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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Jan Alexander Keuning, Willemstad, NL;
Inventor:
Jan Alexander Keuning, Willemstad, NL;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ship designed for use at high speed and heavy seas having a single long and slender hull with a narrow beam and a more or less vertical bow, whereby the front half of the hull has more or less vertical sides, minimal flare in the bow sections and towards the bow an increase in draught at its center line combined with a more or less similar increase of freeboard and whereby the aft end of the hull has a flat or slightly V-shaped bottom with one or more propellers and/or waterjets as propulsion means. In accordance with the invention the bow has a fillet radius of at least 1% of the beam.