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  2. Norman Cross (multihull designer) - Wikipedia

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    Cross was responsible for at least the following designs: [2] Cross 10.5 [3] Cross 18 [3] Cross 24 (1963) [2] [3] and later Cross 24 MkII [3] Cross 26 [3] (1960s or before) and later Cross 26 MkII [3] Cross 27 ("stretched Cross 26 MkII" [3]) Cross 28 [3] Cross 30; Cross 31 [3] and later Cross 31 MkII [3] Cross 32R [3] Cross 34 and later Cross ...

  3. Trimaran - Wikipedia

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    USA-17—a 90-foot-long (27 m) trimaran, type BOR90. A traditional paraw double-outrigger sailboat from the Philippines. 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 main hull with lateral beams.

  4. Littoral combat ship - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. trimaran USS Independence USS Freedom on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment. A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy.

  5. Arthur Piver - Wikipedia

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    (The word "trimaran" was coined by Viktor Tchetchet, a Ukrainian emigrant to the US who tested his boats on Long Island sound in the late 1940s.) Piver crossed the Atlantic on his first ocean-going boat, the demountable 30 foot Nimble , departing from Swansee, Mass, stopping in the Azores, and successfully reaching Plymouth, England.

  6. Multihull - Wikipedia

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    A 60' trimaran with high aspect fractional Bermuda rig. A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a vessel with two outrigger floats attached on either side of a main hull by a crossbeam, wing, or other form of superstructure. They are derived from traditional double-outrigger vessels of maritime Southeast Asia.

  7. F-27 Sport Cruiser - Wikipedia

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    Farrier wrote, "While it is nice to know that the F-27 is seaworthy enough to cross oceans, it is a little small for this, and ocean crossing is not a recommended purpose." [ 1 ] Two F-27s sailed in the 1993 Miami - Key Largo race, averaging 18.2 kn (33.7 km/h) and 17.9 kn (33.2 km/h) over the 43 mi (69 km) race course.

  8. Searunner 31 - Wikipedia

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    The sail plan of the Searunner 31 typically includes a main sail, jib, and sometimes a spinnaker. The trimaran configuration allows for efficient sailing in a wide range of wind conditions, with the ability to achieve higher speeds than monohull designs. One of the notable characteristics of the Searunner 31 is its folding mechanism.

  9. Constant Camber 26 - Wikipedia

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    Constant Camber 26 is a 26 ft (7.9 m) cruising sloop trimaran sailboat designed in the 1970s by John Marples featuring berths for two adults and two children. [1] [2] The constant camber hull is constructed using a single master template to produce each panel, resulting in a design with unchanging curvature, imparting extraordinary strength similar to an eggshell.