Wave-piercing hull
{{Short description|Hull with fine bow with reduced reserve buoyancy}}
A wave-piercing boat hull has a very fine bow, with reduced buoyancy in the forward portions. When a wave is encountered, the lack of buoyancy means the hull pierces through the water rather than riding over the top, resulting in a smoother ride than traditional designs, and in diminished mechanical stress on the vessel. It also reduces a boat's wave-making resistance.
Design theory calls for very long thin hulls, so in practice most are multi-hulls such as catamarans and trimarans.
The main current usage areas are passenger ferries{{cite web |last1=Tarantola |first1=Andrew |title=Monster Machines: The World's Fastest Boat Is Basically An Aquatic Concorde Jet |date=29 June 2013 |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/06/monster-machines-the-worlds-fastest-boat-is-basically-an-aquatic-concorde-jet/ |publisher=Gizmodo |accessdate=7 June 2018}} and naval ships.{{cite web |title=Rolls-Royce wins first Environship order |url=https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1415:rolls-royce-wins-first-environship-order&Itemid=257 |publisher=MarineLog |accessdate=7 June 2018}}
See also
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- {{annotated link|Axe bow}}
- {{annotated link|Bulbous bow}}
- {{annotated link|Earthrace|Earthrace}}, later renamed MY Ady Gil
- {{HMAS|Jervis Bay|AKR 45}}
- {{annotated link|HSV-2 Swift|HSV-2 Swift}}
- {{annotated link|Incat}}, a pioneer of the design
- {{annotated link|Inverted bow}}
- Norwegian Cruise Line {{annotated link|Project Leonardo}}-Class Cruise Ships
- {{annotated link|Tumblehome}} hull form
- {{annotated link|Tuo Chiang-class corvette}}
- {{annotated link|Type 22 missile boat}}
- {{annotated link|USA 17 (yacht)|USA 17}}: an {{annotated link|America's Cup}} racing multihull
- {{USS|Independence|LCS-2}}: high-speed trimaran warship
- {{annotated link|Very Slender Vessel}}
- {{annotated link|Zumwalt-class destroyer}}
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References
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