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In 2004 after many e-mails with Graham Bantock I Commissioned the Trinity IOM. The goal was a boat that would excel in lighter airs but yet not be skewed too far as to not be competitive in the wide range of wind speed's that these boats have to sail in. After much success with his new Topico design Graham set about designing the Trinity.

The first boat was launched in 2005 just prior to the region-5 regatta the boat did well to finish third despite my poor sailing. After this regatta it was determined that the boat had a bit too much weather helm and a new boat was produced moving the fin 5mm aft. The new location worked well placing 4th in the 2006 region-5 regatta, winning the Tyler/Dallas race series in 2006, and placing 3rd in the Clear point MYC IOM Regatta in 2006. The boat has shown exceptional performance in light airs (especially down wind). Weather performance was also improved by a better overall balance. The boat has proven to be quite competitive in the upper end as well.

The Trinity is produced exclusively by RCYACHTS under license from Graham Bantock all boats include a Royalty Sticker issued by Sails Etc. with manufacturers hull number.

LOW: 1000mm, Beam: 215mm (at deck), Rocker: 60MM, Foils : RCyachts6%TC, Rudder: RCyachts, Winch: Hitech 5955, Sails: Blackmagic

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Trinity Sailing in the 2007 Australian Nationals

Shown here is the Radio board layout with the rudder servo and sail winch. The rudder pushrod goes through the bulkhead and back to the crank on the rudder shaft. The winch shown is a RMG fitted below deck to prevent any possibility of leaking as well to not spoil the above  deck look. The beauty of this setup is that the boat is vented by removing the patch above this opening after which access to all of the electronics are here by removing two screws the entire radio assembly can be removed from the boat. 

Here the boat is without the foredeck patches installed one can clearly see the turnaround block for the winch as well as the return line (yellow tubing) for the continuous loop. I prefer this type of setup rather than the Sails etc return tube on deck for 2 reasons. first is that the return line will not run out of travel as it goes forward. Secondly I personally feel that it is a cleaner and dryer setup.

Also worth note is the V bracing from the bottom of the mast tube to the shroud eyes. This adds stiffness for the entire rig.

 Here is a view of the raised foredeck and the mast ram it may be possible to see the mast rake markings as well as the indicator mark on the ram. This allows for instant readout of amount of mast rake. As well you can see the recess for the kicking strap and the block mounted under the foredeck to turnaround for the mainsheet post.