trimaran
noun
tri·ma·ran
ˈtrī-mə-ˌran 
ˌtrī-mə-ˈran
: a fast pleasure sailboat with three hulls side by side
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The design team says the trimaran requires 20 percent less propulsion power than a 360-foot monohull at cruise speed.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
Kingsville is a 422-foot aluminum-hull trimaran that is designed to operate in shallow, near-shore waters, primarily to identify and neutralize mines and to conduct maritime security.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
No one — not even the French, the nation most dominant in the sport — has single-handedly sailed around the world in a trimaran as small as his.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
The Lawsons purchased a 60-foot trimaran through their nonprofit, the Dark Seas Project, which focuses on diversity and sailing education.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2023
The Austal ship, which was the basis for the Independence class, would be an aluminum trimaran — a ship with three hulls.
—Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2015
Lawson’s 60-foot trimaran, Defiant, was found about 360 miles from the Mexican shore.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
The announcement that the crew of a long-range navy patrol boat, searching 356 nautical miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, located the 60-foot, tri-hulled sailing craft eased confusion this week about whether Lawson’s trimaran had been recovered.
—Gabriela Martinez, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
Lawson had been on the journey hoping to set a speed record, sailing a trimaran around the world, Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR reported.
—Ellie Kaufman, ABC News, 25 July 2023
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
Kingsville is a 422-foot aluminum-hull trimaran that is designed to operate in shallow, near-shore waters, primarily to identify and neutralize mines and to conduct maritime security.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
No one — not even the French, the nation most dominant in the sport — has single-handedly sailed around the world in a trimaran as small as his.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
The Lawsons purchased a 60-foot trimaran through their nonprofit, the Dark Seas Project, which focuses on diversity and sailing education.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2023
The Austal ship, which was the basis for the Independence class, would be an aluminum trimaran — a ship with three hulls.
—Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2015
Lawson’s 60-foot trimaran, Defiant, was found about 360 miles from the Mexican shore.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
The announcement that the crew of a long-range navy patrol boat, searching 356 nautical miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, located the 60-foot, tri-hulled sailing craft eased confusion this week about whether Lawson’s trimaran had been recovered.
—Gabriela Martinez, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
Lawson had been on the journey hoping to set a speed record, sailing a trimaran around the world, Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR reported.
—Ellie Kaufman, ABC News, 25 July 2023
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“Trimaran.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trimaran. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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