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...

minutes. In 1916, Leonardo Torres Quevedo patented a new kind of ship, a multihull steel vessel named Binave (Twin Ship), which was constructed and tested...

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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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

(1910-1982), American baseball player Norman Cross (multihull designer) (1915-1990), Canadian multihull sailboat designer This disambiguation page lists...

This article details the qualifying phase for sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. 312 quota places for the Games are entitled to the sailors coming from...

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

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...

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

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

song by Sigur Rós Vaka (sailing), in Polynesian multihull terminology, the main hull of a multihull vessel Váka, the Hungarian name for Crişan village...

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

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...

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...

11 August 1977 wish a list price of 5c. In 1977, the club became the Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria. In the final edition of the newsletter, the commodore...

categories accepted in general by naval architects are: High-speed craft – Multihulls including wave piercers, small-waterplane-area twin hull (SWATH), surface...

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...

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

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...

maneuverability; stability vs speed; and primary vs secondary stability. Multihull kayaks face a different set of trade-offs. The paddler's body shape and...

Coracle Dhow Dragon boat Dugout canoe Galley Penteconter Liburna Longship Multihull Navis lusoria Obelisk ship Outriggers Polyremes Bireme Oared warships...

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...

pentamaran hull design and advanced carbon fiber composite construction. The multihull uses its width to gain stability. Its five slim hulls create virtually...