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Derek Kelsall (15 May 1933 – 11 December 2022) was an English multihull sailboat designer latterly resident in New Zealand. [1] [2] He began his career in surveying and in the oil industry, but found the lure of boats too great to ignore. Born in north Wales on 15 May 1933, he died in Thames, New Zealand on 11 December 2022, at the age of 89. [3]
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]
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 ...
A small waterplane area twin hull, better known by the acronym SWATH, is a catamaran design that minimizes hull cross section area at the sea's surface. Minimizing the ship's volume near the surface area of the sea , where wave energy is located, minimizes a vessel's response to sea state, even in high seas and at high speeds.
The M32 (formerly the Marstsrom 32) is a class of sailing catamaran designed by Göran Marström and Kåre Ljung [1] and first built in 2010 by Marstrom Composite AB. [2] The design and production rights were sold in 2013 to Aston Harald Composite AB led by Håkan Svensson and run by Killian Bushe.
Toggle Designs subsection. 2.1 Monohulls. ... - died 2014) was an American multihull sailboat designer. ... Modern Sailing Catamarans [1] 1970: ...
Formula 18 catamaran with gennaker. The overall objective of the class is to offer popular, safe, exciting and fair racing in 18-foot catamarans. The F18 class is a "box rule [2]" class, which means that any boat that adheres to the limited set of general design specifications may participate in all F18 races. This has led to a score of ...
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