Multihulls

thumb|The Spirit of Dallas catamaran on White Rock Lake thumb|A Formula 16 (sailing)|Formula 16 beachable catamaran thumb|Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts|Salem, [[Massachusetts, United States]]

thumb|USA 17 (yacht)|USA-17—a trimaran, type BOR90. thumb|A traditional paraw double-outrigger sailboat (bangka) from the Philippines A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams. Most modern trimarans are sailing yachts designed for recreation or racing; others are ferries or warships. They originated from the traditional double-outrigger hulls of the Austronesian cultures of Maritime Southeast Asia; particularly in the Philippines and Eastern Indonesia, wher

thumb|right|A Caroline Islands|Carolinian wa in [[Pohnpei with a single outrigger typical of Pacific proas]] thumb|right|Shunting maneuver on a Pacific single-outrigger proa thumb|A paraw in [[Boracay, Philippines, with the double-outriggers typical of Southeast Asian proas]] thumb|Traditional Austronesian people|Austronesian generalized sail types. A: Double sprit ([[Sri Lanka) B: Common sprit (Philippines) C: Oceanic sprit (Tahiti) D: Oceanic sprit (Marquesas) E: Oceanic sprit (Philippines) F: Crane sprit (Marshall Islands) G: Rectangular boom lug (Maluku Islands) H: Square boom lug (

thumb|150px|The relationship between monohulls & multihulls

type of oared ship from Moluccas

thumb|1890 illustration by Rafael Monleón of a late 19th-century Iranun lanong warship with three banks of oars under full sail thumb|Sketch of a lanong used by Sulu pirates with a boarding platform () Lanong were large outrigger warships used by the Iranun and the Banguingui people of the Philippines. They could reach up to in length and had two biped shear masts which doubled as boarding ladders. They also had one to three banks of oars rowed by galley slaves. They were specialized for naval battles. They were prominently used for piracy and slave raids from the mid-18th century to the early

Hydroptère is a French experimental sailing hydrofoil trimaran imagined by the yachtman Éric Tabarly. The Hydroptère project was managed by Alain Thébault, the design done by naval architects VPLP design and the manufacturing by a group of French high-tech companies. Its multihull hydrofoil design allows the sail-powered vessel to reach high speeds on water. The design is based on experience from a range of hydrofoil sailcraft that Thébault built in cooperation with Éric Tabarly since the 1980s. On 5 October 2008 she reached a record speed of , however this was over a shorter distance than the

thumb|A Sama-Bajau fishing vinta in Zamboanga with the characteristic colorful sails (c.1923) thumb|A small Sama-Bajau tondaan with sails deployed (c.1904) thumb|Two large Moro people|Moro vinta from Mindanao in the houseboat (palau) configuration (c.1920) The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau, Tausug and Yakan peoples living in the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. It is also made by the Sama-Bajau that lived in east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Vinta are characterized by their colorful recta

British catamaran designer (1928–2021)

thumb|300px|Artist's reconstruction of classic Philippine caracoa, by Raoul Castro thumb|300px|A Spanish-owned Juanga (ship)|juanga, which is what Spaniards called a large karakoa, from Historia de las islas e indios de Bisayas (1668) by [[Francisco Ignacio Alcina]] Karakoa were large outrigger warships from the Philippines. They were used by native Filipinos, notably the Kapampangans and the Visayans, during seasonal sea raids. Karakoa were distinct from other traditional Philippine sailing vessels in that they were equipped with platforms for transporting warriors and for fighting at sea. Du

thumb|Sandeq in Majene thumb|Sandeq in Brest, France|Brest

Hydrofoil boat

French sailor (1891–1958)

Large-sized kora-kora or karakoa

thumb|Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle