The company has extensive data to support the entrapment
energy recovery in the Sea Blade design, where those tunnels funnel
a combination of aerated water and air to act as shock absorbers. The
greater the pressure, the greater the energy recovery, which when
trapped in the hull is very efficient.
What does this mean for a Sea Blade owner? A hull that’s stable,
efficient and sea-kindly but which also delivers ride comfort, speed,
safety and performance. All this is a big ask in a single hull, and is
almost the ‘holy grail’ of boat design.
When Charles Winstone, CEO of Auckland’s Lancer Industries,
saw the Sea Blade design he could see the potential but understood
that manufacturing would be limited by the custom-built nature of
the original aluminium construction, plus the very high labour costs
associated with the complex hull geometry.
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