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Classifying Multihulls

Published March 21, 2022
When viewing, shopping, admiring multihull sailboats, it is easy to become enthralled with the prospect of high performance – meaning speed. Sailing past another boat is probably one of the primitive urges of man. However, many multihull sailboats are really not designed for racing or even sailing particularly fast. They have other features that make […]
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