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''Tarantella'' was a sailing catamaran designed by
''Tarantella'' was a sailing catamaran designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920.
Biography
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. She was launched in 1877, a year after Herreshoff's smaller catamaran ''Amaryllis
''Amaryllis'' () is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae (tribe Amaryllideae). It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, ''Amaryllis belladonna'', is a native of the Western Cape region of ...
'' won the 1876 New York Centennial Regatta, which resulted in multihulls being banned from regattas. The ''Tarantella'' was longer than her two patented sisterships ''Teaser'' and ''John Gilpin'' (measuring approximately 32 feet in length overall). She was eventually exported to the United Kingdom. The brother of her designer described these catamarans as outstanding upwind performers:
See also
*List of multihulls Types
* catamaran = two symmetric hulls
* proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable bow/stern)
* trimaran = three hulls
* quadrimaran = four hulls
* pentamaran = five hulls
Pre-modern Austronesian
* ʻalia
* Amatasi
* Bala ...
* Catamaran
*Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920.
Biography
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References
Individual catamarans 1877 ships Sailboat type designs by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff {{sailing-stub