[PCW] Multihull history

[Tim Askins]

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 at lists.samurai.com>
From: georgs at 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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