A catamaran (/ˌkætəməˈræn/) (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size. The distance between a catamaran's hulls imparts...

although greater stability can be achieved by using the wider planform of a catamaran or trimaran. Some multihulls use three foils; two main forward foils provide...

sailing catamarans. Its fiberglass catamaran models range in nominal length between 14 feet (4.3 m) and 18 feet (5.5 m). Rotomolded catamaran models range...

Nacra Sailing is a Dutch company that manufactures a line of small catamaran sailboats, or beachcats. NACRA was founded in 1975 to tap into the market...

double handed catamarans, with an ISAF Small Catamaran Handicap Rating System rating of 0.934 and a D-PN of 59.0. It is the fastest catamaran in the RYA...

the 1990s catamaran and monohull designs become more popular. Most high-speed craft serve as passenger ferries, but the largest catamarans and monohulls...

vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls). There are other types...

Incat Tasmania is an Australian manufacturer of high-speed craft (HSC) catamaran ferries. Its greatest success has been with large, sea going passenger...

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...

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

The International Catamaran Challenge Trophy is the formal name for the match racing series between two catamarans familiarly known the Little Americas...

of high-speed craft ferry routes. Many routes are operated by catamarans, as catamarans are a faster craft than a similar sized monohulls. In the 1990s...

Catamaran Corporation (formerly SXC Health Solutions) is the former name of a company that now operates within UnitedHealth Group's OptumRX division (since...

Darwin. The channel documents the couple's life aboard their sailing catamaran La Vagabonde. As of July 2023[update], the channel had over 1.85 million...

The A-Class Catamaran, often abbreviated to A-Cat, is a development class sailing catamaran for singlehanded racing. The class was founded during the...

Brady catamarans are twin-hulled boats that are designed by Peter Brady a well respected New Zealand designer. Brady originally designed sailing cats,...

University of Flensburg is developing the Flensburg catamaran or Uni-Cat Flensburg, a rotor-driven catamaran. In 2007, Stephen H. Salter and John Latham proposed...

Lagoon catamaran is a brand of twin-hulled boats that are designed and produced in Bordeaux, France. The company began in 1984 as a specialist multihull...

The F50 is a one-design foiling catamaran used in the SailGP race series. The name is an abbreviation of "Foiling" and "a hull length of 50 feet". The...

Rongo was a 40 ft (12 m) ketch rigged catamaran built in 1958 in Trinidad by James Wharram and sailed by him and his two German women companions, Jutta...

Taipan Catamarans are sailing catamarans, available amateur built or manufactured by Australian High Performance Catamarans (AHPC). The Taipan 4.9 is either...

Cheyenne, formerly known as PlayStation is a large catamaran created for the 2000 around the world race known as The Race. Like its competitors, Cheyenne...

(10 m) sailing catamaran designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. She was launched in 1877, a year after Herreshoff's smaller catamaran Amaryllis won the...

speed" which is a function of its waterline length. An exception is the catamaran, whose twin hulls are usually so fine that they do not engender a bow...

The Stingray Catamaran sport catamaran is an Australian designed 5.5 m long beach catamaran with a twin trapeze setup. It is sailed doublehanded with a...

The Inclusion Catamaran is a modern wheelchair-accessible sailing catamaran that was designed by naval engineer Frederico Cerveira, founder of Inclusive...

The Pacific Catamaran or Pacific Cat is a sailing catamaran capable of high speeds across open water. Newport Boats and Mobjack Manufacturing began building...

word "catamaran", which later evolved to mean the unrelated double-hulled outrigger boats of the Austronesian peoples. The English word "catamaran" is derived...

Beverly was a catamaran sailboat designed by MacLear & Harris, built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding and owned by Van Alan Clark Jr., who won several racing...

English maritime construction company that specialised in building sailing catamarans. The company was founded by Tom Lack (hence "Cata + Lac"), in Christchurch...