Advanced Marine Vehicles Monohulls Hovercraft MultihullsHydrofoils Round Bilge Semi-Displacement Hull Hard Chine Planing Hull Deeply Submerged Hydrofoil Surface Piercing Hydrofoil Surface Effect Ship (SES) Air cushion Vehicle (ACV) Catamaran Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Ship SWATH

Fully Submerged Hydrofoil Surface Piercing Hydrofoil

Surface Effect Ship (SES) Hovercraft

Displacement Aerostatic Hydrodynamic

Maximum Speed (knot) Tanker 1000 Cargo Ships Warships Horse Air Ships Bicycle Pedestrian Hydrofoils Air Cushion Vehicles Planing Boat Car Helicopter Racing Car II. World War Airplanes Planes with propeller Jet Planes 1967 Achievement Line Transport Efficiency (W*V/P) Gabrielli- Von Karman (1950)

Speed (knot) Air Cushion Vehicles Planing Boats SES Hydrofoils SWAT H Displacement Ships (5 000 ton) Displacement Ships (1 250 ton) Displacement Ships (2 500 ton) (WV/P)

Conventional Propeller Trans Cavitating Propeller Super Cavitating Propeller Waterjet Surface Piercing Propeller Air Propeller in Duct Air Propeller Speed (knot) Propulsion Efficiency

Air Cushion Vehicle Hydrofoil SWATH Displacement Planing Craft Wave Height Speed(knot)

80 knot ACV:Air propulsors 80 knot SES propeller 80 knot SES: Waterjet 50 knot Hydrofoil:retractable foils-waterjet 50 knot Hydrofoil: retractable foils-propellers 50 knot Hydrofoil: fixed foils-propellers 80 knot SES propeller 40 knot SWAT: Aluminum 35 knot SWATH: Aluminium 30 knot SWATH: Steel 30 knot Conventional (Displacement) Weight (Mega Newton) Relative Platform Cost Per Unit Weight

SES-Waterjets SES-Propellers ACV-Air propellers Hydrofoils- Retractable foils Waterjets Hydrofoils- Retractable foils propellers Hydrofoils- Fixed foils Propellers Planing Ships SWATH Ships Conventional Ships (Displacement) Speed (knots) Relative Platform Costs per Unit Weight

Platforming Contouring Intermediate Response

Canard Foil System Tandem Foil System Aeroplane Foil System