Word: catamaran
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...monohull, instead of a 12-meter (65-ft.) boat like those used since 1958. With time running out, Conner and his team knew they could not design a sufficiently speedy monohull vessel of their own. So Conner opted for a smaller, swifter, multihulled catamaran. Justice Ciparick decided to wait to see the outcome of the race before ruling on the legitimacy of the U.S. entry...
...expected, the U.S. catamaran blew New Zealand's monohull out of the water in September 1988. Fay then filed suit, charging that the U.S. had violated the deed of gift's requirements for a "fair match." Enter the New York Yacht Club -- the Cup's custodian for the first 132 years of its existence -- which filed an affidavit supporting New Zealand's charge...
...saddle with the paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) of the vast Kahua Ranch ($1,460 for four) or dinner at the Hulihee Palace, former home of the Hawaiian royalty ($1,995 for four). Visitors can also watch whales or sunsets or moonrises from the deck of the 50-ft. catamaran Noa Noa, with its two amiable skippers and well-stocked...
...challenged the San Diego Yacht Club to a one-on-one race, instead of joining a regatta planned for 1991. When a New York State Supreme Court upheld Fay's captious interpretation of the rules, San Diego countered in kind by saying regulations permitted it to defend in a $ catamaran, a multihulled craft usually speedier than a monohull...
...federal interdiction forces -- divided between Customs, DEA and the Immigration and Naturalization Service -- are also improving their capability. Those in Florida have acquired souped-up boats with catamaran racing hulls, called stingers, and radar operating out of tethered balloons to keep watch on low-flying planes. The feds along the Mexican land border have long felt neglected, but that is supposed to change under Operation Alliance, an ambitious interdiction plan announced in mid-August by Vice President George Bush. The Customs forces along the border are to be strengthened by 350 new officers, a 30% increase, and INS will...