Wave-piercing hull

MY Ady Gil in 2009

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 mechanical stress on the vessel. It also reduces a boat's wave-making resistance.

The physics of wave-making resistance calls for very long thin hulls, so in practice most are multi-hulls such as catamarans and trimarans.

The main current usage areas are passenger ferries and naval ships.

See also

  • Axe bow – Wave-piercing type of a ship's bow
  • Bulbous bow – Protruding bulb at the front of a ship
  • Earthrace – Wave-piercing power trimaran, 2006–2010, later renamed MY Ady Gil
  • HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR 45)
  • HSV-2 Swift – Hybrid catamaran built in 2003
  • Incat – Manufacturer of large high-speed craft catamarans, a pioneer of the design
  • Inverted bow – Bow whose furthest forward point is not at the top
  • Norwegian Cruise Line Project Leonardo – Class of cruise ships built for Norwegian Cruise Line-Class Cruise Ships
  • Tumblehome – Design element of ships and automobiles hull form
  • Tuo Chiang-class corvette – Taiwanese class of war vessel
  • Type 22 missile boat – Ship class in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy
  • USA 17 – Racing trimaran: an America's Cup – Sailing race competition racing multihull
  • USS Independence (LCS-2): high-speed trimaran warship
  • Very Slender Vessel – Type of high-speed, wave-piercing craft
  • Zumwalt-class destroyer – Stealth missile destroyer class of the US Navy

References

  1. ↑ Tarantola, Andrew (29 June 2013). "Monster Machines: The World's Fastest Boat Is Basically An Aquatic Concorde Jet". Gizmodo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rolls-Royce wins first Environship order". MarineLog. Retrieved 7 June 2018.