(soundings) The battle for the 33rd America’s Cup is playing out in court again
instead of on the race course, where the contest between BMW Oracle
Racing’s 90-foot trimaran and Alinghi’s 90-foot catamaran surely would
be a lot more exciting.  Source

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• America s Cup 33 Race 1 – BMW Oracle wins – The wing is king

     (sail-world) After more than 30 months of fighting in the courts, this Deed of Gift America’s Cup series at last turned from being a legal battle to a battle on the water off Spain’s Valencia coast between the defender Ernesto Bertarelli’s gossamer spider catamaran Alinghi and Larry Ellison’s BMW

• Trash boat: boat made from recycled bottles is preparing to sail the Pacific

     (ABC) It’s a work of modern art and an engineering marvel — a 60-foot catamaran kept afloat by recycled plastic bottles. Source

• Austal trimaran Next Generation Exceeds performance expectations

     Austal’s next generation 102-metre trimaran has impressed during sea trials, achieving a speed of 39 knots at 90% MCR with 340 tonnes deadweight. The high speed vehicle ferry utilises Austal’s patented trimaran technology to deliver improved sea keeping, fuel efficiency, passenger comfort and payload capacity. Source: Austal

• Coast Guard boats and commercial catamaran collide

     (coastguardnews) A 25-foot Coast Guard small boat and the Thriller, a 43-passanger power catamaran, collided in Charleston Harbor Saturday at approximately 8:21 p.m.  Source

• Austal Launches Next-Generation trimaran

     Austal has successfully launched its next generation 102 metre high speed trimaran vehicle-passenger ferry at its Western Australian facility. The vessel will now undergo final fit out prior to the commencement of sea trials in January. With a customisable seating arrangement for up to 1165 passengers, capacity for 254 cars and a

• Trash boat u0026quot: Ship of Recycled bottles includes travel on Pacific

     (abc)  A 60-foot catamaran made out of plastic bottles completed a four-month journey across the Pacific Ocean today, an unusual adventure to raise awareness about the widespread problem of plastic pollution.  Source

• Coast Guard transfers passengers from sightseeing catamaran that ran aground

     (Coast Guard News) The Coast Guard safely transferred 16 of 42 passengers from the 45-foot sight-seeing catamaran Yiannis Dolphin after the vessel ran aground at about 5:30 p.m., near the mouth of the Anclote River. Source

• Coast Guard continues the investigation of Charleston Harbor Boat Collision

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the vessel collision between a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and the Thriller, a commercial power catamaran, which collided in Charleston Harbor Saturday at approximately 8:30 p.m.  Source

• Boat builders in the flats boat crosses the Atlantic

     (soundings) The owner of a fledging Florida boat company and his brother hopscotched their way up the East Coast and across the Atlantic – an 8,312-mile odyssey – in a 21-foot center console power catamaran, hoping to raise money for military charities while drawing attention to his boat’s seaworthiness. Source

• Alinghi prepares for BMW Oracle

     (ESPN) Alinghi is ahead of schedule in mastering its massive catamaran built to defend the America’s Cup.The two-time defending Cup champion is undergoing sea trials aboard the 90-foot Alinghi 5 off Italy’s Mediterranean coast, preparing for the showdown against U.S. rival BMW Oracle Racing in February in the Persian Gulf.  Source