The name can cause slight confusion, but a visit to the shipyard's stand immediately reveals that the Tricat 20 is a small trimaran. With the angular wave piercer bows of the floats and eye-catching chines in the centre hull, the Tricat 20 looks modern and sporty. However, the rather bulky superstructure clearly shows that the small tri is not purely a sports boat, but that the shipyard has also designed the boat for travelling on the water. The 5.99 metre long and 4.50 metre wide Tri can be ordered with a cooking box, chemical toilet, cushions and electrical package with interior lighting.
Without this additional equipment, the Tricat 20 is intended to be used as a daysailer; the floats that can be folded to the hull reduce the width to 2.40 metres, so it fits on a normal trailer. The total weight of 520 kilograms should make slipping easy and sailing fast.
The hull and float are a sandwich construction made of GRP with a foam core. The infusion process with polyester resin is intended to ensure low weight and strength. The rudder and daggerboards are made of carbon fibre and are retractable. The floats are extended and retracted using a cable pull, which requires the trampoline to be deflated. This should only take a few minutes and is also possible in the water. There is plenty of storage space in the floats as well as under the cockpit floor and in the small cabin.
According to the shipyard, the basic price is 33,800 euros.
Michael Rinck
Redakteur Test & Technik
