2013 IHS Newsletter

The NEWS LETTER International Hydrofoil Society PO Box 51 - Cabin John MD 20818 - USA

Editor: John Meyer First Quarter 2013 Sailing Editor: Martin Grimm SHIMRIT – SON OF FLAGSTAFF SUSTAINING MEMBERS From Ships That Fly

SHIMRIT was a collaboration between Grumman and the Israeli Government. It was in 1977 that the Israeli Government contracted with Grumman Aerospace Corporation to design and build the first of a series of hydrofoils based on the U.S. Navy FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1). However, its full load weight was increased from 69 tons to about 105 tons. The agreement was for Grumman to build the No. 1 ship, then provide the Israelis with foil systems, control systems, and propulsion components so they could build additional ships in their country. The Israeli Navy anticipated that with the employment of appropriate tactics and techniques, this high performance hydrofoil would provide a substantial improvement in fast striking power against the conventional hullborne vessels of its adversaries. As one can see from the picture of this hydrofoil, the radome, which almost overpowers the superstructure, is indicative of the “high tech” nature ______of the ship. YOUR 2013 IHS DUES ARE DUE The first ship of the series, SHIM- See Full Announcement on RIT (Guardian) Page 2 was actually built in Lantana, INSIDE THIS ISSUE Florida at Lantana Boat-yard, Inc, - Tribute To John Meyer .....p.2 rather than at - Welcome New Members ....p.2 Grumman’s plant in Bethpage, Long - Quadrofoil ...... p.4 Island where the - Sam Bradfield ...... p.5 engineering base was located. -SWASH...... p.6 Grumman there- Grumman-Israeli SHIMRIT fore had a real - From The Board Room ....p.9 See SHIMRIT, Page 3 - Sailor’s Page ...... p.10

Page 1 Tribute to John R. Meyer – IHS Past President WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

By Mark Bebar and Bill Hockberger Howard Apollonio - Howard signed up as a new member of IHS As noted in the President’s Column of the Fourth Quarter 2012 IHS Newslet- at the Tacoma Fest several months ter, John Meyer has stepped down as President of the International Hydrofoil ago. He is a lifetime boater from Society after 21 years of outstanding service and leadership of the organiza- Maine, now living in Lynden, tion. In recognition of his contributions to the success of the Society and to hy- Washington, and an early hydrofoil drofoil technology development over a period of many years, this issue sailor. He designed and built sev- features a retrospective on John’s impressive career and tribute to his out- eral boats (successful) before going standing accomplishments. to Univ of Michigan to learn how to do it (better). With a Naval Archi- A native of Staten Island, New York, John attended public schools there and tecture degree in 1969 and Profes- enrolled in Aeronautical Engineering at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in sional Engineer’s license, he has run 1941. After his sophomore year, he joined the U.S. Navy V-12 program at an independent practice since 1981, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Subsequent to earning a specializing in advanced design bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering at RPI, he attended Cornell motoryachts and commercial craft. University and received a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve in March The first 12 years of his career were 1945. After serving as an aircraft maintenance officer, John returned to RPI in in design of commercial & military 1947 to earn an M.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering, followed by addi- craft, and waterjet propulsion. tional graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the same While at U of M he became fasci- field. Subsequently John held several research and development, long range nated with hydrofoils and hover- planning, and engineering management positions with Boeing-Vertol, craft. One outlet for that was to Trans-Sonics Inc., Air Force Cambridge Research Center, and the design and build a successful sailing Aero-Elastic Laboratory at MIT. He has served on the AIAA Marine Systems foilcat with tandem surface-pierc- and Technologies Committee and the High Speed Vehicle Committee of the ing foils in 1967. It hit speeds over American Towing Tank Conference (ATTC)and he is a member of the Ameri- 30 knots, and was a great rough wa- can Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Society of ter performer. Another was a senior Sigma Xi. design project for a 250 ft hydrofoil John joined the David Taylor Model Basin, now known as the Naval Surface Coast Guard cutter. Subsequent em- Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) in 1971. He was involved ployment realities and family obli- with Advanced Naval Vehicles in the Advanced Concepts Office and was gations sidelined hydrofoil activity Manager of Hydrofoil Technology in the Hydrofoil Group (Code 115) of the until the last 15 years when he got to Ship Systems Integration and Programs Departments. He served as the Cen- ter’s technical manager of the PHM program, participating in many activities Continued on Page 12 including Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) on the Boeing contract, the Automated Surface Ship Information System-Technical YOUR 2013 DUES ARE DUE (ASSIST), Hydrofoil Collision Avoidance and Tracking System (HYCATS), IHS Membership options are: and various PHM sea trials. He was also project leader for an Innovation Cen- US$30 for 1 year, $56 for 2 ter one-year study of a Semi-Submerged Surface Ship. During his 25 years at years, and $82 for 3 years. Stu- NSWCCD, John was closely associated with and a strong advocate for main- dent membership is still only tenance of the Advanced Ship Data Bank (ASDB), a unique collection of tech- US$10. For payment of regular nical data and reports on all types of High Performance Marine Vehicles. membership dues by credit card using PAYPAL, please go to the John has authored numerous NSWCCD reports, as well as AIAA and ASNE IHS Membership page at papers on hydrofoils and hybrid marine vehicles. He has also written two and follow the instruc- (Continued on page 7) tions.

