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catamaran

[kat-uh-muh-ran, kat-uh-muh-ran] / ˌkæt ə məˈræn, ˈkæt ə məˌræn /
NOUN
vessel
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Navatek was not a profit center but a vehicle for Loui’s passion projects, like an experimental catamaran for navigating Hawaii’s choppy waters.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Most regular guests arrive by the lengthy winding mountain road, or by catamaran from Lucerne followed by a spectacular funicular railway, 929 metres long and rising 434 metres.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

They bought a $365,000 catamaran that became a remote office and their home in the Bahamas and Central America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

His jacket had gone with the smashed sailboat, his handkerchief with the catamaran.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

An alternative option would be to consider catamarans, which are far more fuel-efficient than single-hulled ships.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024

Harbor Breeze runs 83-foot catamarans that can carry up to 250 passengers out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

Today, he lives in Bothell and designs multihulled boats — catamarans and trimarans — on Seattle’s Lake Union.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

“I mean such as Malay proas, catamarans, Arab dhows, Chinese sanpans, Japanese pilot boats, Turkish caiques, Esquimaux kiacks, Alaskan war canoes, the hooded boats of the Swiss Lakes, and so on.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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