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Chennai,

India

1902

 
 
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Curious Craft. Catamaran, Madras.

The catamarans were primarily developed for sport and leisure

A catamaran is a twin-hulled boat. A transverse frame on which a mast is mounted usually joins the hulls. The earliest users of catamaran were the fishermen living on the southern coast of Tamil Nadu. In fact, even the Chola Dynasty used catamarans in the 5th century CE to transfer their fleets for
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