Page 2 IHS First Quarter 2013 SHIMRIT cally-powered stern drives mounted (ACS). Craft motions and position (Continued From Page 1) on port and starboard lower outboard relative to the calm-water surface are sections of the transom. In the ex- sensed and the information pro- challenge: design, build and test an tended position, the lower leg of the cessed by a digital computer. This in essentially new hydrofoil with 1,500 unit protrudes below the bottom of turn generates foil commands which miles between engineering and con- the hull, rotating inboard 90 degrees (via a digital to analog interface) are struction, and another 8,000 miles to its retracted position behind the transmitted to the servo amplifier from the customer and their second transom for foilborne flight. unit and the servo actuators. The construction base. ACS craft attitude and motion inputs Due primarily to the hydraulic stern include height above the water sur- After launch of SHIMRIT in May drives, SHIMRIT is equipped with 1981, a series of sea trials in the At- face from two French TRT radar al- lantic and equipment tests were performed with approximately 550 operational hours accumulated at the time of acceptance by and delivery to the Israel Navy. The first Israeli-built hydrofoil, LIVNIK (Heron), followed about 18 months behind the lead ship. Launched during the latter half of 1982, it was identical to the U.S.-built craft. A third ship, SNAPRIT was completed by the Is- raeli Shipyards Ltd. in Haifa in the first half of 1985. The original plan to build a total of 12 hydrofoils of this class has been dropped. The hull of SHIMRIT is about 11 feet longer and 2 1/2 feet greater in beam than FLAG- SHIMRIT General Arrangement Profile STAFF. This increased size provides perhaps one of the largest hydraulic timeters in the bow, vertical deck space for mounting missile systems ever designed for a military acceleration from an accelerometer, launchers aft of the forward deck- vessel of its class. In flow capacity it heading from a gyro, roll and pitch house and on either side of the aft is larger than the systems of a Boeing attitude from dual redundant vertical deckhouse. It also provides addi- 747, Lockheed C-5A or the Space gyros, and roll, pitch and yaw rate tional space on the foredeck for a Shuttle. In addition to hullborne pro- from rate gyros. Signals from these larger gun, an enlarged forward pulsion and steering, the hydraulic sensors are supplied to the ACS com- deckhouse with provisions for the system supplies power for strut ex- puter which compares them with de- large radome, and accommodations tension, retraction (and locking), foil sired parameters and automatically for a 13-man crew. incidence control, aft strut steering, commands the required foil inci- The overall general foil and propul- main engine start, various pumps, dence and aft strut turning angles. transmission brake/ clutch, and for- sion arrangement is the same as These advanced features, combined FLAGSTAFF with two foils/struts ward deck gun positioning. Hydrau- lic fluid at 3,000 psi is provided by with a 5,400 horsepower Allison forward and a single aft foil strut. 501-KF marine gas turbine engine, Foilborne propulsion is provided by a seven pumps, each with a capacity of 64 gallons per minute. give SHIMRIT a maximum intermit- four-bladed controllable-pitch pro- tent speed of 52 knots, a most eco- peller driven by a four-gearbox main SHIMRIT is designed with an ad- nomical speed of 42 knots, and transmission system. Hullborne pro- vanced hybrid (digital/analog) hullborne propulsion speed of 9.5 pulsion consists of two hydrauli- fly-by-wire automatic control system Continued on Next Page

