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Definition of catamaran
: a vessel (such as a sailboat) with twin hulls and usually a deck or superstructure connecting the hulls
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The foiling catamarans can reach up to speeds up to 60 miles an hour!
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Team New Zealand was the only syndicate that didn’t sign a framework agreement that calls for the next two America’s Cup regattas to be sailed in catamarans in 2019 and 2021.
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The catamaran that the couple was traveling on has also vanished, according to the Post.
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As much as Oracle simply sailed its catamaran better as the comeback progressed, there was a defining moment at a news conference.
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Armstrong will build the catamaran-style vessel in Swansboro.
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Its enormous, catamaran-like aircraft will carry ‘air launch vehicles’ between its two fuselages and hoist them into the upper atmosphere.
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Isabella Hellman, 41, was last seen on Mother’s Day aboard a catamaran near the Bahamas with her new husband, Lewis Bennett.
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Coming in at high speed, Burling dropped the catamaran off its foils and buried the starboard bow in the water to slow down.
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Origin and Etymology of catamaran
Tamil kaṭṭumaram, from kaṭṭu to tie + maram tree, wood
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