Jay Kantola

Jay Kantola was an American naval architect who is most known for his work designing multihull sailboats.

Cold molding involves bending strips of wood at room temperature to form a desired shape.

One builder he worked closely with for many years was Richard Barrie in Western Boatworks of Reseda, California.

To construct both models, Kantola utilized drawings of the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic.

The Barrie family weathered a storm aboard the Kantola designed trimaran named Fifth Fox in May 1984 that had winds over 50 knots.

65-foot trimaran sailing vessel designed by Kantola. She launched as Windswept, and at the time of this photograph, she was known as Hot Buoys. It is still sailing as of 2022 in Langkawi , Malaysia and is now known as Erika.