New Ship hull

Here is a new design expanding on the narrow hull/outrigger concept. This seems to be adding sponsons to the Vosper trimaran stealth ship type of design. see: http://www.marinehighway.com/pentamarantech.cfm

 

What can i say ! Its differant thats for sure ! so we are slowing going backwards to the dug out canoe era ! maybe even Cave man style !.
So what have we really learnt from all things in the past 50 or so years anything or not much ??

 

It's very much like the pentamaran designed by Gee and his colleagues at BMT.
Do a search for "pentamaran Gee" to find several papers on the concept.

Leo.

 

The catarpillarmaran will be next
The more sponsons, the more fun.

Daniel

 

Gee

That is the Nigel Gee design, I am wondering if the extra surface drag may counter the long L/B advantage?

 

Gee..I was right