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catamaran
noun
cat·a·ma·ran
ˌka-tə-mə-ˈran 
ˈka-tə-mə-ˌran
: a vessel (such as a sailboat) with twin hulls and usually a deck or superstructure connecting the hulls
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Take a sunset cruise on the hotel’s El Rey catamaran, dine at Baleenkitchen, or enjoy a cocktail at my favorite spot, the Living Room Bar.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2025
The 140-footer is its first catamaran, a design with larger interior space and better fuel efficiency than a similar- length monohull.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
This World Oceans Day, SailGP—the high-speed, close-to-shore international sailing championship where national teams race identical F50 catamarans at iconic venues around the world—is having a zeitgeist moment.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Keeping SailGP’s identical F50 catamarans, which compete head-to-head, in stable flight is hard enough on an open track, so trying to achieve constant foiling as the breeze swirls off the streets of Manhattan is much more difficult.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2025
The 140-footer is its first catamaran, a design with larger interior space and better fuel efficiency than a similar- length monohull.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
This World Oceans Day, SailGP—the high-speed, close-to-shore international sailing championship where national teams race identical F50 catamarans at iconic venues around the world—is having a zeitgeist moment.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Keeping SailGP’s identical F50 catamarans, which compete head-to-head, in stable flight is hard enough on an open track, so trying to achieve constant foiling as the breeze swirls off the streets of Manhattan is much more difficult.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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“Catamaran.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catamaran. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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catamaran
noun
cat·a·ma·ran
ˌkat-ə-mə-ˈran
ˈkat-ə-mə-ˌran
: a boat with twin hulls
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