Fast Running

 

If you like to sail fast the choice so far was very much limited to GRP, composite or aluminium. Light materials and easy to mould. Steel is known for its gravity and has a difficult moulding structure, which is a pity because a slow steel boat considerably reduces the cruising area. On top of that there is an underestimated safety issue. Already for decades ship designers are looking for possibilities to escape from the so called hull speed (see hereafter!) to produce a speedy ship out of steel; and likely with a not too extreme motorization. It would be a significant breakthrough, nationally but above all internationally. The thing is …. no-one succeeded until now. And despite some pretty exciting texts on many websites… who really saw one sailing?
TRYVIA has an international reputation in manufacturing special steel yachts. Extraordinary in design, use of material and finishing. It is only logical that is was considered a challenge to use our reputation to try to produce a fast ship out of steel…. Because the word ‘impossible’ is not easily accepted at TRYVIA.
Together with the well-known yacht designer Jan Visser TRYVIA’s ideas were developed. His challenge was to combine functionality and beauty.
Mid October 2008 it happened. A hull out of steel with complete new under-water-ship features was taken to a secret location “without snoopers”. Extra water tanks were placed to simulate the proper weight. The 250HP STEYR motor was brought to life, and the trial began. To register the event a film crew filmed everything from a speedy polyester boat alongside. Would this be a new history written or …?
Cheering drowned the sound of the STEYR engine when the 12.5 meter tall ship, exceptionally well-balanced, lifted itself up out of the water and without bow-wave but with a foaming wake covered its first kilometres with a speed of more than 25 kms/hr. ( please see the hazy picture taken at a large distance during the secret trial)
In the meantime the TRYVIA Speed Technology is protected by a worldwide patent. The ship is being built with might and main, with the intention to have it finished in time to be shown on the Boot Holland  in Leeuwarden in February 2009. The applied technology is not tied up to this ship only. Other designs are well possible, and will be explored. It will mean that the  sailing area will be widened considerably. And the safety aspect has been taking care of!
On top of that it was TRYVIA’s goal to improve the polyester fast boat even more…: the applied heavy keel  provides an extremely high sense of sailing comfort as well at high as at low speed.  A very strong selling point is its stability and course keeping. All this justifies the extra price of € 50.000 for a speedy sailing performance (compared to the standard).
On the BOOT HOLLAND 2009 the “Miracle” was on show and the footage of the successful trial to be watched. As in an old Rotterdam saying: Action speaks louder than words.

Why TRYVIA has chosen the STEYR motor for its first fast steel ship (TRYVIA 1250GT with     Speed Technology)                            - click here –