A European project is developing new Air Support Vessel (ASV) hull designs that allow watercraft to ride on a cushion of air to greatly reduce friction between the hull and the water, resulting in ...

Many other things being equal, the longer the sail boat, the faster it can go before its bow wave defeats further speed increase. However, as any boat approaches its “hull speed,” an increasing amount ...

PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved bow for a watercraft to solve the problem of large energy requirements needed to move through water," said an inventor, from ...

High-speed planing hull hydrodynamics is a rapidly evolving field that investigates the behaviour of vessels designed to rise and skim on the water surface at high velocities. By utilising ...

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Myrtle Beach tourism leader Matthew Brittain, accused in a lawsuit of causing a boating accident that led to the amputation of a teenage girl’s thumb, said his yacht – the Epiphany – could not have ...