High Performance Marine Vessels

Abstract

The idea of using cylindrical hulls placed well below the free surface with one or more thin struts through the waterplane is based on an attempt to reduce wave-making resistance by bringing the bulk of the displaced volume below the surface and connect to the payload-carrying structure above the surface with as small surface-piercing struts as possible. This technique took advantage of the fact that a submarine makes no surface waves and has wave resistance while making motion under the water surface.