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  2. Polynesian multihull terminology - Wikipedia

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    The term ama is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability. Today, among the various Polynesian countries, the word ama is often used together with the word vaka (Cook Islands) or waka or va'a (Samoa Islands, Tahiti), cognate words in various Polynesian languages to describe a canoe.

  3. Schiopparello Jet - Wikipedia

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    Schiopparello Jet is a sister ship to Red Jet 3, a catamaran designed and built by FBM Marine on the Isle of Wight for operation by Red Funnel. However, unlike her sister ship, she was built in the United States. She is distinguished from her sister by having a sheltered sundeck. [1]

  4. Polynesian Concept - Wikipedia

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    The Polynesian Concept is a recreational sailing catamaran, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with double spreaders. The hulls have raked stems, reverse transoms, dual transom-hung rudders controlled by a tiller and twin retractable daggerboards. It displaces 5,500 lb (2,495 kg). [1] [2]

  5. Polynesian navigation - Wikipedia

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    The Polynesian triangle. Between about 3000 and 1000 BC speakers of Austronesian languages spread through the islands of Southeast Asia – most likely starting out from Taiwan, [9] as tribes whose natives were thought to have previously arrived from mainland South China about 8000 years ago – into the edges of western Micronesia and on into Melanesia, through the Philippines and Indonesia.

  6. Hawaii Superferry - Wikipedia

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    Alakai docking in Honolulu Harbor. The vessel used by Hawaii Superferry was an aluminum-hulled catamaran with drive-on / drive-off vehicle capability or fast ferry service. It was designed and built in the United States, in Mobile, AL by Austal USA, a division of the world's largest fast-ferry builder, Australia-based shipbuilder Austal.

  7. Catamaran - Wikipedia

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    The Spirit of Dallas catamaran on White Rock Lake A Formula 16 beachable catamaran Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States. A catamaran (/ ˌ k æ t ə m ə ˈ r æ n /) (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size. The wide distance between a catamaran's hulls imparts stability ...

  8. Hōkūleʻa - Wikipedia

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    Polynesian voyaging canoes were made from wood, whereas Hōkūle‘a incorporates plywood, fiberglass and resin. [8] Hōkūle‘a measures 61 feet 5 inches (18.7 m) LOA, 15 feet 6 inches (4.72 m) at beam, displaces 16,000 pounds (7,260 kg) when empty and can carry another 11,000 pounds (4,990 kg) of gear, supplies and 12 to 16 crew.

  9. List of Clipper Round the World Yacht Race results - Wikipedia

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    Approaching the starting line on a leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 June 2008. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race was conceived in 1995 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston [1] and together with William Ward (CEO), founded Clipper Ventures, a company that would run the race. The race takes paying amateur crews ...

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