Wave Breakers
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From: Basingstoke, UNITED KINGDOM
Hi,
Just posted the below on the Seawind forum and wondered what you guys thought...
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Just wondering, after reading all about SWs submarining, nose-diving etc in heavy airs, whether anyone has tried fitting small wave-breakers near the bow...? Just small pieces of styrene or CF in a chevron shape pointing forward.
We have retro fitted them to our full size ships (I work for a shipping company) and they're brilliant! A little big bigger though - about 200 tonnes of steel work!
I think they'd just help in clearing any green water shipped over the bow (may also help in keeping the hatch drier?). What do you reckon...?
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Thanks,
Matt
Just posted the below on the Seawind forum and wondered what you guys thought...
QUOTE
Just wondering, after reading all about SWs submarining, nose-diving etc in heavy airs, whether anyone has tried fitting small wave-breakers near the bow...? Just small pieces of styrene or CF in a chevron shape pointing forward.
We have retro fitted them to our full size ships (I work for a shipping company) and they're brilliant! A little big bigger though - about 200 tonnes of steel work!
I think they'd just help in clearing any green water shipped over the bow (may also help in keeping the hatch drier?). What do you reckon...?
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Thanks,
Matt



