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A white catamaran with twin hulls and a tall sail floats on calm blue ocean water under a clear sky. Diagram showing cross-sectional shapes of five different boat hull bottoms: flat bottom, V-bottom, round bottom, catamaran with twin hulls and a deck, and a hydrofoil with a V-bottom and attached foils.
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Invalidated site: CORE - New concept of solar-powered catamaran fishing vessel (PDF). Jun 24, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - New concept of solar-powered catamaran fishing vessel (PDF). Mar 15, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - Experimental study on catamaran hydrodynamics. Dec 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - How to Dimension A Sailing Catamaran. Dec 01, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Catamaran. Jun 08, 2023
Removed media. Aug 19, 2021
Added video. May 15, 2015
Added new Web site: Time for a Catamaran Adventure - Building Your Own Catamaran. Aug 17, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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