Back at the dawn of maritime history, a coastal dweller first took a log and ventured out on the water. Over time his craft evolved from a rough log to one that had shape at the ends and was hollowed ...

Van Oord asked MARIN to perform a full assessment of the hull lines of its new hopper dredger. Twin gondola aft bodies have been successfully applied to hopper dredgers for many years. This is usually ...

The 42-foot Excess 13 slices through the water with asymmetrical hulls and a responsive, lightweight structure designed for bluewater cruising. Courtesy Excess Boat-show season is back with a boom.

A general design rule is that the longer the waterline, the higher the hull s speed potential. Perhaps the most important change when a boat is heeled is the length of the hull in the water, which is ...

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2013 file photo the Navy's stealthy Zumwalt destroyer is built at Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. The Navy's largest destroyer cuts an imposing figure: massive in size, with ...

One of the most unusual warships of all time was the Russian Monitor Novogorod. With its circular hull, Novgorod was unusually large and heavy for its size, and its design enabled it to carry bigger ...