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The word trimaran is a portmanteau of tri and (cata)maran, [16] a term that is thought to have been coined by Victor Tchetchet, a pioneering modern multihull designer, born in Ukraine (at that time part of the Russian Empire). [17]
On the occasion of the Route du Rhum 2010, the organization of the race decided to group together in a new category all the multihulls of 60 feet and more, with no maximum limit of size. The aim was to succeed the ORMA class of 60-foot trimarans, to wait for the construction of the MOD 70 for the year 2011 and to open the race for large ...
The IMOCA ("Open 60") is a 60ft (18.3 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). [1] The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been intimately linked to design development within the class.
The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2022 race was the 12th edition and had six classes [1] with 138 boats taking part. [2] The events status as a qualification for event for the Vendee Globe lead to the largest most competitive fleet of IMOCA 60 class yachts gathered todate. [3]
ORMA 60 is a class of sailing trimarans administered by the Ocean Racing Multihull Association (ORMA) that created in 1996 by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) within the sport of sailing. The boats were built to a box rule that permitted 60 feet length and beam and a 100-foot mast. The class was active from 1996 to 2007.
Two 60-foot (18 m) trimarans were built at Jeanneau's racing division (Jeanneau Techniques Avancées), [6] one a conventional trimaran capable of speeds in excess of 30 kn (56 km/h) and a second boat with unconventional features that allowed it to transform for certain scenes in the movie and was used for most of the onboard and special effects ...
Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark. [ 1 ] 55°31′11.97″N 9°38′8.08″E / 55.5199917°N 9.6355778°E / 55.5199917; 9.6355778
On 8 October 2017 Austal announced the order for LCS-30, the fifteenth ship of the class, to be built at a cost under the congressional cost cap of $584 million. [92] On 13 February 2018, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announced the name of LCS-28 as Savannah , [ 93 ] and on 23 February 2018, President Donald Trump announced the name of LCS ...