Wave Piercing Catamaran
The Wave Piercing Catamaran Was Designed To Do What Regular Catamarans Can’t: Pierce The Waves With Its Hulls.
A catamaran is a boat with two hulls, side by side. Catamarans are very stable and two slim hulls can support a wide deck with many passengers. However, in rough seas catamarans can be bumpy and tend to broach, or turn side on.
The wave-piercing catamaran is an Australian design, invented in 1984 by Philip Hercus of the Incat company. Wave-piercer hulls flow smoothly through waves instead of bouncing over them. Incat has built wave-piercer ferries that are in service around the world, as well as military variants for several navies. In the UK, Hoverspeed switched to a wave piercing catamaram after they took their hovercraft out of service some years ago.
