A pod drive installation (10) and hull configuration for mounting at least a port pod drive unit and a starboard drive unit to a hull of a vessel having a keel, the pod drive installation and hull configuration comprising: ¢ at least one horizontal pod drive platform (26) for supporting at least one rotational pod drive mount, each pod drive platform having a width and a length of a sufficient size so as to accommodate a corresponding rotational pod drive mount, and ¢ a delta hull configuration (28) including a pod drive mounting plane supporting the at least one pod drive platform and a delta fairing (26FD) connecting the pod drive platform to a corresponding bottom hull surface, the delta fairing including a generally triangular delta fairing extending forward and downward, from a fairing inflection line at the forward end of pod drive mounting plane and to a delta fairing intersection point with the keel.
Pod drive installation and hull configuration for a marine vessel
POD-Antrieb und Rumpfskonfiguration für ein Wasserfahrzeug
Installation d'une nacelle de type POD et configuration de coque de navire
2018-08-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English