Corsair Marine and its Corsair 880 are coming back to the Annapolis Boat Show 2025 in the States.

You have heard the legendary of Corsair Marine and Corsair 880 – the legitimate heir to the trimaran revolution of the Hall-of-Fame F-27 way back in 1986, and here it comes. More than just a display, this is the timing to step aboard and experience a true game-changer in performance cruising with test sails available after the show.

Together with @Windcraft Multihulls, our authorized dealer, we’ll be on hand to guide you through every feature of this innovative trimaran. Discover a vessel that perfectly balances high-speed performance with impressive comfort and a cleverly designed layout.

📍Annapolis Sailboat Show, City Dock, Annapolis, MD – At Dock: A1
📅Dates: October 9th – 12th

👉Register now to secure your spot

Look forward to welcome you on board

Corsair Marine International Team.

Corsair owners, get ready for an unforgettable weekend! Join the Corsair Moreton Bay Rally 2025, hosted by Multihull Central, a laid-back and fun-filled sailing event designed for connection, cruising, camaraderie, and supporting Sailability, a charity making sailing accessible to everyone.

Event Highlights

• Friday, March 28, 2025
  • Test & Tune Sailing: Join us in Waterloo Bay for practice, with tips from a professional sailor.
  • Evening Dinner: Informal dinner at RQYS, followed by Q&A with our sailing expert.
• Saturday, March 29, 2025
  • Navigators’ Nightmare Challenges: Fun, skill-based sailing competitions exploring Moreton Bay.
  • Sundowners Dinner: Enjoy an on-water dinner at a scenic location.
• Sunday, March 30, 2025
  • Raft-Up Lunch: Relax and socialize with fellow sailors in Moreton Bay.

Why Attend?

• Exclusive Corsair Focus: Tailored events for Corsair trimaran enthusiasts.
• Sailability Support: Help raise funds for Sailability, a charity that promotes accessible sailing.
• Great Fun & Connections: Meet Corsair owners, enjoy delicious food, and sail in one of Australia’s most beautiful locations.

How to Register

• Entry Fee: AU$99 per boat
• Online registry HERE

For event details, contact our hosts at Multihull Central:

• Andrew Crawford at 0402 345 245 or andrew@multihullcentral.com
• or Stephen Mackay at 0499 012 263 or stephen@multihullcentral.com

For assistance with online entries, contact: Tara Fitzgerald at 02 9810 5014 or charters@charterboatcentral.com.au

Calling all Corsair Trimaran owners and enthusiasts! This is your chance to join a dedicated Corsair division at the Sydney Multihull Regatta 2025, hosted by Multihull Central. Take part in exciting races, connect with fellow trimaran sailors, and enjoy a weekend of camaraderie on the iconic waters of Sydney Harbour.

Event Highlights

• Exclusive Corsair Trimaran Division amongst a fleet of Seawind & Multihulls.
• Unparalleled Social: Meet with passionate multihulls sailors.
• Iconic Setting: Race through the breathtaking Sydney Harbour with world-famous views.

Schedule

• Thursday, February 13, 2025
  • Virtual Skippers Briefing: 2:00 PM
  • Race 1: 4:00 PM
  • Evening dinner at Multihull Central
• Friday, February 14, 2025
  • Race 2: 10:00 AM
  • Lunch & Raft-Up: Athol Bay
  • Race 3: 1:30 PM
  • Presentation & Dinner: Multihull Central

Registration Details

• Entry Fee: AU$99 per Corsair
• Register Your Corsair Here: Click here
• Deadline: February 10, 2025

Download the Notice of Race for more information.

Why Attend?

• Exclusive Corsair Trimaran Division to race and showcase your trimaran.
• Unparalleled Networking: Meet and mingle with passionate trimaran sailors.
• Iconic Setting: Race through the breathtaking Sydney Harbour with world-famous views.

The busy Corsair Marine factory is full to the brim making multihulls.  So many of the key tooling components for the Corsair 880 are being constructed outside of the main facility and then shipped or driven in.  It was an exciting day today as the first of such components shipped out.

Seen in the first picture is the port half of the main or central hull mold.  Note that the tooling for this boat is supported by extremely durable and stiff steel framework – reflecting our intention to make every single boat to the same high standards, and have molds intended to match the long lifespan that all Corsair models should have.  It also means these molds are stong enough to be shipped, or moved frequently.

In the second picture is the foredeck mold of the main/central hull.   The large structures which here point upwards (the mold is “upside down” in this shot) are actually recesses for the toilet and waste tank.

Back in the Corsair factory, tooling work has begun on the masts for the Corsair 880.  Both mast options will be from Carbon Fibre – the Sport mast being 13.8 metres, and then the standard 12-metre mast.  Carbon masts offer obvious performance benefits, but also help keep the overall weight of the boat down, and make trailering, mast raising, and general handling of the mast an easier operation.  Seen in the 3rd photo below is the first mold for this crucial component.

What is the Corsair 880?  LEARN MORE>>

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Why choose a trimaran over a monohull?:

Safety

The first item on this list might surprise you.  But trimarans are exceedingly safe – in fact many, including all of the Corsair trimarans, are virtually unsinkable.  They’re foam cored, and relative to the displacement of the boat, the buoyancy of the materials is very high. Even were a Corsair to be fairly well destroyed (think passenger ferry) the remaining debris would remain at the surface providing something to cling onto. But there are some other interesting stats as well.  Kids love trimarans – the nets make for great fun.  And were they to fall into the water its reassuring that there are so many places for a person (or child) overboard to grab onto – see the net lines and the beams themselves in the picture to the right.  There are also good places at the main transom to haul out a wet, heavy, miniature crewmember.

Speed

No gimmicks. Trimarans simply deliver stunning speed without foils, wings or electronic aids. Speed might have slipped from number 1 factor to number 2 in recent years – and given the advent of foiling monohulls you might think that’s fitting.  But consider the costs involved in foiling monohulls and you’ll quickly find that Corsair trimarans have a far greater dollar-to-knot ratio. Operationally, trimarans are now seen as almost conventional in high-speed terms.  So you can clock up 20-knot plus speeds with a boat that has a 35-year track record of success and safety, and without the need for professional crew.

Stability

While you, the reader are no doubt the hardiest of sailors, there’s also no doubt that not everybody you sail with will be! Corsair trimarans, and most others, have a max heel angle of 12-14 degrees depending on the model.  That’s “flat sailing” in monohull terms.  And it means that rudders and daggerboards keep a reassuring grip and the speed therefore feels more effortless on the helm.  That surefootedness transfers over to your crew – they’ll detect the confidence in the boat and the skipper.

Small Marina Footprint

To achieve anything like the speed, and just a bit of the stability and comfort underway, you’d need a relatively large monohull by comparison.  But due to the folding mechanism, a Corsair trimaran keeps a very modest marina footprint.   Better still, they can be lifted (when folded) and are therefore easy to keep ashore.  Want to keep your boat in the water but worried about growth on the floats/pontoons?  Anti-fouling wraps from 3M are available from Corsair dealers – remarkably long lived, these are easily replaceable, and maintain a very quick surface.  Boat bags, which keep growth away from the floats and main hull, are available for mooring and marina use.

Above Deck Space

Anyone with children will immediately identify with this one – Corsairs are fantastic for their wingnet and bownet space.  When unfolded, the huge beam provides pound-for-pound the best boating platform around.  The nets are often used as sleeping hammocks in extremely hot climates – not just for an afternoon nap, but actually during the night.  And most trimarans can be fitted with a bimini, sail shade, or canopee when the sun is strong.

Trimarans are Synonymous with Trailerability

In the next article, we’re taking a deeper look at trailering trimarans through an interview with the undisputed supremo in trailering tri’s – our very own dealer Werner Stolz from Germany.  Trailerability is absolutely central to creating a new holiday experience every year, and for the racers it opens up a whole new world of high speed multihull regattas.  That’s why Corsair trimarans are built light – of course it improves your sailing speed, but it also keeps your trailering weight down and reduce road risk.  And that’s why the floats fold underneath – so your boat doesn’t get longer on the trailer when folded.  For those who don’t want to commit to the same sailing grounds every year there’s no better solution than a Corsair folding trimaran.

Read more:

Trimaran docking made easy

Corsair 28R won third place in Kieler Woche 2019

Corsair 880 design news

How do we ensure quality in our final design?

It’s a very good question, quality of the final molds is far more critical for a folding trimaran that pretty much any other boat design on the water. If the beam landings or strut mounts are out by a mere millimeter the entire folding geometry will be affected. So to overcome this risk we have employed a number of techniques to reduce the likelihood of tolerance issues and to catch them when they do occur.

Firstly, in the construction of the components, we elected for cnc cut beam landings and strut mounts. This has ensured a sufficient accuracy of those hard to shape areas. These components have then been grafted into the traditionally framed plugs with careful precision and measurement. This was the first step to ensuring accuracy, the second was to check our work. So we have set up 3D scanners to scan and digitize all of the components. With an accurate digital file we were then able to overlay this with the original design and using specialized quality assurance software highlight deviations between the design file and the actual part. With this report the parts were then able to be finely tuned with precision before a final scan to confirm inaccuracies were within tolerance.

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Corsair 970 Sport

To make way for our new Seawind Catamarans arriving, we have to make room on our docks.

We have a 2018 Corsair 970 Sport with a full warranty and is loaded to the gills! Commissioned, US duty paid, a custom trailer built a fully performance sail inventory and a Yamaha 9.9hp outboard included for $17,000 under MSRP ($262,386. USD).

In this limited time offer, and includes complementary moorage for 3 months in the Shilshole Bay Marina (a value of $2,400) OR delivery to you within any US or Canada destination up to 2,500 miles from Seattle, at no charge.

The Corsair 970 Sport retains the hallmark of the Corsair 31: speed, performance, safety, reliability and ease of trailering. However the CR970 Sport takes all of these features to the next level, with the addition of extreme style and comfort.

The hulls and deck have been structurally reinforced with carbon fiber, increasing construction strength and reducing weight. The floats molded seamless designed with more buoyancy forward and level with the bow to reduce cavitation or fluid resistance on the lee float.

A rotating carbon mast foils the apparent wind over a Doyle Aramid laminate full-battens, triple stitched reinforced, triple reef, square-top mainsail. When dropping, a Harkin fast-track guides the sail down swiftly into a Doyle stack pack. The furling jib is of the same sail material and has vertical battens. There is a Racing screecher on a continues furler and a racing spinnaker also included in this package offer.

Below, the deck has been built higher for increased headroom (6’2”) and overall volume. Two cabins are situated on opposite ends of the boat. Large windows, skylights, and port lights throughout the interior gives the feeling of a deck saloon, not a cave. Plenty of LED lighting and 12V/USB receptacles are in every cabin.

Learn more how a Corsair trimaran performs in a regatta:

• Geelong Race Week >>
• La Cinquecento 2018 >>
• Multihull Welcome Race – Kieler Woche 2018 >>

SPECS AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDED:

L.O.A.:	31’ 10”	(9.7m)
L.W.L.:	30′ 8”	(9.4m)
Beam:	22’ 7”	(6.88m)
Beam folded:	8′ 4″	(2.55m)
Draft D/B up:	1’ 5”	(0.45m)
Draft D/B down:	6’ 10”	(2.1m)
Mast length:	44′ 6”	(13.6m)
Unladen weight:	3,999lbs	1,814kg

Built by CORSAIR MARINE, priced as equipped:

✔ E-glass laminate with extensive use of carbon kevlar on structural reinforcement, PVC closed-cell foam coring in the hulls and deck
✔ Stainless steel overhanging seats
✔ Rotating Tall Carbon wing mast, carbon
✔ Doyle radial carbon laminate Fully battened, triple stitched reinforced Mainsail, lazy-jacks & Doyle Stackpack.
✔ Furling Doyle radial carbon laminate, vertical-batten Jib
✔ Doyle Carbon laminate racing Screecher on a continuous furler
✔ Asymmetrical racing spinnaker in red
✔ Retractable 6’ Carbon Fiber Bowsprit
✔ High aspect ratio composite daggerboard and flip up rudder foils.
✔ Upholstered interior with 6’ saloon headroom
✔ B&G Navigation Package – 7” Chartplotter, autopilot, wind speed and depth. B&G VHF
✔ Marine toilet, 13gal holding tank and direct discharge.
✔ 12v LED Lighting with red/white led lamps, 4 x 12v USB outlets, DC Electrical switch panel w/ circuit breakers, LED indicator lights and voltage display
✔ Freshwater deck shower
✔ Anchor, chain and rode
✔ Aluminum removable swim ladder
✔ 3 x fenders, 2x mooring lines & boat hook
✔ Yamaha 9.9hp outboard with electric start, alternator and tilt
✔ Custom Tuff Trailer, aluminum frame, 4-axel electric over hydraulic breaks
✔ Commissioned and US Import duty paid

We are the PNW authorized dealers for Corsair Marine Trimarans and Seawind Catamarans and we work to serve the sailing and motorboat communities we also roam. Give us a call or drop us an email anytime. View more photos below.

Love this boat? Contact Wright Yacht Sales at (206) 356-8698 or email: sales@wrightyachtsales.com

Love this boat? Contact Wright Yacht Sales at (206) 356-8698 or email: sales@wrightyachtsales.com

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