... Statistics are provided for number of sailing catamarans and approaches to craft dimensioning are reviewed. Styling trends and typical catamaran arrangements are featured. Weight components are studied for number of catamarans of different size and level of comfort on board. The effect...

... methods are combined in a velocity prediction program featuring a constraint optimization method in order to predict boat speed and wing and foil trimming parameters for its maximization. A velocity polar calculated by applying this method to a 50-foot catamaran is shown and the result of some studies...

... The evolution of an all-round 6-metre hybrid displacement/flying day-sailing catamaran is described. A 4.9m prototype was a relatively conventional, but wide, beach-cat type platform with a single fractional rig. Fitted with mechanically incidence-controlled horizontal lifting surfaces beneath...

... of wind tunnel and towing tank tests. It is hoped that the paper will be of assistance in directing others in their assessment of multihull safety, and will provide a technical basis for further discussion of the subject. catamaran stability incident assistance assessment database trimaran...

... procedures used in state-of-the-art monohull velocity prediction programs. The various models used for hydrodynamic and aerodynamic forces are briefly discussed. The predictive method is validated using full-scale data from C-Class catamarans, a Formula 40 catamaran, a 75-foot “maxicat”, and Stars...

... Fixed lifting foil sailing vehicles are at about the same stage of development as were catamarans about 15 years ago. So far it has been established (experimentally) that fixed foil vehicles do “fly”; that there exists an optimum take off speed corresponding to each given hull configuration...