[PCW] A Power catamaran

[2elnav at netbistro.com]

Although not a recreational  vessel;  the recent news release about  Navy 
construction of power  multi hulls is likely to create more public interest.
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The U.S. Navy today awarded a contract to a Bath Iron Works-led team for the 
construction of Coronado (LCS 4), the second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to 
feature an innovative, high-speed trimaran hull. The 419 ft surface 
combatant ship, equipped with open architecture-based combat systems and 
computing environment developed by General Dynamics Advanced Information 
Systems, will be manufactured by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. It is scheduled 
for delivery to the Navy in May 2012. Bath Iron Works is a subsidiary of 
General Dynamics 
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Once the concept gains greater public acceptance and awareness,   I suspect 
more people will start thinking in terms of multi hulls as recrerational 
vessels.

Arild