New bow configuration

Interesting... seems to me to be one of those "why didn't we think of that before" ideas!

And, it doesn't look odd either, looks strangely intriging!

Looks like the bow on some tugboats to me

Isn't that something along the lines of a wave-piercer?

Bow stems with a reverse slope can be traced back a ways -

http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/Iowa-01_jpg_view.htm

Good spot Kelly. I guess this is just taken it a stage further, and on a larger scale too!

I'm sure it workes just fine... Not to estetic to construct a Yacht like this though!??

By the way, does someone have any nice pics of yachts i high seas??

I suppose it's a matter of opinion. Personally, I think Rising Sun isn't about as unesthetic as anything afloat can possibly be. These X-BOW vessels look far cooler than her.

I think that for a buyer in the hardcore expedition market these could be viable choices... just look at LGB, Giant I, or that converted tug (name escapes me) with the black hull and white superstructure... Arctic Explorer, or Polar Explorer? I can't remember the name at all. In any case, she's just another example of someone who wanted functionality over esthetics.

Personally I Always put function over design!!!!
The main thing is that each vessel fulfill its purpose and the owners wishes.
And i suppose that this X-BOW could be used on all types of ships, not only the Offshore-supply type with the forward superstructure.

On the other hand I hardly believe that any yacht owner (except
mabye myself ) would challange the extreme conditions from the fall-storms in the North sea, Newfoundland etc... (The X-bow is mainly built for those purposes) Just for fun!??? Would they???

Nice shots marcusra. I would be terrified in stuff like that. All the more reason to have the pilothouse well aft, not perched out over the bow!

Kelly

I've BEEN in weather like that. And I was darn glad to have the "old fashioned" flared bow to turn the green water away from the wheelhouse windows!!! That X-bow? It probably looks good to the designer and the ceo, who never go out anyway. Not for me!

I think the main thing with this design, is to reduce the "spray effect" over the superstructure, which reduces the risk of smashed windows and "Iceing". This compared to the usual bow-shapes that throw the sea forwards and upwards over the superstructure (Shown well in my last post above)

I would really like to see pics of the X-Bow in heavy-weather action before I say more about it though!?

BUT I still wouldn't attach this frightful design to a superyacht (Expedition or not!!!)

As far as attractiveness goes, I think this could work on a very long, low profile design. Kind of like some tanker ships. Which would be odd for a yacht, for sure.

Kelly

Cutting through the sea like that, it reminds me of the Nautilus from the LXG movie.

This bow configuration looks a little bit like the one on the Sigma-project of Blohm+Voss by Phillipe Starck !?

So the idea is to reduce the spray and replace it with green water? I'll wait for the pics too (and the damage reports) before I sign on!

To my eye there is something sureal about the last image. Is it an exceptional rendering or a real photo ??

It's a rendering i believe. There is a line along the edge of the spray that depicks where it has been sliced from seperate sources. Correct me if i'm wrong.

Found the article i saw on the SIGMA project.... here.

This is the only rendering of it. Interestingly ugly in my opnion!