TRIMARAN NINJA 8

Designer: Jean Louis LIGONNET

Architect: Gérard CHENUS

Builder: Darren NEWTON

Shipyard: DAZCAT

Year built: 1997

Flag of registry: France

Length o.a.: 8,65 m

Water length: 7,95 m

Beam o.a.: 6,60 m

Drought min. – max.: 0,45 – 1,40 m

Air draught: 13 m

Displacement: 1 300 kg (weighed in September 2020)
Conception
Sandwich composite hulls under vacuum: 420 g biaxial glass fibre/polyester & Airex foam, local reinforcements with carbon fabrics in strain areas such as the central crossbeam, daggerboards and rudders.
Main hull: Crash box and waterproof volume in the forward cabin, composite frame under the roof (reinforcement of the foot of the mast), monolithic area under the deck in the forward cabin (reinforcement of the central crossbeam)
Amas: Crash box and waterproof volume in front of the fasteners of the central crossbeam, watertight bulkhead in front of the daggerboards casings and demountable partition in front of the rudders, monolithic zones under the deck with darning of fibre composite laminates on the shell plating (reinforcement of the crossbeams), daggerboard casings in composite sandwich, laminated on the hull bottom and on the deck, inside carbon reinforcements at the fasteners of the rudders, Lewmar hatches for storage access.
Antifouling coppercoat (2017)
Self-draining cockpit with open sugar scoop
Carbon fibre rotating wing mast with ball and socket joint, one pair of spreaders
Carbon fibre boom with rotating arm
Curved central crossbeam in carbon composite
Straight rear crossbeam in anodised aluminium alloy
Asymmetric daggerboards, implemented in the amas, operated from the cockpit
Two shaped composite rudder blades, sliding into castings
Three helms: amas (hand steering gear with stanchions, back supports and compass) and cockpit (stick)
Anchoring: Spade A80 with 5 m mooring chain 10 mm + 35 m leaded rope 12 mm
Trampolines (sewing 2020), safety nets (2020)
Manual bilge pump
Through hull echo sounder and speedo
Deck equipment
2 MEISSNER 21ST-32 deck Winches and 1 MEISSNER 23ST-41 winch in the cockpit (cleaned and lubricated in 2020)
8 LEWMAR rope clutches (deck and mast), blocks RONSTAN/HARKEN
2 stainless steel mooring cleats rétractables on the amas and 2 stainless steel cleats at the bow
Aluminium bowsprit with NEX 1.5 Furlassist
Cockpit compass
2 Helm compasses Silva 85 Magnetic North
Draped cable life lines on both sides of the main hull
Sails
Carbon membrane full-batten gaff main sail with 3 reefs (UK Sails 2008)
Kevlar membrane PROFURL furling headsail (UK Sails 2008)
Code 0 (44 m2) « Dimension Polyant » (Incidence 2020)
Asymmetricalspinnaker (71 m2) « Nylon croisière Coupe Tri-radiale » (Incidence 2020)
Symmetrical Nylon spinnaker (79 m2)
Lazy bag, jib sleeve (2020 et 2018)
Electronics
B&G Vulcan XSE7 chartplotter
Navionics 46XG mapping
2 B&G Triton 2 cockpit digital display
VHF AIS Radio Ocean RO6800
FURUNO GPS Navigator
EPIRB Ocean Signal E100
Comfort
Bedding for 3/5 persons: front double berth (with deck hatch) 2,05 x 1,55/0,60, 2 king-size saloon berth, 1 rear berth under cockpit 1,95 x 0,70
Headroom (galley, navigation): 1,95
Sunbrella washable cotton upholstery (2018)
2-burner gas stove SMEV (outdoor gas cylinder, indoor shutoff valve), stainless steel kitchen sink (50 L water tank) with electric water pump, coll space under the saloon table
Electricity: Solbian 64 W flexible solar panel (2018), Western Marine regulator, 12 V Stormline 115 Ahbattery (2018), 4 Led spotlights, navigation lights at the masthead, 3 USB ports
Jabsco manual marine toilets
Engine
Yamaha 8 HP 2 stroke long shaft outboard (exhaust pipe and all gaskets including cylinder head 2019)
Wooden motor bracket, articulated, on travelling rails fixed on the bottom of the cockpit with stainless steel axes lock (the engine slides under the floor of the cockpit for weight centering)
Offshore security: EU category C
Autobraking road trailer (Ninja is transportable disassembled)