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Dennis Conner’s 1988 Catamaran Stars & Stripes in Biscayne Bay

We were so excited to see Dennis Conner’s 1988 catamaran, “Stars & Stripes”, in No Name Harbour today! She was launched on May 24, 1988, and christened on June 4, 1988, in San Diego. Conner famously said in an interview about his Americas Cup entry, published in an interview for the Australian review The Bulletin on

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BIG Catamarans In The Mainstream

In the world of large sailing multihulls, boats like “Hemisphere” the world’s largest catamaran and McConaghy’s Trimaran, the 140ft “Adastra”, still rule the big catamaran market. Any other large multihulls have a steep hill to climb to compete. However, we have seen more interesting large catamaran designs come to market lately like the Lagoon Seventy7,

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