News Dispatches Weta
Aug. 26, 2010

Weta

Last Updated (26 August 2010)
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Smallsail_05_insideIn the 1960s and '70s, thousands of sailors took to the water with simple, exciting, affordable Hobie Cats. Today, the 14.5-foot trailerable Weta trimaran - conceived by a father-and-son team in New Zealand and built in Guangzhou, China - hopes to do it all over again.

The 220-pound multihull derives its stability from an 11.5-foot beam and carries a large sail plan. It disassembles for storage or road transport. The boat's rated payload capacity is 440 pounds and Weta's West Coast importer, Dave Berntsen, calls it "equally well-suited for racing and family sailing because it can be sailed alone or with a crew and a couple of kids."

Berntsen markets the boat as a performance one-design trimaran and targets dinghy sailors who crave speed and keelboat sailors who want to rekindle their small-boat passion with a dash of excitement.

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