''Acapella'' is an historic
trimaran
A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams. Most modern trimarans are sailing yachts designed for recreati ...
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
, designed and built by
Walter Greene in 1978 and later renamed ''Olympus Photo''.
Walter and his wife Joan raced in the 1978 Round Britain race, coming in 1st in class and 4th overall. Later that year, Canadian
Mike Birch
Mike Birch (1 November 1931 – 26 October 2022) was a Canadian navigator.
Biography
Birch began sailing later in his life, but gained notoriety in the 1976 OSTAR where he came in second on a 30' trimaran "The Third Turtle" beating the 236' "CL ...
sailed Acapella (renamed
Olympus
Olympus or Olympos ( grc, Ὄλυμπος, link=no) may refer to:
Mountains
In antiquity
Greece
* Mount Olympus in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology
* Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Les ...
Photo) to a first-place win in the first
Route du Rhum
The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, Metropolitan France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, overseas France. The first competiti ...
trans-Atlantic race, establishing Walter's reputation as a multihull designer.
See also
*
List of multihulls Types
* catamaran = two symmetric hulls
* proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable bow/stern)
* trimaran = three hulls
* quadrimaran = four hulls
* pentamaran = five hulls
Pre-modern Austronesian
* ʻalia
* Amatasi
* B ...
*
Mike Birch
Mike Birch (1 November 1931 – 26 October 2022) was a Canadian navigator.
Biography
Birch began sailing later in his life, but gained notoriety in the 1976 OSTAR where he came in second on a 30' trimaran "The Third Turtle" beating the 236' "CL ...
*
OSTAR
The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race (STAR) is an east-to-west yacht racing, yacht race across the North Atlantic. When inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single-handed sailing, single-handed ocean yacht race; it is run from Plymouth in En ...
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Route du Rhum
The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, Metropolitan France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, overseas France. The first competiti ...
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Walter Greene
References
Trimarans
1970s sailing yachts
Route du Rhum yachts
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