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WO/1996/003310A1
A semi-submerged catamaran, of which a submerged body is elongated to improve the speed of the catamaran and which undergoes less shaking at stopping. A semi-submerged catamaran (10) comprises respective attitude control fins (5A, 5B) wh...  
WO/1996/001207A1
Submersible boat is capable of navigating both on the water surface and submerged, the diving taking place by dynamic effect when the operator requires it, the boat having a catamaran type structure, comprising two side floats (1-1') whi...  
WO/1995/026294A1
A spar platform (1) is provided comprising an essentially vertical cylindrical buoyant vessel (7) and a shroud (4) surrounding the essentially vertical cylindrical vessel (7) wherein the shroud comprises two essentially perpendicular int...  
WO/1995/022485A2
A pushing unit with a pusher craft (1) and a lighter (2) pushed and controlled by the pusher craft is designed for use in shallow waters with the optimum cargo-carrying capacity in that the pusher craft (1) is propelled by a paddle-wheel...  
WO/1995/018742A1
A system for reducing wave-induced motions of a vessel, preferably a vessel with a displacement hull. One or more surfaces are provided in the water flow to counterbalance undesired motions. Said surfaces are located on struts projecting...  
WO/1995/011157A1
The invention relates to a shock damper for a boat, which is located below and in front of the bow rib of a boat and serves as a device for damping the shocks or impacts generated by waves. The shock damper includes a spring plate (1), e...  
WO/1995/001906A1
A single-hull craft with high floating stability, having one hull (11). This single-hull craft comprises means of steering and stabilizing the craft in the water, including a combined keel and rudder (18) pivoting about an axis, which ar...  
WO/1994/023988A1
Hull for a high speed boat, comprising a V-shaped floor and channels extending in the longitudinal direction of the hull, arranged below the waterline of the hull and adapted for ballasting with water, comprising two channels (1, 2) bein...  
WO/1994/014647A1
A control unit (1) incorporated in a stabilizing system (2) in yachts and sailing vessels and intended automatically to control the movements of a weight (4) which is movable transversely across the vessel, said weight (4) being connecte...  
WO/1994/011294A1
There is provided a device (10) for orientating a load to be suspended and moved by a crane. The device (10) comprises a flywheel (11) mounted for rotation in a housing (14). A turntable (17) is pivotally connected to the housing (14) an...  
WO/1994/001323A1
A pitch stabilized vessel includes at least one displacement hull constructed for high propulsion speeds, for instance speeds of 35 knots. The hull is configured in a manner to locate the pitching centre (PC) of the vessel far forwards o...  
WO/1994/000336A1
A raft (10) is to be towed after a vessel in connection with seismic measurements of the sea bottom. A water flow passage (38) is formed mainly between two side hulls (11, 12) and an upper, front deck (22, 23) and guide surfaces for defi...  
WO/1993/012970A1
A vessel comprising a central hull (1) providing buoyancy and having side floats (2) connected thereto via connecting members (3) located above the water line (F). The floats (2) are arranged to be largely or wholly out of the water when...  
WO/1993/012967A1
A hydrofoil craft which possesses at least one hull, at least one support arm which extends from said hull into the water and which is connected to the hull, at least one foil attached to each support arm, and preferably at least one sho...  
WO/1993/011993A1
Vessel suspension unit characterized by having at least two elements arranged in series: the first (13) element being forwardly hinged at (37) absorbs, through its substantial angular variations, the greater part of the surface variation...  
WO/1993/011039A1
A piece of hull (1) of a boat, vessel or other construction designed to travel over water, which piece is attached with devices (6 and 7) to the rest of the hull (2) in a manner that allows the pieces of hull move relative to each other....  
WO/1993/009025A1
There is described an apparatus for inclusion in a ship comprising a mass (10), means (16) for vibrationally coupling the mass (10) to the ship's hull (12) and means (28) for damping the movement of the mass (10), the mass (10) being so ...  
WO/1993/006002A1
Controlled-heave floating oil platform comprising a deck (12) and a flotation assembly (14). According to the invention, in order to control platform response to sea movement, the floating assembly (14) comprises a rising and falling com...  
WO/1993/000255A2
An improved fin stabiliser control system is described which has an automatic gain control (AGC) system which uses the difference between the control laws demand signals and the actual fin angles to calculate a gain factor to reduce the ...  
WO/1992/019489A1
A boat hull (10) having a keel portion (11), a transom (12) and a deadrise portion. The deadrise portion of the hull (10) has a recess (15) in the region of the transom (12) having a substantially planar upper surface (17) and bounded by...  
WO/1992/016409A1
The invention concerns a system for correction of uneven weight distribution in ships. The correction is effected in that a number of ballast weights (17) are arranged for individual controlled movement to arbitrary positions on the one ...  
WO/1992/012046A1
The invention relates to a hydrodynamic fin member for use on water-borne craft and particularly suitable to act as a stabilising means for the craft. The body portion of the fin (F) has a smoothly rounded leading edge zone (14) convergi...  
WO/1992/010398A1
Semi-submersible platform comprised particularly of semi-immersed columns and totally immersed elongate elements or pontoons (4) having a substantially horizontal axis, at least some of them having porous walls, the porosity being obtain...  
WO/1992/007755A1
A sailing vessel (10, 26 and 28) has an underside (14) with a pair of angular planar lift surfaces (30 and 32) for bringing the vessel (10, 26 and 28) to a planing mode and providing pitch stability, while under way. The vessel (10, 26 a...  
WO/1992/004231A1
The installation is comprised of at least one moving heavy flexible band (2) having a guided motion along the width of the ship (1) and having one or the other of its extremities helically wound respectively on a driven intake port-side ...  
