
The Multihull Source is committed to helping sailors increase their enjoyment of multihulls, whether cruising, racing or day-sailing. In this section, we feature sailing news, a calendar of events and stories about sailing or racing. 

The Multihull Source

Ira Heller and Bob Gleason, The Multihull Source, Inc.

The Multihull Source was formed in 1995 when Bob Gleason teamed up with Bert Kornyei to expand his Corsair dealership into other multihulls. Bert had recently bought his first Corsair from Bob and was excited to start this new venture. 
Bob and Ira are experienced multihull racers and cruisers; they organize and participate in numerous sailing events throughout the year. Because of their passion and vast knowledge, The Multihull Source is one of the strongest, full-service, multihull-only dealerships in the world.

The Multihull Source has been serving up exciting sailing for nearly 30 years. The company has evolved along with the designs and technology of the multihull sailing world. Bob and Ira are dealers for not only the latest and most important boat lines in the industry, but the experience to help sailors get exactly the right boat for them.

At Seawind catamarans we are regularly asked “Convince me why I should buy a catamaran instead of a monohull”. Like everything, there are pluses and there are minuses and we try to give the person a balanced answer. Of course the pluses and minuses are more or less compelling for different people depending on their circumstances and their sailing ambitions. However, a growing number of people are coming down heavily one side and becoming firm catamaran converts. 

Corsair Trimarans are versatile, exciting and offer superb performance for racing and cruising with the family. They also feature unique trailerability (trailer to sailing in 30 minutes), shallow draft and uncompromised comfort and safety. All of The Multihull Source team members own and race Corsair trimarans - no other dealer can offer more knowledge about all the different models.

Trimarans are fun because they enable you to discover places that others cannot venture to. The draft of the Rapido 60 is only 0.75m when the rudder blade and dagger board are retracted, which facilitates shallow water navigation and anchorage. Comfortable nets 6.3m x 3m on both sides of the Rapido 60 provide an enormous space to play or lounge when the fish are not biting. 

Morrelli & Melvin have designed Gunboat luxury sailing catamarans blending racing performance with the finest level of comfort and amenities.

Morrelli & Melvin has a fantastic track record of designing creative, sound, safe, energy efficient, fun and fast multihulls and monohulls and we go the extra distance to ensure that they get built to our specifications.

The new Nigel Iren's design SeaRail 19 has arrived in North America!

The SR-19 is an exciting, affordable, light-weight, trailerable trimaran built to cater to a wide rangel of sailors. Whether it's day saling with your family, resort sailing or camper sailing, the SeaRail 19 is an ideal leisure trimaran.

The WETA trimaran is a great performing 4.4 m or 14'5" triamaran. Only a WETA can be sailed with one, two or three sails blazing by one, two or three people!

No wonder it was Boat of the Year in 2010!

Composite foam sandwich hulls with Carbon spars and beams make this little trimaran as robust as it is versatile. A trimarans legendary forgiving nature means that anyone can jump on the Weta and immediately feel confident.



The Multihull Source was formed in 1995 when Bob Gleason teamed up with Bert Kornyei to expand his Corsair dealership into other multihulls. Bert had recently bought his first Corsair from Bob and was excited to start this new venture. 

Welcome

Big Sky Yachts offers new yachts from J Boats and RS Sailboats. Contact us for assistance in ordering, commissioning and transporting your new boat.

Big Sky Yachts

Office address: 
90 Sunnybrook Lane Somers MT 59932

Shop address: 
90 Sunnybrook Lane Somers MT 59932

Big Sky Yachts offers new yachts from J Boats and RS Sailboats.   Contact us for assistance in ordering, commissioning and delivering your new boat.

For larger power and sail vessels, we work with one of the premier yacht brokerages in the country, Swiftsure Yachts of Seattle, WA.  

For local and regional listings, we maintain a network of relationships and contacts of interested buyers. Our minimum fee to list a boat is $1,500 or 10%, whichever is greater.  

As a buyer's broker we work hard to locate the ideal boat for a customer's needs. We have assisted clients in purchasing yachts from all corners of the continent, including Puerto Vallarta, Vancouver, Ft. Lauderdale, Newport, RI, Annapolis, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and many points in between. We have the experience to negotiate a fair deal, and to arrange for survey, delivery and commissioning. A buyer should seriously consider having an expert on their side of the deal.  As in real estate, the seller pays the commission. 


