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WO/2008/026013A1
A pioneering design of hulls for marine vessels (2,α, 2.β) specialised to reach increased speeds by using minimum horsepower, thus requiring less energy consumption and resulting in lower-cost fuel expenditure. This specialised design ...  
WO/2008/000838A1
The invention concerns 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, min...  
WO/2007/145503A1
A heave motion compensator (30, 40, 70, 100, 140, 300) for compensating heave motions comprises a cylinder (41) and a piston (44) delimiting a variable volume fluid chamber (49) in said cylinder (41), wherein said piston (44) can oscilla...  
WO/2007/141397A1
The problem to resolve is to create a sustentation and to keep the best stability (at flat without heel) during the planed for quick multi-hulls of cruise in all the weathers. The solution is obtaining by several characteristics: seel ' ...  
WO/2007/139394A1
A system for active heave compensation of the running block in a drilling derrick on board a floating off shore platform comprises a double-acting hydraulic cylinder (1) which is connected to a hydraulic power unit (3) for the supply of ...  
WO2007072185B1
A propulsion system (10) for a watercraft comprises a propeller (12), a drive (14) for driving the propeller, a mounting arrangement for mounting the propeller to the stern of the watercraft and a trim hydrofoil 18 which is disposed at a...  
WO2007096680B1
The stable floating platform is constituted from (as shown in fig.l) four peripheral floaters (2) and one central (1) connected to each other with tubular grid (3). On top of the central floater a metal tower (4) is supported, with a win...  
WO/2007/119051A1
This invention relates to a platform of the FPSO type in the form of a mono-column, of circular or polygonal horizontal section or of a combination of circular and polygonal sections, comprising one or more central load tanks (12), which...  
WO/2007/115361A1
A yacht (10) having an adjustable ballast assembly (10) comprising a ballast (20), an elongated hollow ballast guide (19) o mounted to the hull (12) of the watercraft to extend transversely of the hull (12), the ballast (20) being locate...  
WO/2007/104086A1
A system for providing vessels such as racing yachts with movable ballast is disclosed. The system envisages a ballasting weight [3, 3'] arranged to be attached to an arm [2, 2'] that is mounted on a shaft [1] . The shaft is mounted in t...  
WO/2007/102849A1
A method and apparatus for replacing existing ballast water in a ballast tank of a ship while the ship is underway in the sea includes a seawater inlet port associated with the ballast tank in the sidewall of the ship's hull and admits w...  
WO/2007/070674A2
Pairs of counter-rotating regenerative flywheels (20, 30 and 60, 70) create reinforcing torques when electrical energy is transferred between the members of a pair. The transfer, of electricity can be controlled to counter undesired osci...  
WO/2007/053032A1
Method to reduce current induced vibrations for a pipe, particularly a riser or coiled tubing, by installing a line that may be a rope, wire, hose or similar, around the pipe in axial direction to hinder that current vortices be generate...  
WO/2007/049498A1
[PROBLEMS] A fin that can be extremely simply and easily manufactured at low cost by eliminating a process such as a roving process in mounting the fin on a surf board. The fin has high strength after mounting and ensures high mounting s...  
WO/2007/022575A1
A vehicle stabilising means comprising a cradle (23) supported from a mounting (17) to lie to one side of the mounting, a rotor (19) supported from the cradle between a pair of spaced supports (25) to be rotatably supported by the suppor...  
WO/2007/023215A1
The inventive ship hull comprises at least one float (10) and a centre of buoyancy (CB) situated behind the centre of flotation (CF), the distance between said centre of buoyancy and centre of flotation is greater by 5 % than the waterli...  
WO/2007/004944A1
A device (1) for canting a keel arrangement (9) about a longitudinal axis of a sailing vessel is disclosed. It comprises a screw and nut arrangement (3), comprising a threaded nut (5) receiving a threaded screw (7). The screw and nut arr...  
WO/2006/102779A1
The invention relates to a fixing body (2), which supports engineered functional elements (TM) and/or propulsion elements (PM) and which is fixed to the stern (1) of watercraft (1a) by means of passive or active mass dampers (5).  
WO/2006/097128A1
The invention finds application in the field of position monitoring apparatuses for cargo vessels, whose cargo may be loaded from and unloaded into water, and more particularly provides an on-board apparatus comprising a combination of a...  
WO/2006/074309A1
There is disclosed a system comprising a structure, a vortex induced vibration monitoring system, adapted to monitor a vortex induced vibration level of the structure, a tensioner connected to the structure, and a controller adapted to c...  
WO/2006/066493A1
A new watercraft with lower subplate consists of a hull, a deckhouse located the upper of the hull and a lower subplate mounted at the downside of the hull; the hull provided with a frame structure, fiberglass or metal plates fixed to th...  
WO/2006/066491A1
A maneuverable buoy with lower subplate consists of a large buoy, an upper deck supported above the large buoy by posts, a lower subplate connected underneath the large buoy by posts, some storerooms located between the large buoy and th...  
WO/2006/066490A1
A load-carrying type floating structure with double-floor stabilizing board. The floating structure consists of the large float, the double-floor stabilizing board, air bags , power house and propulsion device. The large float is of fram...  
WO/2006/065150A1
A device is described for stabilising and dampening of pitching, rolling and other movements of a vessel, comprising at least two outwardly and inwardly swinging dampener fins (10) hinged onto opposite sides of the underwater side (12) o...  
WO/2006/058372A1
A vessel (10) is provided with a gyroscope (12) for controlling motion of the vessel. The gyroscope (12) is a flywheel (14) mounted for rotation about a spin axis (16) that lies in a vertical plane when the vessel (10) is not subjected t...  
