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The Trac 14 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Australians Richard McFarlane and Jay McFarlane as a one-design racer and first built in 1980. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The design is a licensed version of the 1976 Windrush 14 , which was originally known as the Surfcat and built by Windrush Catamarans of Australia .
HSC FastCat Shanklin is a high speed catamaran ferry which operated between the Isle of Wight and mainland England. She operated on the Wightlink Ryde Pier to Portsmouth route from 2000 to 2009 along with her sister ship HSC FastCat Ryde. Prior to working for Wightlink, the ship worked in Singapore and was named Water Jet 2.
APFC operates a fleet of catamaran-type Ro-Ro vessels named FastCat. These vessels were designed by Australia-based Sea Transport Solutions and built by China-based Boni Fair Development. The Japan International Cooperation Agency reportedly extended a ₱2.3 Billion sub loan support to APFC for the first ten FastCat vessels. [4] [5]
In June and July 2017, Austal Philippines delivered two 30-meter catamarans to SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation, MV St. Camael and MV St. Sariel. Each of the high speed ferries can carry up to 300 passengers, and can cruise at 25 knots. [10] [11] St. Sariel: IMO number: 9822918: 2017: 272: 31 m (102 ft) 9 m (30 ft) St. Micah: IMO number: 9005443 ...
FastCat may refer to: HSC FastCat Ryde; HSC FastCat Shanklin; Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation, a ferry company which operates as FastCat since 2013 after its catamaran fleet. Fast Ferry Scandal, also known as the FastCat Fiasco, a political scandal involving the British Columbia provincial government and BC Ferries.
As the A2V accelerates, air is forced between the twin hulls so the boat runs higher in the water. Two bonuses: speed and fuel efficiency. This Lightning-Fast New Catamaran Looks Like a Bond ...
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.
More important than the 109-mph record was an electric boat streaking by thousands of fans. It gave battery power instant street cred on the water.