We offer a complete line of custom racing and cruising sails from Ballard Sails, including custom carbon membrane sails for Grand Prix programs.    We will measure your boat and offer suggestions to provide the most value for your sail investment.

Big Sky Yachts is also a dealer for North Sails One Design.

Make your sail investment go further, and buy your sails in Montana where there is no sales tax!

New Sailboats from J/Boats and RS Sailboats
Quality Brokerage Yachts


1995 Cabo Rico 34
1983 J Boats J24
1995 MacGregor 26X
2005 J Boats J100
2018 RS FEVA
2007 Catalina 309
2010 Sea Ray 210 Select
1981 Pearson Flyer 30
2019 RS Zest
2010 Vanguard V15
1978 Cal 2-25
1999 J Boats J105
2020 J Boats J99 - New
2011 J Boats J80
2019 RS Quest - New
1974 Tartan 34C 
2008 SB3
2017 J Boats J70
1996 Ocean Flyer 55 Aluminum Expedition Sailboat
2011 LaserPerformance Vago
1977 J Boats J24
2004 Vanguard V15
2006 Laser Race 
2018 J Boats J70 - New
6 - RS 2018 Fevas - New
1983 Lowland 48 Trawler
2017 J Boats J70 - New
2005 Alerion Express 28
2016 J Boats J70
2003 J Boats J145
1976 Pacific Seacraft 25
2013 Portland Pudgy
2014 Laser XD
2005 Alerion Express 28 

Recent Yacht Sales through Big Sky Yachts

Successful delivery of the very cool Lowland 48 steel trawler San Diego to San Francisco.  Perfect weather, perfect boat, perfect crew!
This boat is for sale. Contact us at Big Sky Yachts or the folks at Swiftsure Yachts for more information.

Successful delivery of the very cool Lowland 48

“With the J/9, we set out to reimagine how to make sailing easier, more relaxing and more inclusive,” said Jeff Johnstone of J/Boats. “This is a boat you can sail by yourself in just a few minutes, or bring along the whole gang with plenty of room to spare. Escaping to the water and enjoying shared family adventure has never been more important, and the J/9 is the perfect platform.”

The J/9 cockpit has four great corner seats to nestle into and enjoy the day. With friends and family aboard, everyone can find the perfect place to relax. And access aboard has never been easier. A swim platform behind the cockpit allows walk-through boarding, and on those downwind sails home, you can cool off by dragging your feet in the water.

Sailing the J/9 is as easy as hoisting the mainsail and trimming the sheet. Why make it any more complicated? Look around on the water and you’ll notice 80% of the sailboats are sailing with only one sail. The answer is keep it simple!  One tiller, one sheet. The big difference with the J/9 is you will be sailing with one sail more comfortably and quicker than most others with two sails or under motor. Ready for the afterburners? Simply unroll the jib and enjoy effortless, stable & smooth sailing from the comforts of the best J/Boats cockpit ever.  

The daysailing community has not benefitted from a dedicated design from J/Boats since the award-winning J/100 (33’), which remains one of the most sought-after J’s created. The NEW J/9 offers the cockpit comfort and sailing features of a larger boat, at a price most will find competitive to the best brokerage offerings.

• Hull and deck molded with biaxial and unidirectional E-glass fabrics and Corecell foam for optimal strength to weight  ratio. High density core inserts used in way of highly loaded hardware.  
• White gelcoat hull with single boot stripe. 
• 10 year transferable warranty against osmotic hull blistering, 5 year structural warranty. 
• White gelcoat deck with molded non-skid on horizontal deck surfaces. 
• High strength, inward turning and overlapping hull to deck joint. 
• Molded ISO/ORC height foredeck toe-rails on foredeck.  
• Large self-draining cockpit with wrap-around seating and angled backrests. 
• Two large cockpit seat storage lockers. 
• Swim platform with transom boarding access and optional fold-up swim ladder. 
• Molded, structural transverse keel support beams. 
• 4.9’ draft low VCG lead keel bonded and bolted to keel sump. Option for 3.9’ draft keel.  


• High aspect, balanced spade rudder mounted in self-aligning, low friction rudder bearings. • Custom laminated, curved tiller. 
• Adjustable tiller extension. 


