How to Use trimaran in a Sentence

trimaran

noun
  • The Jackson is a trimaran, with a central hull flanked by one smaller hull on each side.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
  • The original plans for the trimaran, says Evans, were put in place two years ago when a buyer commissioned the yacht.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2021
  • This means the trimaran could essentially sail off-grid for as long as the sun keeps shining.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The futuristic trimaran – three-hulled – ship is the fifth warship to carry the Cincinnati name.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
  • His boat, the 40-foot trimaran Teignmouth Electron, was eventually found abandoned with no sign of Crowhurst.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • Unlike a catamaran, which has two narrow hulls, a trimaran has one hull flanked by two outrigger hulls.
    Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • In order to meet the October 31 deadline to enter the race, the trimaran was put together in a rush, meaning Crowhurst set off on an un-seaworthy boat.
    Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • His trimaran was later found floating on the waves, its skipper having slipped into the ocean in an apparent suicide.
    Longreads, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Not this one: Hundreds of spectators and dignitaries were on hand, and many of them were seated underneath the massive arch formed by one wing of the aluminum trimaran hull.
    al, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The baseline version of the U.S. Navy's trimarans have only a single, smaller 57-millimeter gun and two 30-millimeter guns.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2017
  • The baseline version of the U.S. Navy's trimarans have only a single, smaller 57-millimeter gun and two 30-millimeter guns.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Now under construction in a shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, the sleek trimaran will be 53 feet long and will have solar panels covering its three aluminum hulls.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The boat is relatively low-tech despite its unusual design, and much shorter than the 100-foot trimaran that recently set a record for an around-the-world solo journey.
    Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Nonetheless, Crowhurst managed to persuade a local businessman, Stanley Best, to pay for the building of his trimaran at a Norfolk boatyard.
    Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • With no hope of liberating the container before the race started for the big trimarans on July 1, Soldini and his crew had to set sail with delivery equipment only.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 July 2023
  • The Class trimaran is better described as a surveillance frigate capable of boosting America’s craftiness at sea.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Eliminating these compartments freed ProMare and its partners to design a lightweight trimaran whose innards can be devoted mostly to science.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Fast and nimble with a distinctive trimaran hull borrowed from racing yachts and commercial ferries, the Giffords can be configured to handle anti-submarine and anti-mine operations.
    Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
  • The Flying Yacht, a new concept by designer Yelken Octuri, takes two potentially conflicting forms of transport and melds them into one spectacularly wild vessel: an ocean trimaran that converts into a jet-size aircraft.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 May 2021
  • In contested waters, even grand, multi-carrier battle groups will appreciate any extra security the electronic trimaran’s persistent surveillance bubble might offer.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 14 June 2021

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