Originally Posted by
BobJ
Don't miss the name of the ship with the X-Bow - it's perfect!
Where do you FIND this stuff, John?
The Bourbon Orca has no bulb, and has a slender bow design ULSTEIN X-BOW™ with an inverted flare. The bow slopes backwards instead of forwards which results in less resistance. Some of the most common accidents that occur on offshore vessels involve the sea breaking the wheelhouse’s windows. This happens because traditional hull shapes throw the sea forwards and upwards as the hull dives deeper. The tests on the model showed that almost no sea came up onto the bridge deck at all, even in extreme weather conditions with six metres significant wave height and a wave period of nine seconds. Under these conditions, the model maintained a good service speed. The large volume in the bow means that the forebody floats better and dives less when it meets waves.
With a bow shape like this, Blueberry might have made the cutoff deadline in the upwind crawl against the left over swells to Half Moon Bay in 2008 (ya think?).....grin....