WO/2006/058232A1
A method for controlling a marine vessel (10) having first and second steering nozzles (558P, 558S) and first and second trim deflectors (554P, 554S) comprises generating at least a first set of actuator control signals (174, 175) and a ...  
WO/2006/052234A1
In accordance with the present invention, an oscillation suppression system is provided to inhibit vertical and rotational resonance of a floating platform. The oscillation suppression system includes energy absorption chambers mounted i...  
WO/2006/050553A1
A hydrofoil assembly (10) for a marine vessel having at least two elongate hulls disposed substantially parallel to each other is disclosed. The hydrofoil assembly (10) comprises a first hydrofoil (16) extending during use between an adj...  
WO/2006/035229A2
A suspension system (2) for a boat (4), which suspension system (2) is for mounting to a hull (6) of the boat (4), and which suspension system (2) comprises a single accommodation unit (8) for at least one person travelling on the boat (...  
WO/2006/022847A2
An apparatus for stabilizing a vessel is provided. The apparatus, or "hydrogyroscope," includes a liquid container disposed along the hull of a floating vessel. The liquid container provides a rotational flow path therein for a spinning ...  
WO/2005/118384A1
An apparatus (10) for adjusting the trim of a marine hull (1) includes a blade (11) having an upper edge (11b) and lower edge (11a). An expandable chamber (13) is located above the blade (11). The expandable chamber (13) is defined by a ...  
WO/2005/116459A1
There is disclosed a system for installing VIV suppression or drag reduction devices (15) about a marine structure, comprising a mechanism (13) for holding the device relative to the structure (12) in a preferred orientation, and wherein...  
WO/2005/113329A1
An elongated, annular hull of a floating offshore platform (100) includes one or more segmented, helical strakes (10) disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the hull to reduce vortex-induced vibrations resulting from water currents. ...  
WO/2005/101953A2
The invention relates to a method of testing the stability of vessels, using clinometers. The inventive method is based on: (i) an algorithm developed in order to enable the use of gravity clinometers in vessels, which discriminates the ...  
WO/2005/100146A1
A wash attenuator (14) for a moored vessel (10) is described. The wash attenuator (14) comprises a buoyant member (20) adapted to extend along at least a portion of the waterline (16) of the vessel (10) to isolate said portion of the wat...  
WO2005009833B1
A boat hull providing substantially enhanced stability, safety and comfort over conventional boat hulls in common use, incorporating at least one relatively narrow, more-or-less vertical slot (23) running longitudinally and/or laterally ...  
WO2005023640B1
A method and apparatus for steering a vessel comprising a member rotatable around a first and a second axis.  
WO/2005/085059A1
The present invention relates to a floating loading buoy (1) comprising a surface element (2), columns (3) connecting the surface element (2) to a submerged pontoon element (4), mooring devices (5) for securing the loading buoy (1) to th...  
WO/2005/085060A1
A canting keel structure of or for a yacht, comprising or including, a fin, vertically split to define two or more fore/aftwardly disposed individual fin portions, a ballast means split into two or more individual ballast portions each e...  
WO/2005/080189A1
[PROBLEMS] A device for sufficiently reducing motion of a marine structure. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A device for reducing motion of a marine structure has a hollow-cylindrical floating marine structure; overhanging structures instal...  
WO/2005/080190A1
Steering and/or stabilising device for motorised watercraft, with at least two operating units comprising each a retractable fin (4), characterised in that the retractable fins of each operating unit are contained in tubular watertight c...  
WO/2005/063560A1
A floating body connecting device (1) connecting a floating body floating on a sea to a quay wall or the other floating body, comprising a rotating shaft assembly (4) having a horizontal first rotating shaft (4c) and a vertical second ro...  
WO/2005/057143A1
Visual measurement of a vertically varying draft average value generally includes a personal error and lacks objectivity. The measurement system of the invention using conductivity of the seawater or freshwater enables fast objective mea...  
WO/2005/054049A2
The inventive boat comprises a platform (52), at least one main shaped completely submerged float (51) which is connected to the platform (52) by one or several bearing pylons (16) and supports the total weight of the platform in such a ...  
WO/2005/039965A2
A simple, lightweight, manually-controlled device for stabilizing and increasing the performance of small, sail-assisted watercraft, containing a single moving part and comprising a curved spar or iako (1) joining a main hull and a singl...  
WO/2005/035355A1
A vessel (2) comprises a first stabilizer assembly (14) and a second stabilizer assembly, each stabilizer assembly comprising at least one submergible at least partially hollow body; and suspending means (16) for suspending the or each b...  
WO/2005/032926A2
The invention is a device to ensure the balanced position or equilibrium of a vehicle and can be fitted on any one- or two-wheel vehicle or sailing vessel. It maintains the vehicle or vessel equilibrium through the controlled distributio...  
WO/2005/032928A1
A modular marine vessel (25) has a variable hull and a plurality of boat forming modules including a bow section module (18), a load section module (19) having a bow end and an aft end, and a bulkhead forming module (11) is detachably co...  
WO/2005/028295A1
A method for controlling the motion of marine vessel (10) comprises mounting a gyroscope (12) in a gimbal and fixing the gimbal inside the vessel. In one arrangement, a trunnion axis (18) of the gimbal is mounted athwart the vessel (10)....  
WO/2005/025980A1
The invention relates to a watercraft comprising at least one floating body (1, 2), drive (3. 4) means and control means (6). The watercraft comprises at least two floating bodies (1, 2) which are stacked on top of each other and which a...  

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