New Blog 2: Catamaran Sailboats

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Catamaran Sailboats

A catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas. Catamarans can be sail- or engine-powered.The word amaran was derived from kannada word Kattumara (ಕಾತಮಾರನ್), literally 'tied wood'. [1]2]3]Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats for both leisure and sport sailing, although they have been used since before recorded history among the bunts, a fishing community in the southern coast of karnataka, India, and independently[citation needed] in Oceania, where Polynesian catamarans and outrigger canoes lowed seafaring Polynesians to settle the world's most far-flung islands.In recreational sailing, catamarans, nd multihulls in general, had been met by a degree of skepticism from Western sailors accustomed to more traditional" monohull designs,[4] mainly because multihulls were based on, to them, completely alien and ange concepts, with balance based on geometry rather than weight distribution. However, the catamaran has uably become the best design for fast ferries, because their speed, stability and large capacity are valuable.t was ed by Phoenix, who by digging a canal brought the waters of the Nile right up to the place where the obelisk lay.