That boat is designet and built in Norway, by Ulstein A/S http://www.ulsteingroup.com/kunder/ulstein/cms66.nsf/pages/shipdesign.htm?open&qnfl=flash#shipdesign/frontpage/shipdesign.itm
And her can you se how it work this special X-bow! 16th of January 2007 Bourbon Orca went out fromt he coast of Norway/Bergen together with the supply boats Skandi Caledonia and Havila Faith. They had 8-10 knots and Orca had 13 knots steady speed. It's the special x-bow design that makes the difference in the speed and up/down moving of the boats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqcpe5au_7M&feature=related We norwegian Naval designer/engineer now what a boat have to stand against and testet it, becaus we take a tour out ther and... feel it on the body! We start whit that when we are 5 year old! Norwegian design god hull, The world design beautiful boat's get that together and we get ...
Excellent video and,of course, another knockout picture! That bow seems counterintuitive but sure seems to work.