IHS First Quarter 2013 Page 3 SHIMRIT great deal of time was required to de- models and perhaps even a race ver- (Continued From Previous Page) velop and refine the complex systems sion. The company is now in capital aboard the ship. It was reported that raising mode to fund production kts. With a fuel load of 16 to 2l tonnes, as these various tasks were completed plans for more than 10,000 units a the ship has a foilborne range of and corrections incorporated, the op- year from 2013 onwards. about 750 to 1,150 nautical miles. erational readiness and performance of SHIMRIT improved to provide the The retail price of the Quadrofoil will Armament on this small ship is in- basis for concluding that she was be EUR15,000 (US$19,100) and a deed impressive. SHIMRIT carries truly an outstanding military hydro- spot on the waiting list can be secured four HARPOON missiles in two pairs foil. with a EUR5000 (US$6,370) deposit. of launchers mounted aft, and two Is- raeli Aircraft Industries GABRIEL Reference: Frauenberger, H. C., What you get is a two-person electric Mk III ship-to-ship missiles immedi- “SHIMRIT-Mark II Hydrofoil for the vehicle which offers completely si- ately just forward of them. Anti-ship Israeli Navy”, 1st International Hy- lent running and a 40 km/h (25 missile and aircraft defense is pro- drofoil Society Conference, Ingonish mph/22 knot) top speed, along with vided by a twin 30mm EMERLEC re- Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada, July the fast-turning dynamics of a “sports mote-controlled cannon on the 27-30, 1982. car for the water.” foredeck. Chaff launchers are mounted on the deckhouse roof. The One of the greatest advantages of the large radome contains a powerful Quadrofoil is its lack of emissions search radar antenna. and hence impact on delicate marine QUADROFOIL ecosystems. Another advantage of One of the most interesting and ad- the Quadrofoil over PWCs (and plus vanced systems on SHIMRIT is the From:www.gizmag.com/quadrofoil- for the marine environment) is that in Engineering Monitoring and Control electric-hydrofoil-watercraft/22560/ addition to being silent, it does not System (EMCS) which is warranted create a wake at speed, as it does not because of the complexity and so- The field of motorized recreational displace a significant amount of wa- phistication of her systems. Without toys is currently undergoing a renais- ter. an EMCS, about half of the crew sance due to the availability of high would be assigned to systems opera- performance electric motors, new tion, monitoring and control duties, materials, computer aided design, whereas with it, a single Engineering new manufacturing techniques and a Officer is able to do the same job. The new wave of educated designers with EMCS is an integrated, distributed no understanding of the word “can- microprocessor based system, de- not.” signed to provide reliable manage- The Quadrofoil is a prime example of ment of SHIMRIT’s propulsion, Rendering of Quadrofoil hydraulic, electrical, systems; this this phenomenon, having been cre- amounts to twenty-two parameters in ated by three young Slovenian de- all. signers inside six months, and Due to the remarkable efficiency of launched at Slovenia’s recent exhibi- hydrofoils, it achieves its 25 mph top Overall, SHIMRIT demonstrated a tion. speed with just one 3.7 kW electric high level of reliability throughout motor, and thanks to its lightweight of the trials program. Very few failures So successful has been the response 150 kg (330 lb) carbon fiber and of significance or of critical compo- from the public that a short produc- Kevlar body and in-built 4.5 kWh nents were experienced. The large tion run of 100 units will be com- lithium batteries, it has a range of majority of hardware failures were pleted before the year is out, giving 100km (62 miles). It can also be re- with components such as valves, sen- the Quadrofoil a concept to market charged from a domestic powerpoint sors, etc. which were designed and time of less than 12 months, and with built as “commercial quality”. A some ambitious plans for faster future Continued on Next Page

