Multihull history
Slightly off-topic as it involves sailing multihulls . . . but there
is an interesting explanation in The Detroit Free Press of what might
happen to the America's Cup in 2009:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/SPORTS10/71206033/0/section?Category=ENT03
The report contains this historical capsule:
But multihulls are nothing new. Pacific islanders thousands of years
ago sailed them across vast distances to populate Polynesia and
Micronesia. In 1662, a 20-foot British catamaran hit the
then-amazing speed of 17 knots.
The most famous American catamaran after the Hobie boats is probably
Amaryllis, a 25-footer that the country's leading yacht designer,
Nathaniel Herreshoff, entered in a New York Yacht Club race in 1876.
A contemporary account said no one protested "the outlandish craft"
before the race "because no one thought she could win." But
Amaryllis won handily, coming from behind to rip past the leaders
after sandbagging near the rear for most of the race.
The NYYC responded as authority usually does when its nose is
tweaked - it banned multihulls from its races. Since designers like
Herreshoff made their living drawing boats for people like members
of the NYYC, they lost interest in multihulls, which remained the
purview of a few iconoclasts and cranks until Hobie Alter came up
with his wonderful little beach boat 100 years later.
Which brings me to the point:
What do you know about the history of power catamarans and trimarans?
What was the first power cat?
--Georgs
Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com
Georgs,
I am going to be listing my Venturer 44 for sale. Do you allow posting of
boats for sale or a mythod I could get the specs/price out to the Power
Catamaran list?
Thanks,
Tim Askins
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:17:58 -0500> To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com>
From: georgs@powercatamaranworld.com> Subject: [PCW] Multihull history> >
Slightly off-topic as it involves sailing multihulls . . . but there > is an
interesting explanation in The Detroit Free Press of what might > happen to
the America's Cup in 2009:> >
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/SPORTS10/71206033/0/
section?Category=ENT03> > The report contains this historical capsule:> > >But
multihulls are nothing new. Pacific islanders thousands of years > >ago sailed
them across vast distances to populate Polynesia and > >Micronesia. In 1662, a
20-foot British catamaran hit the > >then-amazing speed of 17 knots.> >> >The
most famous American catamaran after the Hobie boats is probably > >Amaryllis,
a 25-footer that the country's leading yacht designer, > >Nathaniel
Herreshoff, entered in a New York Yacht Club race in 1876. > >A contemporary
account said no one protested "the outlandish craft" > >before the race
"because no one thought she could win." But > >Amaryllis won handily, coming
from behind to rip past the leaders > >after sandbagging near the rear for
most of the race.> >> >The NYYC responded as authority usually does when its
nose is > >tweaked - it banned multihulls from its races. Since designers like
Herreshoff made their living drawing boats for people like members > >of
the NYYC, they lost interest in multihulls, which remained the > >purview of a
few iconoclasts and cranks until Hobie Alter came up > >with his wonderful
little beach boat 100 years later.> > Which brings me to the point:> > What do
you know about the history of power catamarans and trimarans? > What was the
first power cat?> > --Georgs> -- > Georgs Kolesnikovs> Power Catamaran World>
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com>
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Tim Askins wrote:
I am going to be listing my Venturer 44 for sale. Do you allow posting of
boats for sale or a mythod I could get the specs/price out to the Power
Catamaran list?
Thanks for checking with me, because this forum is intended strictly
as a discussion place, not a list for selling stuff. From my
experience with several other lists, I know we do not want to clutter
the list with for-sale announcements. Besides, attachments such as
photos are verboten here.
Happily, there will be a Buy & Sell & Trade section at Power
Catamaran World. Where photos will be welcome.
Send me the particulars of the vessel, its location, and your asking
price, and I'll be pleased to post it on the site--for free. Email me
directly: mailto:georgs@powercatamaranworld.com
Additionally, you can reach a wider audience by posting your offering
to the Trawlers & Trawlering Buy-Sell-Trade List:
http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/forums/buyselltrade.html
--Georgs
Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com