A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with...

sink. Multihulls rely on the geometry and the broad stance of their multiple hulls for their stability, eschewing any form of ballast. Some multihulls are...

time by over five minutes. In 1916, Leonardo Torres Quevedo patented a multihull steel vessel named Binave (Twin Ship), a new type of catamaran which was...

Polynesian multihull terminology, such as "ama", "aka" and "vaka" (or "waka") are multihull terms that have been widely adopted beyond the South Pacific...

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exceeding double and in some cases triple the wind speed. Both monohull and multihull sailboats can be retrofitted with hydrofoils, although greater stability...

The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2010 race was the 9th edition and had six classes with 91 boats taking part. Official website...

sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans). Historically known as the IYRU (International...

trophy. However, the race has recently opened to more classes, including multihulls and providing one design class starts for the Volvo Ocean Race Class,...

produced in Bordeaux, France. The company began in 1984 as a specialist multihull division of Jeanneau, a volume monohull constructor. Jeanneau sold the...

before the final got postponed due to low wind issues). The event was the multihull catamaran vessel event for the 2024 Olympics. 19 crews represent 19 nations...

Portsmouth Yardstick was extended to multihulls in 1973 and from 1977 four forms were used, for dinghy, multihull, keel and cruiser. Due to the increasing...

The Tornado is a double handed multihull class recognised as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation. It was used for the Catamaran...

smaller boats. It is rarer but more hazardous for multihulls than for monohulls, because multihulls are harder to flip in both directions. Measures can...

faster, most skippers and yachts who race prefer this route. Today, the multihulls perform much better than monohulls and hold the best times. Leisure yacht...

Chris White is an American multihull sailboat designer. White built his first trimaran, a Jim Brown designed Searunner 31, in 1973. In the late 1970s...

A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the...

1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Ultim 32/23 • • • • Multihull - ORMA 60 • • • Multihull - Multi 50 / Open Fifty • • • • • • • Monohull - Open 60...

Trimarans (Dragonfly) Expandacraft Farrier Marine Fountaine-Pajot Gunboat (multihull) (Gunboat) Hobie Incat Kværner Lagoon catamaran Mystère Nacra Sailing...

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...

single-handed race. The event is open to multihulls and monohulls from the following classes: Ultims (multihulls between 70 and 105 feet), IMOCA (60 feet...

The Asian championships in sailing are a series of sailing championships in Asia organized by the Asian Sailing Federation. "2017 Shanghai Cup and Asian...

A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another. Among...

across the Nullarbor Plain (1985). He is also a short-handed offshore multihull sailor. He was the best competitor in the 1988 trans-Tasman yacht race...

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...

prahu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prahu may refer to: Proa, a multihull sailing vessel Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic; the accusative...

James Wharram (15 May 1928 – 14 December 2021) was a British multihull pioneer and designer of catamarans. Wharram was born in Manchester, England. In...

boats. Jeanneau specializes in monohulls, but it created a specialist multihull line, Lagoon catamarans. Jeanneau (and Lagoon) became part of Groupe Beneteau...

Full-rigged ship Jackass-barque Ketch Mistico Schooner Sloop Snow Yawl Multihull vessels ʻalia Amatasi Baurua Bigiw Camakau Catamaran Drua Guilalo Jukung...

barges, to a needle-sharp surface of revolution in the case of a racing multihull sailboat. The shape is chosen to strike a balance between cost, hydrostatic...