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Bulbous bows sounds hard or impossible to retrofit on an existing ship but this does sound fairly easy to add.
by worldsayshi 6y ago
Bulbous bows sounds hard or impossible to retrofit on an existing ship but this does sound fairly easy to add.
- hansvm 6y agoIt might be harder for larger ships but for anything under a couple hundred tons those are straightforward to retrofit in anything that doesn't have an exotic hull construction.
- worldsayshi 6y agoAre you referring to bows or bubbles?
- hansvm 6y agobows
- Already__Taken 6y agoIt isn't, but it also is not a fix-all. They work for a very specific, narrow range of speeds and wave conditions. If that's not in your shipping route it's not helpful.
- worldsayshi 6y agoAre you referring to bows or bubbles?
- Already__Taken 6y agoThe bulbous bow.