Page 4 IHS First Quarter 2013 QUADROFOIL (Continued From Previous Page ) REMEMBERING SAM BRADFIELD in an hour, or via the flexible solar panels which come with each IHS HONORARY LIFE MEMBER Quadrofoil and are designed to be folded inside the watercraft as an We were saddened to receive the news from IHS member and Hydrosail as- emergency power source, or to top up sociate, Tom Haman, of the passing away of long time IHS member and hy- the battery when “off the grid.” drofoil advocate Professor W. Sam Bradfield, the principal of Hydrosail Inc, The hydrofoil’s efficiency comes on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at Melbourne, Florida at the age of 94. from its ability to lift a boat out of the Sam, as a professor in aeronautical engineering with an interest in boundary water during forward motion, reduc- layer studies, had used a hydrofoil sailboat as the basis for a senior design ing hull drag to near zero into the bar- course at the State University of New York, Stonybrook, since 1964. Suc- gain. cessive classes of engineering students worked on various design aspects, This means the speed of a boat carrying their work through to full-scale testing on Long Island Sound. Sam equipped with hydrofoils is either inspired many students to design, build and test sailing hydrofoils over sev- greatly increased, or the amount of eral years in the 1960s. power required to propel it is greatly With an early test boat named NF2, short for “Neither Fish Nor Fowl”, Sam reduced, in comparison to a boat that established several world speed sailing records: In B Class 17.20 knots in does not have hydrofoils. It is hence 1975 increasing to 23.00 knots in 1977. Then in C Class in 1978 at 24.4 not surprising that the world sailing knots. speed record, and the human-powered water speed record, both belong to In subsequent years, since 1987, with his associates Tom Haman and Mike watercraft with hydrofoils. McGarry at HydroSail LLC and various students at Florida Tech, Sam developed a prototype of a practical sailing hydrofoil which entered produc- Another benefit of a hydrofoil is the tion in August 1998 as the 16 ft (4.9m) trimaran configured WindRider comfort factor for passengers - as Rave. once the hull has been lifted above the waves, the incessant pounding disap- The HydroSail team developed or contributed to a string of other sailing hy- pears and the boat feels like it is fly- drofoils that included: The 25ft (7.6m) “EIFO”, short for Easily Identified ing. Indeed, a hydrofoil is a wing that Flying Object, designed as a coastal racing day sailor. Afurther development “flies” in water, and the flight of the was NF3, an 18ft (5.5m) trimaran hydrofoil built in 1988 which was Quadrofoil is only disturbed by waves equipped with a wing sail and dihedral main foils and a T-foil rudder aft. greater than 20 inches (50 cm). Volantis (a design; not built), a 60ft wing sail trimaran hydrofoil in associa- tion with Mark Ott, Nigel Irens and David Hubbard. The 37ft (11.3m) SCAT The designers claim the Quadrofoil is (Sam’s Crazy-Ass Trimaran) project was aimed at applying hydrofoils to unsinkable, and it is designed to al- true offshore sailing conditions. The overall configuration of SCAT is simi- ways return to upright should you lar to the Rave except that SCATis a considerably larger. Sam’s most recent manage to overturn it in a tight turn. project with his HydroSail Associates has been the 18ft (5.5m) Osprey One of the key enablers of the ma- which was launched in 2012. chine was the development of a hy- Sam initiated the ‘Sailors Page’column of the IHS Newsletter in the Winter drofoil-folding mechanism, which 1999-2000 issue and continued editing this column for several issues before enables the six kilogram hydrofoil sailing hydrofoil commitments and age made him pull back from the role. legs to be adjusted during use, and to be folded upwards by means of a man- Sam and the HydroSail LLC team have been sustaining members of the IHS ual or electric winch before entering a for several years. In February 2010, in recognition of Sam’s contributions to the hydrofoil community, the IHS awarded him with an Honorary Life Mem- Continued on Page 6 ber. The full award citation can be found on the IHS website.

IHS First Quarter 2013 Page 5 QUADROFOIL A&R MAKES WAVES WITH NEW weather and good sea holding, many (Continued From Previous Page ) SWASH DESIGN have found service as pilot tenders and mother ships and as Coast Guard swimming area or approaching shore. Excerpt from Maritime Journal, patrol boats in Germany and neigh- Once the hydrofoil legs have been August 2012 boring countries. Others are in off- turned upwards, the Quadrofoil has a By Tom Todd shore service and one was built as a draft of just 6 inches (15cm). private yacht. Germany’s specialist Abeking and The folding legs can also be removed, The new smaller SWASHtype looks a making for an easily transportable Rasmussen (A&R) Shipyard is building a small new type of work bit like a Praying Mantis on land and machine at 150 kg and 10 feet (3 m) in like a trimaran on water but is a stabi- length. boat tender based on its proven SWATH boats but with a single hull lized single hull vessel whose dis- Due to the low power of the 3.7 kW and says the new design will be tested placement is in its central hull tube. motor, the Quadrofoil belongs to a in autumn. A&R marketing and sales manager category of watercraft that does not Silke Thape told Maritime Journal, require registration, a PWC license, “This is a very extravagant new devel- insurance or navigation permit in the opment, which we are very con- European Union. sciously financing ourselves.” She The future looks bright for the revealed that it was planned to begin Quadrofoil and already development testing the new type in September and of a much faster machine is underway. that A&R hoped to provide more The current foils are suitable for technical details about it at that time. speeds up to 80 km/h and, in coopera- The SWASHprototype, already being tion with Fakulteta za Energetiko built to GL classifications at A&R as (Faculty of Energy Technology) in Hull No 6496, will reportedly be 20m Krškothe, the company is developing long and operate in principle just like its own outboard motor and propeller a SWATH boat. with variable pitch which it believes will be one of the most efficient in the The deck and superstructure of the world. vessel are of aluminum and closely re- semble that of the standard SWATHs. The propeller and 12 kW outboard Rendering of SWASH will be ready later this year, presum- ably meaning that a version will be A&R in Lemwerder was the first available in the not-too- distant future German facility to enter the SWATH with a top speed more than double the (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) current version. technology sector. Its new type is called SWASH (Small Waterplane From a recreational craft to a silent, Area Single Hull). fast craft for special forces, the Quadrofoil looks to have every The yard claims to be the first to have SWASH under construction chance of commercial success. Distri- marketed a reliable and commer- bution, dealership and investment in- cially successful SWATH and has They rest on two central struts welded quiries will be welcomed from all been a leader in the development and countries according to the company. onto a single cigar shaped tube sus- marketing of SWATH boats in the pended below the center of the vessel 25m to 60m range. All have been pio- ********* and three meters below the surface. neers in their fields. However, because of their stability in rough Continued on Next Page

