New Design - Pentamaran - Ideal for Long Distance Cruisers?

[LRC58Fan]

This was announced today. From the design specs, it looks like it good be a good design for future longer range cruisers - what do you think?

BMT launches next gen hull-form for autonomous operations – the ‘Pentamaran’

Designed to meet the specific challenges of long range autonomous operations, the ‘Pentamaran’ design has been optimised by BMT to reduce fuel consumption

Full story here:

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...orm-for-autonomous-operations-the-pentamaran/

 

[MurrayM]

Interesting that the forward amas only contact the water when the vessel rolls. One could see how the aft amas could then have lower volume and less resistance than a usual trimaran. Also gives more usable 'deck' area.