Lona Andre by Victor Tchetchet, Picture Play, 1934

Victor Tchetchet (June 19, 1891 – April 26, 1974) was a pioneering early modern

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designer from

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(at his birth part of the

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) who is thought to have coined the term '

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', though Éric de Bisschop built a trimaran in France earlier. He was also a landscape and portrait painter. Born in

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, Victor was inspired by South Pacific

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s to connect two canoes to make a

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and enter the Kyiv Imperial Yacht Club's local races. After winning, he was disqualified. In 1923 Tchetchet emigrated to

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and further experimented with catamarans and trimarans. In 1945 he launched his first trimaran, of length. Tchetchet entered the Marblehead Race Week in 1946. Despite a poor performance, his participation helped to overcome the local prejudice against multihulls after

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's 1876 win with the

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'' at the

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's Centennial Regatta. In the same year, he established the International Multihull Boat Racing Association.

Designs

Victor Tchetchet's boat designs include the following: * ''T26'' (trimaran) - (circa 1949) * ''Egg Nog'' (trimaran) - (circa 1955) * ''Egg Nog II'' (trimaran)

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20ft Trimaran Plans
from a 1930s magazine Multihull designers Ukrainian yacht designers 1891 births 1974 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Ukrainian male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Kyiv {{sailing-stub

Designs

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