• One AGM Group 27 battery.
• 12V DC On/Off battery switch.
• 12V DC electrical distribution panel w/ 4 circuit breakers.
• LED navigation lights.
• UL approved stranded, tinned copper ABYC color-coded wiring.
• Bonding system to meet ABYC regulations.
• Two swiveling LED reading lights in main cabin.
• Two red/white dome lights.
• Automatic electric bilge pump and panel switch for manual operation.

• SS fabricated chainplates for shrouds.  
• Foredeck skylight hatch mounted on cabin house forward of mast. 
• Two opening portlights on cabin house sides. 
• Companionway opening with molded seahood and slider.  
• Acrylic offshore removable dropboard with inside/outside lockable hasp. 
• Two 2-Speed 35:1 self-tailing winches on cabin top. 
• Two 10" lock-in winch handles with winch handle pockets. 
• Two fixed jib tracks on cabin top with plunger-style jib cars. Option for self-tacking jib system. • 5:1 Mainsheet system leading to boom-mounted ratchet block/cam near the tiller. 
• Adjustable backstay system with control lines led to the cockpit. 
• Jib furling system with control line led to cockpit.
J/9 Specifications 11-20-20 
• Halyard lead blocks mounted at mast base, halyard organizers and double rope clutches one per side. • Stainless bow rail, stanchions and stern rails with single 20” height lifeline, starboard boarding gate and transom gate. • Foredeck and transom mooring cleats (4). 
• Cockpit operated manual bilge pump operable from the helm. 


• Tapered, fractional, keel-stepped aluminum mast with single sweptback spreaders attached with stainless thru-bar.  Mast includes halyard sheaves, fittings for boom and boom vang attachments, masthead crane, shroud termination points and a steaming light. Spars finished in white. 
• Boom with 8:1 outhaul, mainsheet attachment points, sheaves for the outhaul and reef line, and lazy jack terminations. • Standing rigging: 1x19 wire forestay & side rigging with adjustable open-body turnbuckles. Soft Dyneema backstay. • Running rigging package including main and jib halyards, main and jib sheets, reef line, furler line, lazy jacks. Optional spinnaker package. 


• Main cabin with full length settee berth and removable backrest to port, double seat to starboard, storage  compartments outboard and below the berth/seats.  
• Choice of Sunbrella fabrics for 3" standard main salon cushions. 
• Teak and holly synthetic high-wear cabin sole in main cabin with centerline access to bilge. 
• 48 Quart Igloo cooler. 
• Angled companionway steps with nonskid treads. 
• Molded V-berth supports (Option for V-berth platform & cushions). 
• Head platform with Raritan PH-II WC, TP holder, holding tank and deck pump out fitting. 
• Centerline storage aft of companionway (or engine compartment and systems w/inboard engine option).  • Air-dry gelcoat finish on interior hull & deck surfaces. 


• Two-tone deck. 
• Additional Opening portlights (2) on aft face of cabin. 
• Self-tacking jib system with athwartships track with jib sheet led aft to cockpit. 
• Asymmetric Spinnaker gear package – fixed carbon bowsprit with tack line, spinnaker sheets, halyard, and turning  blocks to lead the sheet tails to the cabin top winches. 
• 110V 30amp Shorepower system with shore cord and AC panel one interior 110V outlet & battery charger. • V-Berth package with platform, two cushions and two swiveling reading lights. 
• Adjustable outboard bracket mounted centerline. 
• Electric inboard engine with pod-drive and cockpit operated controller. 
• Inboard diesel engine (Yanmar 2YM15) with Saildrive and two-blade folding prop. 
• Flexiteek synthetic cockpit floor and swim platform surfaces. 
• Retractable/folding swim ladder. 
• Comfort Group – mainsail cover and tiller cover in matching Sunbrella, and 2” cockpit cushions in white vinyl. • Cockpit dodger with side curtains. 


NOTICE: Specifications are subject to change prior to delivery due to deletions, additions or revisions in quantities, brand or design at the sole discretion  of J/Boats, Inc. Newport, RI


Responding to a growing need amongst sailors for a more comfortable, simpler and easy-to-own daysailer, J/Boats is excited to announce a sleek new 28 footer (the “J/9”) with perhaps the most comfortable cockpit and easiest-to-manage sailplan in this size range. 

New model from "J/Boats"!  J/9

Survey of J100 Brilliant, SwanTown Boat Works, Olympia, WA

J/99 rides again!

Happy customers sailing their new J99!

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