Rapido aims to build the best ocean cruising trimarans in the world. The concept behind the Rapido Trimaran was developed by owners Paul Koch and Richard Eyre. World class multihull designers, Morelli & Melvin then did the detailed design before the Rapido went into production under a highly experienced team that had built more than1,500 trimarans between them. Trimarans are safe, powerful and fun. Trimarans enable you to discover places that others simply cannot reach. WIth retractable daggerboards and rudders, the draft of the Rapido 60 is reduced to just 0.75m (30") allowing easy access to super shallow waters, especially around islands. On each side of the Rapido 60 are spacious nets measuring 6.3m (20') x 3m (9') which provide an enormous space to play or lounge upon when the fish are not biting. In terms of safety, even in the storms of the southern oceans, trimarans are safe, easy to handle and faster on all points of sail due to their wide beam and light weight. In 2008, for example, Francis Joyon on "IDEC SPORT" was the first person to sail solo on a trimaran, non-stop, around the world. Joyon took just 57 days - 21 days faster than the fastest monohull. The current trimaran record is 40 days.
