Patent ID: 7165503
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A hull of a ship having a central keel and side chines, in which a midship cross section on the waterline divides the hull in a front hull part, including a central keel, and a rear hull part, having sides provided with chines with a determined maximum depth and extending according to a side hull contour, a rear hull part bottom which gradually raises from the central keel aft toward the waterline, characterized in that: said front hull part has a deep V-shape contour, with the central keel extending in aft direction gradually downward to a depth greater than said maximum depth of the chines and finally raising in aft direction, the V-shape of the contour of the front hull part having an angle between the chines gradually increasing from fore to aft to become 180 degrees; said chines, starting from the stern, have a lower edge which is situated under the waterline astern of the midship cross section and then radiused with the front hull part.