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A catamaran ferry in Salem, Massachusetts A French catamaran trawler. The increasing popularity of catamaran since the 1960s is down to the added space, speed, shallow draft, and lack of heeling underway. The stability of a multihull makes sailing much less tiring for the crew, and is particularly suitable for families.
The Nacra 17 is a performance catamaran used for sailing. It was designed in 2011, went into production in 2012 and has been the focus of multihull sailing at the Olympic Games since its conception. The Nacra has been converted to a sailing hydrofoil for the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris (Marseille) Olympics. [1]
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 ...
The Lagoon 470 is a recreational catamaran, built predominantly of vinylester fiberglass sandwich, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast and aluminum spars. The hulls have raked stems , reverse transoms with steps, twin rudders controlled by a wheel and twin keels .
Jim Brown is a multihull sailboat designer who collaborates with John Marples. [1] The pair are responsible for the Constant camber, Seaclipper and Searunner [1] series of trimarans. Early in his career, Jim Brown was inspired by Arthur Piver. Jim is now retired. [1]
Wharram was born in Manchester, England.In 1953, after long studies into the records of boats of the Pacific in the libraries and museums of Britain, and inspired by Eric de Bisschop's book The voyage of the Kaimiloa, [1] he designed and built the first British ocean-going double-canoe-catamaran, the Tangaroa (length 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m)) and in 1955–56 sailed with Jutta Schultze ...
The G-Cat 5.7 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Hans Geissler as a one-design racer and first built in 1980. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The G-Cat 5.7 design was developed from the two-foot shorter 1976 G-Cat 5.0 .
Farrier Marine is a catamaran and trimaran manufacturer based in Christchurch, New Zealand.. The sailing boats produced by this shipyard are designed by Ian Farrier (1947-2017), [1] and have a unique patented folding system without hinges in the beams or the critical beam to float join, allowing overall beam to be varied in seconds by just one person.