The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has recently confirmed the order for a Hull Vane® for the 108m Oceangoing Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland, marking two firsts for the Dutch company. It is the first Hull Vane® on a naval ship and the first Hull Vane® on a vessel...
For several years now, we’ve been researching and testing the effect on fast-planing vessels of a hydrofoil positioned amidships beneath the hull, a.k.a. the Foil Assist. We were aiming to support a major portion of the vessel’s weight on the foil rather than on its...
Energy-saving retrofits are commonplace on large cargo vessels and cruise ships. But can an energy-saving retrofit also make a significant difference on a small passenger vessel? Swiss ship owner CGN, which operates a fleet of 19 passenger ships on Lake Geneva,...
Yerseke Watersportservice’s owner-manager, Gerard Sentse, was the first client to take delivery of our new semi-custom Hull Vane®. He was intrigued to find out what effect this ‘underwater spoiler’ would have once fitted to the Colinda – an 18.5-m (60.5 ft) aluminium...
Hull Vane keeps innovating. At the request of a client for a lighter weight solution, the first carbon Hull Vane® has been designed and built, in collaboration with Holland Composites. Our designers fully embraced the freedom of form offered by the composite...
Hull Vane® and Naiad Dynamics® today jointly announced their collaboration on an innovation called the Dynamic Hull Vane®. This is an actively controlled version of the patented Hull Vane®, a passive underwater wing that improves the performance and comfort of...