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Catamaran - my first impression

Being a Filipino (a citizen of the Philippines, on the west Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia), my first impression of the Catamaran is that it was Filipino in origin. Catamaran is actually a Filipino word that means "laziness," thinking that it was named so because it could get you farther with less effort than the usual sea vessels. I also wondered how come most of the native fisherman's boats here have narrow bodies with outriggers on each side if indeed the Catamaran was Filipino. Thus in my search for the true origins of Catamaran the boat, I have come to realize that it is a good thing that it is not actually Filipino in origin. Thanks to wikipedia!

In Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby, Arthur Gride calls his servant a catamaran. It seems there must have been an additional definition in English (besides a type of boat), but I have been unable to find any sources to confirm this. "Lazy" would fit the usage I'm looking for. Does anyone know for sure if that's an alternate meaning? BrainyBroad 16:26, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Merge from Cataraft

Please merge relevant content, if any, from Cataraft per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cataraft. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-04 04:39Z

Connection to dinghy

Catamarans ... fall under the definition of dinghy. This is a quote from another wiki article. It should be covered, why, here.