The Hobie Cat is a small sailing catamaran manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company. Scuba diving and kite boarding are available, as are catamaran sailboats. Catamaran and trimaran configurations are also widely used for high speed craft. This led in due course to the proa, catamaran, and trimaran. He received the first US patent for a sailing catamaran. The Extreme 40 catamaran can sail at in winds. Double-outriggers are derived from the older catamaran and single-outrigger boat designs. The new wave-piercing catamaran borrowed the "Independence" variant's trimaran design. Choosing between a monohull and catamaran configuration includes considerations of carrying capacity, speed, and efficiency. NACRA is the brand name for a line of small catamaran sailboats, or beachcats. Fortunately, Jack reaches the island windsurfing on a makeshift catamaran. The GC32 is carbon fibre production hydrofoil catamaran 32 feet in length (9.75 meters). The Race was won by the -long catamaran "Club Med" skippered by Grant Dalton. The Hobie 14 was the original catamaran designed by Hobie Alter. Sea-going catamaran and outrigger ship technologies were the most important innovations of the Austronesian peoples.