0 a small, fast sailing boat that has a central hull (= floating part) that is joined to two other smaller hulls, one on each side -- 三體帆船
The hull was of trimaran form, a main hull with a planing step, and two smaller rear-mounted outriggers.
However, the race was now dominated by the multihulls, with a trimaran winning and four of the top six finishers being multis.
To avoid this unfortunate scenario trimaran sailors are advised to reduce sail and to always have all sails easily released.
The trimaran concept has been used for both passenger ferries and warships.
The main trait specific to a trimaran is that it has the widest range of possible interactions of wave systems generated by hulls at speed.
Two fatalities occurred offshore when a trimaran capsized; two fishermen were also reported missing.
The trimaran hull will allow flight operations up to sea state 5.
In contrast, a trimaran with narrow-beam floats will simply submerge the lee float, exposing only the weather wing and that with a lesser moment.
