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- Longer Amas and Increased Beam - smalltridesign. com
Naval architect and boatbuilder, Mike Waters, looks at the pros and cons of increasing ama length and beam
- Polynesian multihull terminology - Wikipedia
The term ama and aka have been widely applied to modern trimarans In modern sailing, the term is sometimes used to refer to the outrigger on double-outrigger canoes (trimarans), or the two sections of a catamaran
- Multihull Capsize Risk Check - Practical Sailor
Waves are a different matter The amas are generally much finer, designed for low resistance when sailing deeply immersed to windward As a result, trimarans are more susceptible to broach and capsize when broad reaching at high speed or when caught on the beam by a large breaking wave
- Folding Multihulls - Professional BoatBuilder: An IBEX . . .
Boats to about 25‘ (7 6m) with a 16‘ (4 9m) beam could be made to fold to 8‘ At the ama end, lifting the hull, sometimes with attached wing deck, could require substantial muscle or a mechanical lift Even for smaller boats this task may be beyond one person’s capability
- Trimaran amas using extruded polystyrene with epoxy | Boat . . .
Each ama will have a very solid two foot tall mast base that should give adequate support to the mast I have seen this used in small catamarans very successfully
- Skimming Disk Ama Plans and Templates Download - Duckworks
• They are lighter than traditional displacement amas • They are perfect for sailing kayaks, sailing canoes and narrow, light sailboats up to 4' wide They work best with hulls which have minimal rocker and are light weight
- Ama (sailing) - Ships
The term ama comes from the proa The vaka is the main hull, the ama is the outrigger, and the aka or iako (Hawaiian) is the support connecting the two (not three) hulls
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