Tarantella (catamaran)
Tarantella's 32ft sistership
Tarantella was a 33 ft sailing catamaran designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. She was launched in 1877, a year after Herreshoff's smaller catamaran Amaryllis won the 1876 New York Centennial Regatta, which resulted in multihulls being banned from regattas.[1] The Tarantella was 15in longer than her two 32 ft patented sisterships Teaser and John Gilpin. She was eventually exported to the United Kingdom.[2] Her designer described her as an outstanding performer:
| “ | I can, with a good whole-sail breeze, beat to windward faster, by a mile an hour at least, than any other sailing vessel afloat. | ” | |
| — Nathanael Greene Herreshoff[1] | |||
See also
References
- 1 2 Randy Thomas (March 2015). Multihulls Discovered: Part 1: Their origins, myths, magic, mana... and caveats that go along with these craft that have evolved from ancient heritage. Yachting.
- ↑ Dixon Kemp (1900). "A Manual of boat and yacht sailing". Horace Cox Publishers.
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