First introduced in 1985, this trailerable trimaran quickly became famous in the world of multihull sailing. Designed by Ian Farrier, with the specific goal of perfecting the concept of a production-built family/cruiser racer trimaran with folding amas, the F-27 is both an excellent high-performance coastal cruiser and a competitive one-design racing machine. During a 12-year production run that ended in 1997, a total of 453 hulls were launched. This boat has both sailed competitively with MOCRA winning RTI (2001) and the Farrier Nationals (2003) as well as cruising to Northern France on annual family holidays.