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Welcome to Beyond Mainstream

Take 4,000-year-old technology, add a group of 1950s radical sailors and genius engineers and you get a movement that defied sailing convention and redefined freedom. Sailor, marine designer, adventurer and author Jim Brown has been on a 70-year high seas odyssey capturing the characters and culture of the modern multihull movement. The Beyond Mainstream Project is cataloging and gathering Jim’s vast library of photos, videos, articles and podcasts into an accessible form to share with all. And, coming soon, a documentary dedicated to this movement and the amazing cast of characters behind it.

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This website will continue to catalog and organize Jim Brown’s and Scott Brown’s vast library of photos, videos, articles and podcasts, and also add new material as Jim remains a prolific storyteller! Additionally, work has begun on a documentary with a release date planned for 2026. Experienced filmmakers Michael Frierson and Kevin Wells are turning hundreds of hours of interviews and archival footage into a 90-minute feature film documenting the development of multihulls and the amazing cast of characters behind the revolution!

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Andy Zimmerman

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And thanks again,

Andy Zimmerman

Email Andy at andyz@azdev.biz

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"During a particular period in the 20th century a bunch of non-traditional engineers and tinkerers started thinking quite differently about the traditional craft of boatbuilding, and about the conventions of society. These guys jumped right out of the western tradition, grabbed some principles from a totally different genus (aircraft) and invented a hybrid vessel with hybrid vigor. I’ll never have the wherewithal to own a J-boat, a downeaster, or a Gloucester fishing schooner, but I can own a trimaran, because it was designed for people like me to build, own and sail. That’s a pretty amazing concept in this world of specialized manufacturing, oven-baked carbon fiber race boats and the growth of the indentured class."

"Part memoir, part adventure story, part travelogue, totally compelling.”

— From reviews of Jim’s memoir, Among the Multihulls

Friends of Jim would like to give special thanks to Scott Brown. Without his help and support, none of this would be possible.

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