A HULL STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-HULL SHIPS

摘要

Hull construction for a multi-hull vessel, which hull has in vertical thwartship planes a generally symmetrical cross section and sides which each describe a generally S-shaped curve, the fore half of the hull presenting the feature that the inflection point V1 for the lower part of the S-shaped hull curve is below the deadweight line and at a minimum height above the base line of the hull amounting to 50 % of the distance between the base line and the deadweight line, and that the inflection point V2 for the upper part of the S-shaped hull curve is above the deadweight line and at a minimum height above the base line of the hull amounting to 125 % of the distance between the base line and the deadweight line.