VESSEL WITH AIR CAVITY HAVING AN AIR DEFLECTOR

摘要

The invention relates to an air cavity vessel (1) comprising a hull (3) with a bow (11), a stern (12) and a propeller (13) near the stern, at least one open cavity (4,5,6) being formed at the bottom (2) of the hull, and air injection means (7,10) for supplying air into the cavity. The vessel is provided with at least one air deflector (15,16,17), extending between the rearmost cavity (21,22) and the propeller (13), the deflector extending in a transverse direction from a longitudinal centre line (25) of the vessel to the sides of the vessel and having a sloping surface (27) extending from the hull (29) upwardly when going towards the stern (12).