Patent ID: 8286570
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B63B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A hull for a marine vessel, the hull comprising: one or more elongated bodies each having a longitudinal vertical cross section that tapers substantially continuously outwardly from a foremost location to a middle section with a maximum depth and tapers substantially continuously inwardly from the middle section toward aft of the elongated body such that the aft of the body is significantly reduced in profile with respect to the maximum depth; and at least a foremost section having an enclosed structure with the elongated body having a center of buoyancy in a forward half of the elongated body; wherein the one or more elongated bodies is surface acting so that the buoyancy provides a water line intersecting substantially along a length of the one or more hulls and that any displacement of the water to submerge a part of the one or more elongated bodies is offset by a reserve buoyancy provided by another part of the one or more elongated bodies previously above the water line, and wherein the one or more elongated bodies has a transverse cross section that tapers substantially continuously outwardly from a foremost location to a middle section with a maximum sectional area and tapers substantially continuously inwardly from the middle section toward the aft such that the aft of the body is significantly reduced in profile with respect to the maximum sectional area.