CATAMARAN BOAT ADVANTAGES
As a Twin Vee moves through the water, the boat hull has lifting strakes on each hull’s side. Lifting strakes produce lift at the bow of the boat by displacing water, allowing the boat to, in essence, glide above the water rather than lumber through it. Many lifting strake designs use negative angles, which can generate lift. Twin Vee’s lifting strakes work to not only create lift but also to make the ride smoother. A catamaran boat’s forward motion lifts water toward the top of the tunnel while pushing the water inward to form two counter-flowing vortexes. As these vortexes are formed, the unique Twin Vee hull design aerates them with small air bubbles, which are then compressed at an increasing rate as the vortexes move down the tunnel.
It is the kinetic energy stored in these compressed air bubbles that creates a smooth and stable ride. As speed increases, the kinetic energy increases at a non-linear rate as more and more air is inducted into the increasingly faster-flowing vortexes. The Twin Vee hulls’ trailing surfaces are specifically designed to facilitate propulsion efficiency by discharging the kinetic energy and air bubbles from the counter-flowing vortexes upon exiting astern, thus providing the propellers with a steady flow of super clean and highly-ordered water.
This fact, combined with a catamaran’s soft ride, results in Twin Vee’s renowned efficiency and smooth, seaworthy safety. At speed, the Twin Vee’s displacement hull slices through the water, traveling by the sea’s shape rather than flying over them and experiencing reentry shock. This results in a stable and smooth ride.
Catamaran twin hull shapes, specifically Twin Vee boats, are designed to exploit the phenomenon of kinetic fluid induction to produce what we believe to be the driest and smoothest ride of any boat in their class.