May 7

There is not much point in designing one of the world’s leading, new energy platforms, unless the platform dsc05997.JPGitself is at the cutting edge, in this case, of international naval architectural design.

Australia boasts being the world’s leader in fast ferry design, and the designer in Australia with the best track record in hull efficiency, is the design group, One2Three Design, based in Sydney.image-02.jpg

Critical to efficiency at sea are two core things, minimal skin friction, and excellent hull shaping to, well, deal with those pesky waves you find out there. Add light, well distributed weight, and some good old fashioned sea keeping abilities, and TRYBRID is indeed leading naval architecture into a filed on new ideas.dsc06001.JPG Read the rest of this entry »