High Speed Catamaran departing Aarhus harbour in Århus, Denmark (Google Maps)

High Speed Catamaran departing Aarhus harbour

Harbors, Sea - Ferries
Links: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
By: alfjon

Comments

kjfitz

@ 2007-05-04 09:22:47

Cool find. These are my favorite kinds of ferries.

This is actually a Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH.) They have the similar concept as the hydrofoil, i.e. limiting the area of the ship that contacts the water in order to reduce drag and increase speed.

gamma

@ 2007-05-04 15:07:38

Its no Hydrofoil, it's a high speed catamaran

http://www.msc.navy.mil/annualreport/2003/graphics/HSVSwift.jpg

alfjon

@ 2007-05-04 16:19:11

Sorry, I´m not that good around boats, I know mora about truck and so.
kjfitz, change the title to right boattype. Thanks.

kjfitz

@ 2007-05-04 16:24:14

Other high speed cats:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32445/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26503/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29095/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29414/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/16251/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/16252/

kjfitz

@ 2007-05-04 16:25:30

That's cool, alfjion. I called them SWATs but gamma is correct, they are fast catamarans as he points out.

kjfitz

@ 2007-05-04 16:31:28

The ship's name is either the Max Mols or the Mads Mols. Both high speed cats ferry the Århus-Sjællands Odde route. They are both built by Incat.

http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/MolsLine.html#anchor777554