How to Use trimaran in a Sentence

trimaran

noun
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • His trimaran was later found floating on the waves, its skipper having slipped into the ocean in an apparent suicide.
    — Longreads, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The futuristic trimaran – three-hulled – ship is the fifth warship to carry the Cincinnati name.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
  • The Austal ship, which was the basis for the Independence class, would be an aluminum trimaran — a ship with three hulls.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2015
  • His boat, the 40-foot trimaran Teignmouth Electron, was eventually found abandoned with no sign of Crowhurst.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • Its hull design is a trimaran — a slender central hull with outriggers — which is uncommon for traditional submarines or surface warships.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The Class trimaran is better described as a surveillance frigate capable of boosting America’s craftiness at sea.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Sunset sails aboard a luxe Condor racing trimaran with Condor Sailing costing less than $100 per person.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Italian marque, which already has a high-tech 70-foot trimaran on the high seas, has developed a new all-electric powerboat with marine tech company Vita.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
  • 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 accepted wisdom in yacht design has been that the fastest ocean passages can only be achieved by multihull craft, such as the current crop of Ultim trimarans, which have three hulls in parallel and have set the big records of the past decade.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • In 2010, the first trimaran, USS Independence, followed.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • 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 Lawsons purchased a 60-foot trimaran through their nonprofit, the Dark Seas Project, which focuses on diversity and sailing education.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Years before the trimaran touched water in February, Baroness Ariane de Rothschild resolved to extend her family’s sailing legacy with a vessel that would test the outer limits of offshore multihull sailing.
    — Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
  • These trimarans will be able to hit a speed of 14 knots, or around 16 mph (26 km/h), by using weather routing techniques to catch the wind in their sails and go from Bayonne, France, to New York in about 13 days.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • Penned by Gitana’s in-house design office with Guillaume Verdier and built by CDK Technologies in Brittany, the trimaran was unveiled in December, with Robb Report in attendance.
    — Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
  • San Diego's deep involvement with sea drones began in 2016 with the arrival of Sea Hunter, a 132-foot experimental trimaran that can go up to 90 days without refueling and travel about 12,000 miles.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026
  • San Diego’s deep involvement with sea drones began in 2016 with the arrival of Sea Hunter, a 132-foot experimental trimaran that can go up to 90 days without refueling and travel about 12,000 miles.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

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