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“Which trimarans actually fold down to a trailer I can tow?”

Used Trailerable trimarans for sale

Used Trailerable trimarans for sale
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A trailerable trimaran is the only sailboat that solves the two problems that kill boat ownership: the marina bill and the radius. Fold the amas to road-legal width — every boat on this shelf folds to 8.6 feet or under, by its designer's own spec — and the boat winters in your driveway, launches where the trailer stops, and sails a twenty-plus-foot beam the moment the arms swing out. Scout verifies the folded beam against the design file, not the seller's listing, which is why this shelf is shorter and more honest than the same search anywhere else.

Three yards own this niche. Corsair Marine industrialized Ian Farrier's folding patent and has built more of these boats than everyone else combined — our shelf runs from $30k F-24s through the mythical F-31 to the $200k+ Cruze 970. Quorning builds the Dragonfly line in Denmark with swing-wing arms and heirloom resale values, and Astus holds the pocket end in Brittany with telescoping beams. The picks above span all three; between them sits every honest answer to "which folding tri."

Some of these boats are more than weekenders — a Corsair 37 or a Dragonfly 32 folds for the road and crosses oceans, which is where this shelf hands over to the bluewater shelf. If the trailer matters less than the passage, start there instead.

Our picks

✍︎ Drafted with AI, directed and reviewed by a sailor — our editorial disclaimer.

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