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Corsair 36 Hull #10 (2004) SOLD

I love this boat, and the decision to let her go has been exceedingly difficult. I need something much larger for a life of full-time voyaging (especially with my lab space requirements).

The trimaran community is relatively small and well-connected, so I managed to avoid the brokerage route. This page is a compilation of specifications and descriptive material, and there is an associated photo album. Even though the boat is now with her new Canadian owner as of July 28, 2007, I'll keep this page active for reference.

© 2007 by Steven K. Roberts
Nomadic Research Labs

History

I bought this boat, initially named Lady D'Uva, in July of 2006, and 3 days after taking delivery set out on a 1-month, 500-mile single-handed adventure to Desolation Sound from my home port on Camano Island (north of Seattle). The fact that this was even possible says a lot about the boat's ease-of-use.

The boat has been renamed Nomadness, and Coast Guard documented. I added an FE trailer custom made for the Corsair 36 hull... this lets the boat live on land off-season, avoiding the considerable "marina tax" of keeping her in a slip (this is one of the best features of a folding tri, and amounts to huge savings over the life of the boat).

Nomadness was built in 2004 and essentially never sailed; this was clear when I had to make a few basic adjustments and tweaks that would have come up almost immediately. The whole rig is crisp and responsive, with a patina of newness hard to find on the used market. She's a real head-turner, and dock strollers invariably stop to admire her.

From what I know of her life as Lady D'Uva, she basically sat at Eliot Bay Marina in Seattle. Since I've owned her, she has covered about 600 miles... from Seattle to Camano, through the San Juans, across to Nanaimo and up to Desolation Sound, back via Pender Harbor, to the marina at Blaine for a few months with one loop down around Orcas Island, then hauled on the new trailer and parked on Camano Island. The map of all this (logged by my GPS tracker) is here (picture opens in new window).

When I bought the boat, I had a survey done by Reisner, McEwen, & Edwards... which also did the new 2007 survey.

General Specifications

Price	$SOLD
Displacement	5,500 pounds
LOD	36 feet
LWL	35 feet
Beam	25'7" (overall) - 9'10" (folded)
Draft	1'8" (hull only) - 6' (board down)
Air Draft	47'6" mast length
Hull Number	CSR50010F404
Model Year	2004
Builder	Corsair Marine
Sails	Calvert (Main, Furling Genoa, Furling Code Zero on removable carbon bowsprit). Rotating rig, single spreader, single-line reefing. Custom mainsail cover.
Trailer	FE, 2006, 2500 pounds, tandem, 12" hydraulic disk surge brakes, torsion axles
Auxiliary	Honda 15 HP 4-stroke with hydraulic lift and vectored thrust (coupling rod to rudder)
Bimini	Custom cockpit enclosure
Navigation	Nexus Instrument Cluster, Raymarine C-80 chartplotter, Simrad TP30 Autopilot with remote, Standard Horizon VHF with masthead 3dB whip. Second compass sensor on mast control arm to correct wind data from masthead vane/anemometer.
Power	2 new Group 31 batteries, Statpower charger
Water	Demand water heater (propane)
Entertainment	Jensen marine stereo, Bose (cabin) and Pioneer (cockpit) speakers, Sirius Starmate satellite radio receiver.
Accommodations	Bow to stern: V-berth in private cabin with closet, enclosed head to port with shower, settee, galley with 2-burner stove and sink, generous dinette (converts to berth), front-opening fridge, large stowage area under cockpit, "basement" originally intended for diesel, aft cabin with sleeping cushion (would be ideal for shop space or deep inventory).
Performance	Motoring about .7 GPH at 7 knots. Performance under sail is exhilirating, and is reported to match wind speed at some points of sail up to about 20 knots. Easy tacking. 3 reef points in main, plus mast-rotation.
Ground tackle	Aluminum plow with rope/chain rode

Discussion

Again, see the photo album for a good collection of images; the above list is by no means comprehensive.

This boat is a cruising rocketship, a rather unusual mix. My August trip to Desolation Sound was in the company of other F- and C-boats, and the other sailors were unanimously envious of my relative luxury. This definitely pushes the envelope when it comes to trailerable trimarans (on the trailer, she's a "wide load" at about 9.5 feet, requiring signs fore and aft as well as a permit... easy to get, but worth noting). Here's a photo of Nomadness behind my Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck (which I thought of as "large" until then!)..

Cheers and fair winds,
Steve