WO/1991/019641A1
A system for maintaining the hull of a sailing boat in a steady position substantially independent of wind pressures on the sail, comprising a pivoted mast connected and wires connecting the mast with a weight in the boat hull via a tran...  
WO/1991/006466A1
System for reducing wave and wind induced roll motion of a ship intended to be connected into the regular control system of the ship comprising a rudder motor (SG) for driving the rudder of the ship, which rudder is used both as steering...  
WO/1990/015751A1
A pair of integrated water propulsion and hydrofoil systems (20) capable of moving through water at speeds of at least 20 miles per hour are disclosed. Each having a hydrofoil (26) and a mounting leg (28) removably secured to a water pro...  
WO/1990/013471A1
Trimming plate arrangement for boats with trimming plates (5, 6) on either side of the longitudinal line of the boat. They are arranged to be lowered by means of power means so that, by pressure against the water, force that part at whic...  
WO/1990/003913A1
A trim-tab control for boats has for each trim tab (10, 12) a yoke (34) movably secured to a frame (30), a mechanical link (18, 20) between the yoke (34) and the trim tab (10, 12) such that yoke (34) and trim tab (10, 12) move in unison,...  
WO/1989/002390A1
This invention relates to a variable draft boat capable of controlling its draft level from a shallow one to a deep one in order to travel continuously from shallow rivers, lakes, etc., to deep ocean. The variable draft boat of the inven...  
WO/1988/008386A1
Planing vessels of improved performance capability and methods for improving such performance and foils which may be associated with planing vessels for providing improved performance capability. A dynamic downward force generated as the...  
WO/1988/003890A1
The rear portion of the float (1) is cut in order to comprise a rear bottom part or lift (4) presenting a certain flexibility with respect to the float. The rear part or lift (4) is covered at a certain distance by a rigid body (3) integ...  
WO/1987/007876A1
A ship (1) is provided with pressure sensors (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) adapted to sense the pressure of water exerted on various points of the hull. As the ship is loaded or unloaded the changes in pressure are noted and a calculating arrangeme...  
WO/1987/003855A1
A stability meter comprises a translational accelerometer (1) which has a working axis along which it is sensitive to gravity. It is mounted on a vessel with the working axis horizontal when the vessel is in the upright position such tha...  
WO/1987/002641A1
Maneuvering control systems for small waterplane-area twin hull design watercraft. The maneuvering control system of the present invention includes horizontal or dihedral foils (66) mounted on the lower hulls (42, 44) of the watercraft. ...  
WO/1987/002325A1
Two centrifugal pump and paddle boat propulsion devices (2) are mounted in astern outboard positions on two swingable vanes (3), respectively, projecting aft of a boat hull (1), spaced athawrtships of the hull (1) and swingable from posi...  
WO/1987/001349A1
The stability of floating structures is determined using a plurality of changes in weight distribution and by processing the resulting signals from two inclinometers arranged so as to measure the inclination about two orthogonal non-vert...  
WO/1987/001345A1
Hydrofoil families which have high lift and low drag coefficients. Induced vorticity is partly suppressed by introducing a longitudinal component of the flow directed from the foil tip towards the hydrofoil base at least in the area of t...  
WO/1987/000812A1
A sailing boat having a pivotally mounted mat (12). Guy wires (16) are attached to the mast (12) and are arranged to maintain the latter in a vertical position with a predetermined biasing force. The guy wires (16) are attached to hydrau...  
WO/1986/007325A1
A sailing vessel (20) which has one or more sails (22) each set on a respective headstay (37) fixed to the leading end of a boom or spreader (26) the rear end of which is supported by a further stay (40). Each sail (22) may be raised or ...  
WO/1986/005757A1
The tractor-drawn center-board boat (1) is provided with an orientation system (8) which may be assisted by a rudder (4). It is orientated by varying the traction angle by a longitudinal differential action onto the cable (6). Said devic...  
WO/1986/001482A1
Water-crafts having stabilizers acting through a relatively long lever, comprising aerial wings (4), applied to the purpose of stabilizing and lifting, to be applied on light and very light hulls, at the same time allowing short glides h...  
WO/1985/005606A1
Method for the synchronized piloting of floats, mast, rudder, centre boards, sail fastening supports, applied to catamarans. Mechanical piloting method enabling to dynamically and statically control, simultaneously or separately by geome...  
WO/1985/004378A1
A device for eliminating the risk of disturbing heeling at loading and unloading of a ship (10) lying at a quay (12). The device comprises a motor-operated winch (18) on the ship, said winch having a drawing member (20) in the form of on...  
WO/1984/004904A1
An improved computerized moment stability system which will rapidly obtain the solution to operational and post damage stability problems which may be present on an ocean going vessel. The system includes three functional modules plus an...  
WO/1984/001337A1
Improvements to trimarans or boats comprising linking arms and floats. The invention discloses the implantation of anchoring points D allowing to adapt to this type of boats different articulation systems C, suspension and damping system...  
WO/1983/004233A1
According to the invention, it comprises a ballasting system, one end of said pontoon being connected to a quay and another end being adjacent to said ship, and it is characterized in that said end (4) of the pontoon (1), on the quay sid...  
WO/1983/001137A1
Automatic trim tab control system (10) for boats in which the controls are provided with an attitude sensing switch (14) which provides port/starboard, fore/aft correction signals to the system (10) for trim tab correction. A timing mean...  
WO/1983/000579A1
An electronic position monitor (10) and readout device (72, 90) for trim tabs on boats in which the monitor and readout device are connected to the trim tab controls. The device is electronic and position display is based on the time req...  

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