In 2018 Grainger designed Sports Cats are at the pinnacle of racing performance in Australia, currently holding the trophy for Australian Multihull Championships (Ullman Sails) and line honors in the Brisbane to Gladstone Race (AYS Raider).

In 2018 the Raku range has been refreshed with new models and design features that give our customers a broad range of options in the arrangement, the build process and the equipping of the boat.

In 2018 at Grainger Designs we're seeking out new manufacturing technologies, new design concepts, and ever closer engagement with our customers, with boat builders and with industry professionals around the world.

In 2018 we introduce the Raku Market to showcase the products and services of our Network Partners and provide our customers with ready access to the specialist skills and products it takes to make a modern high performance sailing catamaran.

With a host of increasingly demanding technologies coming into play it takes a team to create a design for a modern multihull yacht. Meet two of the team members here.

Tony Grainger

In 1986 Multihull yachts were rapidly evolving in technology and design. Tony Grainger was living aboard his own trimaran at the time and established Grainger Designs in that year with a deeply held conviction there was plenty of work yet to be done.

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Lightning strikes on yachts are quite common, especially in the tropics. Apart from devastating the electrical system a strike can leave the owner and crew uncertain what damage might have been done to the rig and other critical structural elements.

Aircraft manufacturers make use of surfacing films with a metallic mesh to protect composite aircraft structures from lightning damage.  

Recent ongoing research by Boeing has suggested that aircraft may benefit from electrically charging the aircraft body to protect agains lightning strikes. 

Might these measures have implications for yachts, and especially multihulls which appear to be far more vulnerable to lightning strikes than monohulls for reasons that are not immediately apparent..

We look at the information that is out there and coming to light through research

Photos of boats we've designed including a great range of shots from leading professional marine photographers

Here for the Gallery

Connect with the people, the products and the services that go into building and sailing a modern high performance multihull

Here for the Partners Network

The R42 build gallery has moved to the gallery pages and its been reversed so the latest photos are on the top.

 See the latest updates here.

We've set up an FAQ page for the Raku cats.

You can see it here;

www.graingerdesigns.net/cats/raku-faq/

Have a question about the Raku designs, the kits, the build method we haven't addressed?

Drop it on an email and we'll see what we can come up with.

graingerdesigns@gmail.com