New Ship hull

[rambat]

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

[tunnels]

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 ??

[Leo Lazauskas]

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.

[dskira]

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

Daniel

[rambat]

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

[dskira]

Gee..I was right