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...

com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020. "Guide to Multihull Nets". multihullnets.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023....

Walter Greene is an American multihull sailboat designer and builder. He was born April 28, 1944, in Newhaven and died July 21, 2024, aged 80 years. Partial...

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

designed Amaryllis to test the performance and potential advantages of multihull designs. In 1876, Amaryllis participated in the New York Centennial Regatta...

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...

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...

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

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...

Norman Cross (c. 1915 – August 14, 1990) was a Canadian multihull sailboat designer. A design engineer by profession, Cross worked for Ford Motor Company...

well known multihull sailboat designer Jim Brown and launched by WindRider LLC in 2002. Production had ended by 2020. List of multihulls "WindRider WR17...

entered for the race, 424 started the race and 258 finished the race. Multihull Line Honours were claimed by SVR Lazartigue in a time of 1 day, 8 hours...

classified as small (easy to haul behind a trailer), near-shore and off-shore. Multihull sailing yachts are a category, apart. Small yachts are typically shorter...

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...