Page 6 IHS First Quarter 2013 SWASH (Continued From Previous Page ) Tribute to John R. Meyer – IHS Past President To meet class requirements, designers Continued from page 2 have also mounted two vertical out- riggers on either side of the super- He has also obtained a number of patents related to this technical area. Hybrid structure which work in combination surface ships were under study at NSWCCD by John and his colleagues for with a fin stabilizer system to balance about two decades during his employment there. Largely as a result of his sus- the 12.16m wide vessel. They also tained efforts over many years, the technology has matured through analytical provide flat sides for convenient studies, feasibility designs, computer simulations and model tests. Investiga- berthing tions have been performed on hybrid ships ranging from 160 tons to about 4,000 tons. John also published a series of classified hybrid hydrofoil reports The single hull tube contains all the related to pressure signatures, sonar array installations characteristics, a Light ship’s systems technology including Escort design, and multi-mission versions of the concept. In 1993-1996 a Hy- gears, shaft, generators and bow drofoil Small Waterplane Area Ship (HYSWAS) demonstrator, named thruster plant along with the main en- QUEST, was designed, built, and successfully tested under U.S. Navy/MAPC gine, which unconfirmed reports said contract, with John as the COTR. Since retiring from NSWCCD, John has would be a diesel unit from MTU of consulted for George G. Sharp, Inc., and Maritime Applied Physics Corp 900 kW providing up to 18 knots with (MAPC). a variable pitch propeller. A&R believes the concentration and hull loca- In his 21 years as President, John has truly been the force behind the success of tion not only means equipment is less IHS. He has run a tight ship and ensured that we have fulfilled the legal re- noisy but also that there is more space quirements of an organization of this type. With the help of those on the Board for a maximum of ten people on the and other members, he has managed all aspects of IHS business, organizing tender’s superstructure. and efficiently running regular Board meetings and special meetings as required. He has been an outstanding leader, with the ability to delegate specific A&R experts are said to believe that tasks to those individuals best suited for the work that is necessary. Under his the new small SWASH design will in- leadership, we have forged strong relationships with other professional soci- terest pilot groups, wind parks, police, eties, including ASNE and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- customs and local authorities. neers (SNAME). As a result, IHS has benefitted greatly by having a presence at many ASNE conferences and holding regular joint meetings with SNAME Panel SD-5 on Advanced Marine Vehicles. John has also consistently recog- nized others in the high performance marine vehicle community for their contributions to the advancement of the technology. As Newsletter Editor and major contributor, he has been the voice of the Soci- Disclaimer ety in increasing awareness of hydrofoil developments around the world. IHS chooses articles and Through his many professional contacts, he has gathered information on ev- photos for potential interest to IHS erything from hydrofoil sailboards to large hydrofoil assisted catamaran fer- members, but does not endorse ries. He has been a driving force behind the IHS website and has pushed for products or necessarily agree with development and continuous improvement of the bulletin board, which pro- the authors’ opinions or claims. vides a mechanism for real-time communication among IHS members. As a result of his strong desire to preserve the legacy of hydrofoil technology development, John has encouraged the establishment of a permanent exhibit at Interested in hydrofoil history, the National Museum of the U.S. Navy at the Washington Navy Yard. Clearly, pioneers, photographs? Visit the development of hydrofoil, hybrid hydrofoil and advanced naval vehicle tech- history and photo gallery pages nology have benefitted greatly from John Meyer’s unmatched technical ex- of the IHS website. pertise, tremendous energy, and dedication to the U.S. Navy and the Nation. http://www.foils.org Let all of us in the IHS join together in saying: “Well done John, may you have fair winds and following seas in your retirement.”

