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Sea Shepherd noted that the vessel had been the only one in the fleet fast enough to keep up with all vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet. [ 32 ] On 17 October 2009, the Earthrace was presented to the media with a new black paint job, and it was renamed Ady Gil , after the name of a major sponsor (a Hollywood lighting-equipment magnate who ...
Wētā racing on Huntington Lake California High Serra Regatta 2017 Wētā features. The Wētā 4.4 Trimaran is a 4.4 metre (14 foot) sailing dinghy conceived and developed in New Zealand from 2001-2006 by Roger and Chris Kitchen and others with original drawings by TC Design's Tim Clissold.
The F-31 Sport Cruiser is a family of American trailerable trimaran sailboats that was designed by New Zealander Ian Farrier and first built in 1991. [1] [2]The F-31 is the production development of the Farrier F-9, which were built by custom shops in small numbers and by amateur builders from plans.
The trimarans produced by this shipyard are characterized by a folding technology denominated "SwingWing". [2] This allows them to use marina berths intended for monohulls and be trailerable . The smallest model, the Dragonfly 25, [ 3 ] is narrow enough (2.3m) to not need special permits, as is the Dragonfly 28 (which at 2.54m is just under the ...
There is also a trimaran version, with outriggers for stability, giving a 14.00 ft (4.27 m) beam and a displacement of 950 lb (431 kg) that was first built in 1993. [ 2 ] The centerboard-equipped model has a draft of 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with the centerboard extended and 6 in (15 cm) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching ...
In its Jules Verne trophy record in 2016-2017, the Idec Sports trimaran in the hands of Francis Joyon travelled 894 nautical miles in 24 hours, [15] with 10 consecutive days at 809 miles/24 h. Francis Joyon doubled Cape Horn, 16 days after hooking the first depression off South America, and after a trajectory of nearly 12,000 miles above an ...
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water Creator WPPilot. Support as nominator--WPPilot 20:45, 1 May 2013 (UTC) Oppose does not meet size criteria, nor does it have much EV. The lead image in the article illustrates the race better. --Wingtipvorte X PTT ∅ 21:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC) Withdrawn by nominator on 22:15, 1 May 2013.
The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water. A waterline can also refer to any line on a ship's hull that is parallel to the water's surface when the ship is afloat in a level trimmed position. Hence, waterlines are a class of "ships lines" used to denote the shape of a hull in naval architecture lines ...