Hammerhead 54 Trimaran to Nantucket

In 1995 I had the opportunity to sail the original HAMMERHEAD 54 trimaran from S. Dartmouth, Massachusetts to Nantucket island with Bill Shuman her owner/builder and crew Joan Welsh. Conditions were good for the trip, although more wind would have made it faster. Elapsed time was 3 hours and a few minutes. While the point to point distance is 42 n.m. there was current against us all the way which varied from one knot in Buzzards Bay to 2 knots in Vineyard Sound. Add in a detour around a shoal and a dog-leg through Wood’s Hole the distance sailed runs about 46 n. miles. I’ve done this trip about 50 times in JUNIPER, my own 52’ trimaran, never making better than 3 h 25 min. So 3 hours and 8 minutes was very good for our first try in Hammerhead.

The video tape, as you will immediately be able to tell, is un-edited and includes a close up of my hairy leg. Please feel free to fast forward!!!! The fastest sailing is about 15 minutes into the tape.


Chris White