{"podcast":{"title":"WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life","slug":"wanderlearn-travel-to-transform-your-mind-life-1034312","podcast_index_feed_id":1034312,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/6569364.rss","website_url":"https://ftapon.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/6569364/4208a5bdacd2e14d324e841b19a27d50.jpg","author":"Francis Tapon","episode_count":405,"summary":"Author, Podcaster, YouTuber, Speaker, Consultant on adventure travel, investments, and cryptocurrency.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T00:17:15.735631+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wanderlearn-travel-to-transform-your-mind-life-1034312"},"episode":{"title":"The Truth About Rapido Trimarans","slug":"the-truth-about-rapido-trimarans","published_at":"2026-05-03T21:22:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wanderlearn-travel-to-transform-your-mind-life-1034312/the-truth-about-rapido-trimarans","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wanderlearn-travel-to-transform-your-mind-life-1034312","url":"https://ftapon.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-rapido-trimarans","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196353186/10275c2fdd25e53943775e053fd6c4b1.mp3","summary":"Rapido Trimarans Founder Paul Koch reveals the truth about their fast trimarans. There are many myths and misunderstandings that Paul seeks to shatter. Listen to this 30-minute interview with one of sailing’s greatest innovators, shot in Vietnam. Watch my interview with Paul Koch of Rapido Background Trimarans are boats with three hulls, whereas catamarans have two hulls, and monohulls have one hull. I have a long-term dream of sailing around the world, so I’m looking for the best boat to make that happen. I’ve crossed monohulls off the list, even though most sailboats are monohulls. Although they have some advantages, I dislike how they heel (tilt) more than multihulls and are the slowest boats. Catamarans are attractive, but trimarans have advantages that cats lack. The interview goes into many of the advantages of a trimaran, so I won’t repeat. Timeline 00:00 Foldable trimarans 01:00 Speed, tack, & angle advantages 02:15 Unsinkable 05:25 Sailing Future 08:00 High latitude sailing 09:50 Why make a boat in Vietnam? 12:30 Why are trimarans unpopular? 18:30 Rapido future 19:45 All-electric boats 21:45 Are trimarans hard to sail? 24:30 Who should not get a Rapido? 26:20 Plans for 2030 27:00 Paul’s sailing origins 29:00 Best tenders and dinghy Why Rapido is on my shortlist of dream sailboats I like the Rapido 40, 50, and 53XS. The Rapido Trimaran 50 is my favorite because it features the folding amas and a protected helm (whereas the Rapido 40 has an exposed helm). The Rapido 53XS is also tempting, but I’d like a shorter boat. Already, the 50 is plenty long. In case you’re a boat nerd, here are some other boats I find intriguing... List of contenders * Neel 43 trimaran * Fountaine Pajot Aura 41 Electric * Vaan the R4 Aluminium Electric Catamaran * Outremer’s 4 zero failed…","meta_description":"Rapido Trimarans Founder Paul Koch reveals the truth about their fast trimarans. There are many myths and misunderstandings that Paul seeks to shatter. Li…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wanderlearn-travel-to-transform-your-mind-life-1034312/episodes/the-truth-about-rapido-trimarans/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wanderlearn-travel-to-transform-your-mind-life-1034312/the-truth-about-rapido-trimarans.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}