If you've never sailed a multihull boat before, get set for some pleasant surprises. It's so different from trailerable monohull designs there's simply no comparison!
The Eagle's 14' 9" (4.5m) fully extended beam, light weight and virtually nonexistent heel, make her the perfect family boat.
Tacking The Eagle is simple, effortless. Gone are the days of lungeing for the softdrink cans or having your crew and companions scramble for the windward seats. The Eagle lets you keep your seats or amble about the broad cockpit and decks at will.
The Eagle offers more useable, comfortable topside room than many boats twice her length or three times her price.
The Eagle's cockpit can easily seat a half-dozen BIG six-footers and still gives them room to S-T-R-E-T-C-H.
With the amas (floats) extended, their trampoline-like netting affords ample room for sunbathing, catnapping or sleeping under the stars in cool comfort. Need a place to stow your gear? There's room for everything. Besides the out-of-the-way cockpit stowage beneath the forward "Cuddy Cabin", there are two spacious lockers in the foredecks, and a lazarette, aft. While the smaller of the two forward hatches conceals the anchor and rode, beneath the larger is enough space for a chemical toilet (optional) and just about everything you'd need for a long weekend afloat. And there's room for three cases of canned drinks in the self-draining ice chest concealed beneath the cockpit sole.
Can it ever! The Eagle sails very fast with little or no heel. Its simple 3/4 rig makes sail handling a breeze! All sheets and lines run aft, within easy reach of the helm. No winches to foul or handles to misplace! The three hulls provide outstanding directional stability. And it points so well when sailing to windward, it rivals full-keel, deepdraft cruisers!
The center hull features a very fine entry to cut through a chop, while the wide, flat stern dampens pitching and encourages early planing.
The centerboard is a lightweight foam filled foil, not a muscle-straining monster. It kicks up easily into the bilge, not into the cockpit, leaving the cockpit wide and unobstructed.
If exhilarating speed is what you're after, The Eagle's got it! Under mainsail and jib alone, she's reached speeds over 22 knots. Add the optional spinnaker and each downwind run can be a bona-fide THRILLER. The spinnaker needs no topping lift or whisker pole or boom. It's special design gives you complete control via lines lead through blocks on the ama bows. Pop the chute and you'll soar!
If you still imagine The Eagle to be anything like the wet, often uncomfortable ride offered by its trampoline-decked, catamaran brethren, you're wrong! The Eagle is a dry boat.
Since The Eagle was first introduced and popularized in Australia in the late severities (known then as "The Tramp"), she has never once given her passengers a dunking, nor has one ever swamped, not even while surging through 45 knot winds in long distance racing events. That's stability!
Sun too hot? Rain squall on the horizon? Just raise the optional Bimini top and sail on. Found a sheltered cove for the night? Enclose the cockpit in minutes in an optional weather and insect-proof cabin/canopy. The cockpit, with optional cushions, is easily transformed into sleeping accommodations for four.
It's Trailerable!
The Eagle tows easily. And one person can take her from set-tip to sail-away in just fifteen minutes!
Launching in a crowded area? No problem! The Eagle can sail or motor clear of other water traffic with the amas retracted! Thanks to its patented Farrier Folding System, named after the boat's Australian designer, Ian Farrier, extension and retraction of the amas is child's play.
And because The Eagle draws a mere 14", the trailer needn't be backed into the water beyond its wheel rims. Winching's a snap!
For the names and addresses of the dealers and demonstration nearest you, call Pyramid International's Houston Headquarters, TOLL FREE, today!
Hulls are fiberglass and Coremat sandwich construction with all structural bulkheads being moldings with high-strength, unidirectional reinforcement where necessary. Embedded metal plates and heavy, woven roving reinforcements are placed at all major stress points.
All stainless steel rigging and internal halyards, full battened mainsail with one slab reef, adjustable jib leads, wide I-beam mainsheet traveller.
Spinnaker halyard fitted in mast, spinnaker deck fittings, anchor rope fairlead, 2 stern mooring cleats, detachable fore and aft mast supports for trailering, complete rigging and sailing manual.
| Designer: Ian
Farrier Builder: Pyramid International LOA:
19'6" (5.95m) |
Credits: Pyramid International, Inc 1984 (received from John Wayshner)
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Last updated 14 Apr 2000