page_title: Westamaran
hierarchical_section_title: Westamaran
caption_attribution_description: English: High Speed vessel of the Westamaran Type W95 arrives in Split, on Mar 19, 2013, 07:27:41 CET, from Rogač, Šolta Island
context_page_description: The Westamaran is a pioneer type of passenger transport high speed catamarans developed by Westermoen Hydrofoil in 1973. The craft was highly successful, and introduced a new era of passenger transport along the Norwegian coast and elsewhere.
  On the Bergen to Stavanger route, there was already a high speed service by hydrofoil, introduced early in the 1960s. The initial Westamaran models were somewhat slower than the hydrofoils, but passenger comfort, both in terms of spaciousness but especially foul weather handling, was better in the Westamarans, so they were better liked by the public.
  The Westamaran had asymmetrical hulls, where the insides was essentially flat, forming a tunnel between the hulls that were rectangular in shape. The profiles were in fact quite like a Storm class torpedo boat cut in two, and the construction of the Westamaran built heavily on the experience gained from the Storm class.
  Specifications:
  Capacity: 166 passengers
  Length overall: 26.67m
  Beam: 9.02m
  Draft: 1.20m
  Engines: 2 x Diesel MTU 12 V 396 TC 62
  Power: 2 x 880 kW.
  Layout: Shaft drive through two ZF BW 800 HS 20 hydraulic gearboxes to LIPS fixed propellers.
context_section_description: The Westamaran is a pioneer type of passenger transport high speed catamarans developed by Westermoen Hydrofoil in 1973. The craft was highly successful, and introduced a new era of passenger transport along the Norwegian coast and elsewhere.
  On the Bergen to Stavanger route, there was already a high speed service by hydrofoil, introduced early in the 1960s. The initial Westamaran models were somewhat slower than the hydrofoils, but passenger comfort, both in terms of spaciousness but especially foul weather handling, was better in the Westamarans, so they were better liked by the public.
  The Westamaran had asymmetrical hulls, where the insides was essentially flat, forming a tunnel between the hulls that were rectangular in shape. The profiles were in fact quite like a Storm class torpedo boat cut in two, and the construction of the Westamaran built heavily on the experience gained from the Storm class.
  Specifications:
  Capacity: 166 passengers
  Length overall: 26.67m
  Beam: 9.02m
  Draft: 1.20m
  Engines: 2 x Diesel MTU 12 V 396 TC 62
  Power: 2 x 880 kW.
  Layout: Shaft drive through two ZF BW 800 HS 20 hydraulic gearboxes to LIPS fixed propellers.
  Aux. engine: Mercedes OM314, Stamford MHC 2341 generator 32,5 kVA
caption: Broč (former Sunnhordland, bnr 38), a Westamaran Type W95, built in 1975, still operating in Croatia (photo taken on Mar 19, 2013)
exif: {"Image Artist": "Ivan T.", "Image Copyright": "b'\\xa9 2013 Ivan T.'"}