Patent ID: 7156031

Claim:
A ship comprising an open or semi-open main public space situated around an axial longitudinal plane of said ship and at a base of each of port and starboard longitudinal superstructures, wherein said port and starboard longitudinal superstructures bordering said public space are disposed away from said axial longitudinal plane of said ship, each longitudinal superstructure is transversely inclined away from said axial longitudinal plane and said public space, each longitudinal superstructure comprising cabins wherein inboard walls of said cabins bordering said public space are arranged along an inclined inboard facade of each superstructure, wherein a distance between the axial longitudinal plane and the inboard walls of said cabins is greater at the top of each superstructure than at the base of each superstructure, and said ship's hull flares rapidly above its waterline with a mean angle relative to the vertical of at least 25°.