beach Race Week (Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia) in August 2018.]
[Video above: Owners of Rapido 60, Romanza, take the organisers of Hamilton Island Race Week on a walk thru tour.]
[Video above: Owner of Rapido 60, Ineffable, Steve Bourne is interviewed about his boat for the 39th St Maarten Heineken Regatta.]
[Video above; Rapido 60, Romanza wins the PIC Coastal Classic in New Zealand in November 2020. And it wasn’t all hard sailing out there over the 21 hours.]
- For more videos, visit the Rapido Trimarans’ You Tube Channel .
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.
Safety at sea is the No. 1 priority and this thinking is reflected throughout the design and construction of the Rapido.
The Rapido 60 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.
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..
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Rapido 60 in action.
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60 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.
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Rapido owners' reply: What would you change on the Rapido 60 Trimaran?
Updated: Nov 27, 2018
So, after crossing the Tasman Sea (between New Zealand and Australia) in a Rapido 60 Trimaran , what would the owners, Janice Knowles and Dougall Love, want to change?
That's what Skiperelli Mac asked on 22 September 2018 - see below.
Beneath Skiperelli Mac's question is Dougall's and Janice's reply. And it seems that their Rapido 60, "Romanza", met their expectations.
Question by Skiperelli Mac
Love the boat and really appreciate you sharing the experience on Romanza as well. This is my dream boat and hopefully, one day, I will be able to acquire one as well.
To the owners Dougall and Janice and / or crew, just wondering how have you found the off shore cruising in reality now, with crossing the Tasman Sea etc, with regards to space and placement of items, stability and auto helm options etc?
Is there anything you would do differently now if you designed the new Rapido 60?
Reply from Romanza's owners, Janice and Duugall
Hi Skiperelli Mac.
The Tasman crossing on Romanza was very easy and even though we went with a crew of six for our first passage, bed spaces worked well with hot bunking during the night watches.
There was more than enough storage room.
We stowed a lot of the dry food in plastic storage boxes under the salon settee and restocked the pantry as needed from there.
The fridge and freezer managed our fresh and frozen food perfectly and we found the induction cooking ideal and fast.
We stowed much of the cruising gear, spares, etc. in the ‘hold’ under the cockpit, again using plastic storage boxes on the shelves we had installed.
We also have our washing machine there, which performed perfectly.
We did stow our deflated dinghy in one of the floats, but otherwise these just stored sails and sheets.
We added (removable) clears around the wheelhouse for the passage and these proved outstanding at creating a warm and comfortable helm station for night watches.
Most of the time we steered by autohelm as it just made life simple. We had no issues with this at all and with 360 amp hours of battery at 24v, solar panels and a Genset as well as the engine, we didn’t ever suffer with low batteries.
The boat was stable, comfortable most of the time and felt very safe.
Much of the sailing time was on full main and jib or Gennaker.
We didn’t experience heavy weather as we routed carefully, and we did spend a lot of time motoring across a big high.
We had a lot of input into the interior layout and finish (of Romanza) and there’s little that we would change as everything worked pretty much as imagined. Some things worked out exceptionally well, like the salon table setup and the chart table.
We love the simplicity of Romanza’s layout and enjoyed the effortless runs of 230+ miles per day.
A great first passage!
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Billed as the World's Ultimate Ocean Cruising Trimaran, the Rapido 60 really is the Queen of the Oceans. It offers speed, safety, performance - and luxury. ... C-foils on a fast cruising trimaran? This looks rapid!, Rapido 40 tour, Yachting World magazine video by Toby Hodges, 8 September 2023;
Above: The Rapido 60 Trimaran has turned the idea of small, limited space onboard a performance trimaran on its head by providing 260 square feet of living space with a comfortable design featuring a master stateroom and a fully equipped galley. There's an aft deck lounge area and the space ahead of the mast has been dedicated to a sun deck.
It knows how to be clever, but no question of going unnoticed at anchor! Dynamic dihedron in operation, the windward hull well clear of the water. Rapido is cutting its course at a brisk pace on a flat sea and a wind below 12 knots. The foredeck and the anchoring station are like those of a cruising multihull.
Home of Rapido Trimarans - the world's best ocean cruising trimarans. The world's best ocean-cruising trimarans. Home; About us. Dealers; Why a Rapido Trimaran? Models. ... Rapido 40, 50, 53XS (Xtra Space) & 60. RT40. RT50. RT53XS. RT60. Latest News June 29, 2024. Interior photos of Rapido 50 #03, Tuff Gong.
