builder that builds trailerable trimarans . since 1984 corsair marine has sold more than 1 700 trimarans . dealers represent and service corsair marine s trimarans in 6 regions of the usa and 19 other locations internationally . currently corsair marine builds 24 28 31 and 37 trimarans in different configurations . since october 2010 the company belongs to the australian boat builder seawind catamarans . the production facility is located in vietnam . contents 1 history 2 models 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit corsair marine was founded in 1984 in chula vista california by john t. walton son of sam walton founder of the retail corporation wal mart . the boat designer ian farrier was part of the management team . farrier had patented a hull folding system in 1975 and designed and built the company s first product the corsair f 27 . farrier stayed with the company until 1991 when he decided to pursue his own business interests . in 1994 john walton sold corsair marine to paul koch who was the company s australian dealer at the time . koch also owned a boat building company in australia called ostac and had worked with ian farrier so when koch bought corsair marine he invited farrier to rejoin . farrier agreed and worked at corsair marine for the next 6 years . when farrier left in 2000 to pursue his own business interests again with farrier marine corsair marine purchased all rights to his f 24 f 28 and f 31 trimaran designs . subsequently the branding changed from the farrier branding of f to the corsair style using the c . by way of example the f 31 trimaran became the c31 or corsair 31 trimaran . in 2006 corsair marine relocated headquarters and production facility from california to ho chi minh city hcmc vietnam to reduce costs . vietnam was chosen for its political stability fdi foreign direct investment provisions booming economy and its pool of talented labour . some staff from california relocated to vietnam to facilitate the migration of the business and the setting up and running of the factory . in october 2010 corsair was acquired by the australian company seawind catamarans . seawind moved some of the catamaran production lines to the joint vietnam facility . the seawind group has over 200 staff . models edit cruze 970 2014 pulse 600 2014 sprint 750 2005 24 mk ii the sprint 750 is a day sailor that won sailing world magazine s 2007 sportboat of the year . 1 dash 750 2009 24 the dash 750 a pocket cruiser was launched by corsair marine in january 2009 . corsair 28 2001 the c28 comes in three different configurations the c28 cr cruiser centre cockpit the c28 ce centre cockpit and the c28 rs racer aft cockpit . corsair 31 1990 the c31 also comes in three different models . in june 2010 borge ousland and thorleif thorleifsson will set off in a corsair marine 31uc trimaran and attempt to sail around the north pole circumnavigate the arctic ocean . 2 corsair 37 2009 the c37 comes in two models and is the biggest of corsair marine s trimarans . corsair 50 catamaran the corsair 50 is designed and engineered by reichel pugh yacht design . see also edit farrier marine list of multihulls references edit http www.sailingworld.com article corsair sprint 750 2007 sportboat of the year b rge ousland . ousland.no . retrieved 2010 06 22 . external links edit official website corsair dash 750 review by mutihulls world cruising world review pa kyrss magazine review of the c28r retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title corsair marine & oldid 718392158 categories trimaransboat builderscompanies based in chula vista california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 3 may 2016 at 07 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view