IHS First Quarter 2013 Page 7 DO YOU REMEMBER …HMS SPEEDY? the ship was exposed to a complete boats could have arrived on the spectrum of the sea environment. scene. All of Boeing’s JETFOILs were not Seas as high as State 7 (waves can be At the completion of the evaluation it destined for passenger ferry service. as high as 25 feet) were experienced was concluded that “SPEEDY can- In 1979 the 14th ship in the produc- which of course forced SPEEDYinto not be regarded as a direct alternative tion line was diverted to the Royal the hullborne mode. She maintained to fishery protection vessels, since Navy of Great Britain. They pur- headway, good control and survived there are some requirements that she chased the hydrofoil “HMS the ordeal with no damage to equip- cannot meet (primarily range and SPEEDY” as a demonstration vehi- ment or personnel. cle to investigate it technically and towing ability). However, a hydro- evaluate several operational roles. During other rough water evalua- foil could have a useful role as part of Although there are obvious differ- tions, SPEEDY was compared a ”mixed force." Since SPEEDY ences in the superstructure between side-by-side with Britain’s ISLAND could not substitute directly for the JETFOIL and SPEEDY, the funda- and TON Class patrol boats, and it conventional ship’s role, and finance mental elements of the craft in terms was concluded that the foilborne precluded her from joining the Fish- of propulsion system, foils and auto- SPEEDYwas more comfortable than ery Protection Squadron without a matic control system are essentially the much larger conventional boats. compensating reduction in its normal the same. However, there is a small It should be noted that these ships strength, it was reluctantly decided to exception. Separate hullborne pro- were about 1000 and 425 tons respec- decommission SPEEDY in April pulsion engines consisting of two tively. However, SPEEDY’s endur- 1982 and offer her for sale. Subse- GM Detroit Diesels were installed to ance was found to be limiting in that quently she was purchased in 1986 drive directly into the foilborne pro- the 10 hours of foilborne time was by Far East Hydrofoils for conver- pulsion gearboxes and in turn drive not sufficient for patrols in the more sion to a passenger ferry and integra- the waterjets. This provided more remote parts of the fisheries enforce- tion into their fleet of other economical, low speed, hullborne ment zones. The ISLAND class ship JETFOILs. has a much higher endurance of operations. It must be said that an evaluation or 7,000 nautical miles at 15 knots. On comparison, which such evaluations Fisheries Protection was the major the other hand, the hydrofoil’s higher inevitably become, are somewhat un- role in which SPEEDY was evalu- speed of 45 knots gave her consider- fair - something like comparing ap- ated. Operating extensively around able greater annual “census taking” ples and oranges. The vast the British Isles and in the North Sea, ability and quicker reaction to intelli- differences in range and towing capa- gence bility between the ISLAND Class and and SPEEDY were bound to produce hence the Royal Navy eventual negative the ar- “evaluation” in the Fisheries Protec- rest of tion role. Apparently there was no offend- way to accept the tradeoffs of high ers who speed and excellent motion charac- would teristics for SPEEDY’s lack of range escape and towing capability. or ap- pear in- nocent by the ********* time the conventional HMS SPEEDY on patrol patrol

Page 8 IHS First Quarter 2013 REMEMBER THE MINE COUNTERMEA- signature can be towed behind the foil Reunion” scheduled for 2013. SURES HYDROFOIL SLED? magnetic sweep. It detonates Our booth was manned by Mark sound-activated mines. Bebar, William Hockberger, Frank By Martin Grimm, IHS Member Horn, Nat Kobitz, and Joel Roberts. The EDO sled is unmanned. The Special thanks are in order for Frank I stumbled across a photo of an sweep operator, at a control console AN/ALQ-166 hydrofoil MCM sled Horn who manned our booth for the in the helicopter, can start and stop entire 3 days. (an early version of what is also re- the turbine and raise and lower the ferred to as the Mk 105) on display hydrofoils. The helicopter can pick FROM THE BOARD ROOM outside the Museum of Man in the up the sled from a ship’s deck, fly it Sea taken 10 June 2012 in Gulf Resort to a contaminated area, clean the Beach, