Folding, Fast, and Smart!
A specialist in sub-30-foot folding trimarans since 2002, Tricat has replaced its trusty 25 with the highly anticipated 8.50. Still foldable, of course, the new model is logically much more modern than its predecessor, adding a touch of comfort and agility. We got the chance to test one in the Gulf of Morbihan, just a few miles from where it was built...
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Conditions: 0 to 15 knots of wind, flat sea
Following its trip to La Grande-Motte back in April for its world premiere, the Tricat 8.50 #1 ventured as far as the Hyères islands on the Cote d’Azur, before returning home to Brittany via road. But François-Xavier Tillier, the new boss of the shipyard, didn’t wait long before putting his trimaran back in the water at Arradon, in the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan. Unlike the particularly rough conditions that prevailed during our previous test of the Tricat 6.90 four years ago…
