Patent ID: 6470817
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A motorized multihull vessel comprising:an upper hull platform; at least one engine capable of producing work, said engine being situated on said upper hull platform; at least two supporting struts, each of said supporting struts having a hollowed section; at least two submerged hulls, each of said submerged hulls being fixedly joined to said upper hull platform by a respective one of said supporting struts, each of said submerged hulls comprising an outer wall having a prismatic shape, an inner wall, a buoyant core material disposed between said inner wall and said outer wall, a fore end and an aft end, said inner wall having an inner surface defining a cylindrical space; a rotary propulsive means, said rotary propulsive means being housed within said cylindrical space of each of said submerged hulls; and a work translating means, said work translating means joining said engine to said rotary propulsive means, whereby work produced by said engine is translated by said work translating means into rotary movement of said rotary propulsive means.