About Corsair

Corsair Marine has been building the world's best trailerable sailing trimarans since 1985 and now has over 1,600 sailing waters all over the world. Large fleets can be found in most states of the US with big numbers of boats all over Europe, Australia and Asia. They are, without doubt, the most popular trailerable trimarans that exist today.

Corsair Marine was founded in 1984 by John Walton who was the son of Sam Walton - the founder of the retail giant, Wal Mart. Corsair Marine was based in San Diego (Chula Vista), California.

In 1994, John Walton sold Corsair Marine to Paul Koch who was the then Australian Dealer for Corsair Marine. In addition to the Corsair dealership, Koch owned a boat building company called OSTAC.

Koch moved across to California and recruited the trimaran designer, Ian Farrier who had worked previously for Corsair Marine under John Walton. Farrier left the company in 2000 to pursue his own business interests. Corsair Marine purchased all rights to his trimaran designs and subsequently, the branding was changed from the "F-" series to the "C" series. By way of example, the "F-31" trimaran became the "C31" or "Corsair 31" trimaran. In March 2001, Farrier wrote in his F-boat News that:

"I have now fully separated from Corsair Marine and all rights to the F-24, F-28 and F-31 production designs have been sold to Corsair. Thus, from now on, all aspects of these designs such as specifications, quality standards and customer service will be Corsair's sole responsibility, while they will be free to change these particular designs as they wish but under the Corsair name only.

... I wish Corsair every success in the future..."

In 2006 Corsair Marine took the strategic decision to relocate its Head Office and production facility from San Diego to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. In the USA, margins had been under increasing pressure due to escalating costs and a market that was unwilling to pay higher prices.

Moving off-shore created an opportunity to avoid charging higher prices. Ultimately, Vietnam was chosen for a number of reasons including its political stability, attractive FDI (foreign direct investment) provisions, booming economy and its young, talented, skilled, energetic, and resourceful labour pool.

A number of key staff from California relocated to Vietnam to facilitate the successful migration of the business and the setting up and running of the factory. Now, Corsair Marine employs more than 100 Vietnamese.

Since 1984, Corsair Marine has sold more than 1,600 trimarans through its global dealership network. Dealers represent and service Corsair Marine's trimarans in over 8 regions of the USA and 17 other locations around the world.

Products:

Currently, Corsair Marine builds the DASH 750 (24'), SPRINT 750 MK II (24'), C24, C28, C31 and C37 trimarans in a number of different configurations.