Multihull Solutions Ltd was established by Al Wood, who is experienced in both designing and racing multihulls. He has sailed over 25,000 miles offshore (including 2 Round Britain races and a transatlantic crossing on multihulls) since building his first boat, a Mirror dinghy at the age of 14, and is passionate about multihull sailing and racing.

Qualifying as an industrial designer led to a career in marine design, working for clients including Broom Boats, Falcon, Northshore and KKG. He also co-organised an international seminar on offshore multihull racing, and designed a 36ft wheelchair accessible catamaran for a UK charity. He has undertaken many recent projects for Ellen MacArthur’s Offshore Challenges and the Volvo Round the World Race.

In recent years, he has sailed a variety of boats including most production multihull brands and many custom designs, from micro-multihulls to the spectacular Extreme 40 and maxi-catamarans (and even the odd monohull!). His racing has included multihull class wins in the 1998 2-handed Round Britain, RORC Round Britain and Cowes-St Malo, Round the Island and Scottish Peaks races on a variety of multihulls including the 8m Firebird Orion, Shockwave (34ft tri), Mollymawk (40ft tri) and Dragonfly 920.

 

When the time came to own a multihull for cruising and club racing, this experience meant there was only one boat in the running: a Dragonfly. Al regularly sailed his Dragonfly Mk1 with his young family for several years, before recently moving up to a 920.

 

Given this background, and as an enthusiastic Dragonfly owner, Al was delighted to accept Quorning Boats ApS invitation to become the UK dealer for Dragonfly trimarans in 2005.

We are always willing to talk multihulls, so if there is any advice you require, please drop us a line.

 

Multihull Solutions Ltd is registered at:

39 Thorney Road, Emsworth, Hampshire, PO10 8BL UK.

Registered Company no: 5540449

 

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