June 08, 2021. Rapido Trimarans is thrilled to confirm that Sailing La Vagabonde (SLV) will sail the world's oceans aboard a Rapido 60! In fact, SLV's video announcing the decision to their 1.59 million subscribers (yes, 1.59m subscribers!) will go live live at 8.30am, Adelaide time in Australia (GMT/UTC +9:30) on 8 June 2021.
The Rapido 60 offers a spacious and luxurious experience with safe, cutting edge, on-water performance. Billed as the World's Ultimate Ocean Cruising Trimaran, the Rapido 60 really is the Queen of the Oceans. It offers speed, safety, performance - and luxury. The inspiration behind the Rapido 60 comes from Paul Koch (co founder of Rapido ...
This was a very interesting project, On my way back from Vietnam, I dropped into Batam Island off the coast of Sumatra, to film a friends brand new amazing c...
The Rapido 60 is a cruising trimaran designed by Morrelli & Melvin and built in Vietnam. Accommodations include two double cabins in the center hull and tons of room for lounging about topsides. ... Rapido Trimarans. Rapido Trimarans. Rapido Trimarans. Rapido Trimarans. More: new boat showcase 2017, Sailboats, trimaran; Advertisement More ...
Rapido 60 Specifications. The Rapido 60 is produced by the brand Rapido Trimarans since 2016. Rapido 60 is a 18.10 meters sailing trimaran with 2 guest cabins and a draft of 3.50 meters. The yacht has a fiberglass / grp hull with a CE certification class (A) and can navigate in the open ocean. The base price of a new Rapido 60 is not currently ...
The idea is to be able to combine the volume aboard with the performance of trimarans and the comfort at sea they provide. The Rapido 60 is thus capable of welcoming up to 8 people in modern, practical and comfortable accommodation. The trimaran is able to sail at 25 knots, and is manageable shorthanded. Note that the company is also offering a day charter version of its trimaran.
July 16, 2016. Despite the inexorable rise of the cruising catamaran, trimarans remain something of a rarity in the cruising world, particularly when you move into the bluewater bracket. So the launch of the Rapido 60 is good news. She's designed by Morelli and Melvin, who worked on the Gunboat range, and is built in Vietnam. The design brief ...
Yacht World has just published an article, Rapido 60 Trimaran Boat Review: A Bold Gamechanger For Performance Bluewater Cruising, by Zuzana Prochazka, dated 23 September, 2021.. The original article, in full can be viewed by clicking here.Five quotes are reproduced below. …the Rapido 60… has been touted as a couple's boat for people who want to sail fast but still want to be comfortable ...
The idea behind the Rapido range of owner-operated, ocean cruising, trimarans came from "the team" that has built more than 1,500 production trimarans globally. The world-acclaimed Morrelli & Melvin was then tasked with developing the design and engineering for the Rapido team to start building! Separately, Rapido Catamarans adds an exciting ...
LENGTH: Traditionally, LOA (length over all) equaled hull length. Today, many builders use LOA to include rail overhangs, bowsprits, etc. and LOD (length on deck) for hull length. That said, LOA may still mean LOD if the builder is being honest and using accepted industry standards developed by groups like the ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council).
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RAPIDO 60 TRIMARAN, WORLDS FASTEST CRUISING MULTIHULL. from Mark Toia. 7 years ago. This was a very interesting project, On my way back from Vietnam, I dropped into Batam Island off the coast of Sumatra, to film a friends brand new amazing carbon fibre yacht he had just built. Literally a week or two old.
So, after crossing the Tasman Sea (between New Zealand and Australia) in a Rapido 60 Trimaran, what would the owners, Janice Knowles and Dougall Love, want to change?That's what Skiperelli Mac asked on 22 September 2018 - see below. Beneath Skiperelli Mac's question is Dougall's and Janice's reply. And it seems that their Rapido 60, "Romanza", met their expectations.
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Boat: Comet 41s. Posts: 6,140. A Rapido 60 trimaran is racing the ARC. From their facebook page: " A quick update from the ARC - "The fleet's largest trimaran, Rapido, living up to her name coming over the line third before storming off down the Gran Canarian coast. " The demo boat is called Rapido and hosts a lot of publicity to the shipyard.
Rapido 60 General Specifications 30 November, 2021 [email protected]; www.rapidotrimarans.com 2 | P a g e 60 The Rapido 60 is a production trimaran. However, variations can be offered within the bounds of structural constraints. Cost of semi-custom personalization to be determined. Principal Characteristics Length 18.1m (59.3 ft)