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Recent Examples of catamaran
Guests at Impression Isla Mujeres by Secrets, in Mexico, reach the all-inclusive by a private catamaran shuttle (from about $1,700 a night).
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Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
If a hybrid catamaran is more your speed, there are plenty of those heading out to sea as well.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
The state-run ferry, Jadrolinija, has a daily, high-speed catamaran service that takes about 3.5 hours to reach Hvar town.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
The event will serve as the meeting point of two different worlds: speeding sailors on full-throttle catamarans and ultra-elite watchmakers who take decades to perfect their complicated timepieces.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
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Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
If a hybrid catamaran is more your speed, there are plenty of those heading out to sea as well.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
The state-run ferry, Jadrolinija, has a daily, high-speed catamaran service that takes about 3.5 hours to reach Hvar town.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
The event will serve as the meeting point of two different worlds: speeding sailors on full-throttle catamarans and ultra-elite watchmakers who take decades to perfect their complicated timepieces.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catamaran
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The revelation comes after Ne-Yo flicked it up on a yacht earlier this month alongside three of his partners who go by the Instagram handles: Daddys_Pretty_Baby__, Phoneixx__feather, and ArielleHill.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Quentin died after Tanya shot him and other guests and crew members aboard his yacht on the way back to Taormina, Sicily.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
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What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break?—
Miami Herald Archive,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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Biscayne Bay is known for its shipwrecks, and the Mandalay, a schooner that sank in the ’60s, is one of the top sites, as the hull sits in shallow enough water to be seen by snorkelers as well as divers.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
21 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Perini Navi ‘Badis,’ 230 Feet, 2016 Perini Navi Originally launched as Sybaris in 2016 for experienced yachtsman Bill Duker, Badis is an all-aluminum ketch built by Italian shipyard Perini Navi.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
16 Dec. 2024
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The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2024
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Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.—
Chris Museler,
New York Times,
22 May 2023
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Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2024
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At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.—
Shayne Benowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.—
Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
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Marron was first reported missing Feb. 14 after an outrigger kayak that was broken in two was found west of the Mission Bay entrance channel, investigators said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Your little ones can experience local culture by jumping in outrigger canoes to see turtles, taking beachside ʻukulele lessons, digging for sand crabs, or taking a surf lesson with Rocky, the instructor, and his surfing dog.—
Dyana Lederman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Catamaran.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catamaran. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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