Comments on: Tunnel-Hull Boat Won’t Roll (Nov, 1949)

By: Hull Speed Calculator

Hull Speed Calculator — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:41:23 +0000

Not sure why they still build monoslugs or half boats.

MrG — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:23:12 +0000

There’s a nice video on YouTube of Austal, a maker of large catamarans DownUnda:

Now let’s post and see if I got the link right … mrg / http://www.vectorsite.net/gblog.html

Al Bear — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:04:51 +0000

Wow! one of these style boats was in the news lately.

Al — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:57:16 +0000

FUnny – I was thinking the same thing about the high-speed catamaran ferries from Portland, ME to Nova Scotia. Very fast!

Stephen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:48:41 +0000

There’s a striking resemblance, I think, to the Stena High-speed Sea Service catamarans operating round Britain and Scandinavia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.....ea_Service

davee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:36:58 +0000

Bit concerned about the fishing boat at the front. Or is it just meant to pass underneath?