13/11/2022
If the catamaran, trimaran or proa instances of the pirogue were born several thousand years ago in ……., the first modern catamaran of western design was built in England for Sir William Petty in 1662, at a time when the word "yacht" was a very new word.
We found this quite interesting and informative post by François Chevalier on the origin and evolution of multihulls and we invite you to read the entire article and find out how far in past the idea comes from
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