Editing Catamaran (section)

=== Passenger transport ===
[[File:Katamaran - Express 5 - Ystad-2024.jpg|thumb|Drive-on, drive-off deck of a catamaran ferry boat]]
[[File:Francisco Dársena Norte - 01.jpg|thumb| [[HSC Francisco|HSC ''Francisco'']], the world's fastest passenger ship]]The 1970s saw the introduction of catamarans as [[High-speed craft|high-speed]] [[ferry|ferries]], as pioneered by [[Westermoen Hydrofoil]] in [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]], Norway, which launched the [[Westamaran]] design in 1973.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2003_7.pdf | title = First Westamaran Revisited | date = October 7, 2003 | publisher = Classic Fast Ferries | access-date = January 29, 2016 | archive-date = November 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120002817/http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2003_7.pdf | url-status = usurped }}</ref> The ''[[HSC Stena Voyager|Stena Voyager]]'' was an example of a large, fast ferry, typically traveling at a speed of {{convert|46|mph|km/h}}, although it was capable of over {{convert|70|mph|km/h}}.<ref>{{ cite news | last = Bowen | first = David | title = Forget the tunnel; all the talk on the high seas is of {{convert|50|mph|0|abbr=on}} super ferries. And Britain doesn't make any of them | newspaper = The Independent | location = London | date = May 4, 1996 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/forget-the-tunnel-all-the-talk-on-the-high-seas-is-of-50mph-super-ferries-and-britain-doesnt-make-1345677.html | access-date = 2016-01-29}}</ref>

The Australian island [[Tasmania]] became the site of builders of large transport catamarans—[[Incat]] in 1977<ref>{{cite web|date=2016|title=History|url=http://www.incat.com.au/domino/incat/incatweb.nsf/v-title/History?OpenDocument|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012304/http://www.incat.com.au/domino/incat/incatweb.nsf/v-title/History?OpenDocument|archive-date=October 5, 2013|access-date=2016-01-27|publisher=Incat|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Austal]] in 1988<ref>{{cite web|date=2016|title=Our story|url=http://australia.austal.com/our-story-1|access-date=2016-01-27|publisher=Austal}}</ref>—each building civilian [[Ferry|ferries]] and [[Navy|naval]] vessels. Incat built [[HSC Francisco]], a [[high-speed craft|High-Speed]] trimaran that, at 58 knots, is (as of 2014) the fastest [[Ferry|passenger ship]] in service.<ref>''Note: ''Because many of the fast multihull ferries are known as "SeaCats", it is presumed that they are catamarans; in fact they are trimarans with a large centre hull.</ref>