Wave-piercing
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A wave-piercing boat hull
has a very fine bow, with reduced buoyancy in the forward portions.
When a wave is encountered, the lack of buoyancy means the hull pierces through the water rather than riding over the top - resulting in a smoother ride than traditional designs, and in diminished stress on the vessel and crew. It also reduces a boat's wave making resistance
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Design theory calls for very long thin hulls, so in practice most are multi-hulls such as catamaran
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The main current usage areas are passenger ferries and military craft.
Hull (watercraft)
A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type...
has a very fine bow, with reduced buoyancy in the forward portions.
When a wave is encountered, the lack of buoyancy means the hull pierces through the water rather than riding over the top - resulting in a smoother ride than traditional designs, and in diminished stress on the vessel and crew. It also reduces a boat's wave making resistance
Wave making resistance
Wave making resistance is a form of drag that affects surface watercraft, such as boats and ships, and reflects the energy required to push the water out of the way of the hull. This energy goes into creating the wake.-Physics:...
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Design theory calls for very long thin hulls, so in practice most are multi-hulls such as catamaran
Catamaran
A catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...
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The main current usage areas are passenger ferries and military craft.
See also
- HSV-2 SwiftHSV-2 SwiftHSV-2 Swift is a non-commissioned, hybrid catamaran originally leased by the United States Navy as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform. She is now privately owned and operated by Sealift Inc. and charted to Military Sealift Command. She is primarily used for fleet support and...
- HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR-45)HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR-45)HMAS Jervis Bay was a wave piercing catamaran that operated in the Royal Australian Navy Built by Incat in Tasmania and launched in 1997 as Incat 045, the ship was charted to TT-Line as Tascat to supplement cross-Bass Strait services until the company acquired new ships...
- Zumwalt class destroyerZumwalt class destroyerThe Zumwalt class destroyer is a planned class of United States Navy destroyers, designed as multi-mission ships with a focus on land attack. The class is a scaled-back project that emerged after funding cuts to the larger DD-21 vessel program. The program was previously known as the "DD"...
- EarthraceEarthraceMY Ady Gil was a , wave-piercing trimaran, which was originally created as part of a project to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat. The vessel was powered by biodiesel fuel, but was also capable of running on regular diesel fuel...
- IncatINCATINCAT is a part of Tata Technologies Limited, a company in the Tata Group and operates in the field of Automotive Industry providing Engineering and Design solutions. The company took over a much larger player in the field namely INCAT, a Europe based company, in 2005...
, a pioneer of the design - USA 17: a boat that raced in the America's CupAmerica's CupThe America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...
- USS Independence (LCS-2)USS Independence (LCS-2)USS Independence is the lead ship for the Independence class of littoral combat ships. She will be the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence...
: high-speed trimaran warship