catamaran

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Recent Examples of catamaran Cruise ship saves passengers, pets from disabled catamaran in South Pacific While the eruption might sound alarming, HVO scientists say there's no immediate danger to nearby communities from the lava. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 27 May 2025 Noumea’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre notified Carnival Splendor about a distress call from a catamaran while the ship was traveling south of New Caledonia on Thursday, according to a news release. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 May 2025 The four people rescued from the catamaran started sailing May 14 from the Gold Coast of Australia with a destination of Fiji, according to the Carnival Cruise spokesperson. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025 The Skeeter catamaran hit the reef going at a high rate of speed around 3:50 p.m. near Big Torch Key. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for catamaran
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catamaran
Noun
  • The resort has 23 accommodations (ranging from rooms and suites to villas), a private beach, an infinity pool, a beachfront restaurant perfect for admiring sunset views, and a yacht available for charter.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • The two were spotted on a yacht in Italy with their only daughter.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Salvage recovery crews in Italy slowly raised the sloop from the seabed over three days using one of Europe’s most powerful floating sea cranes.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
  • According to Yle’s sources, Cruise ordered his sloop from Nautor Swan in February.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • In the early morning hours of September 8, 1860, the lumber schooner Augusta collided with the Lady Elgin.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
  • But some of its valuable cargo washed ashore, and another schooner was able to recover roughly 100,000 feet of lumber.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.
    Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
  • One 203-feet sailing ketch called Simena which will have an on-deck Jacuzzi, six guest cabins and ample exterior deck spaces.
    Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024
  • At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.
    Shayne Benowitz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 27 July 2024
  • Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
Noun
  • The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
    Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Travelers interested in Polynesian culture may want to test the resort’s traditional outrigger canoe on a trip to one of the surrounding private islets that share an atoll with the Brando.
    Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025

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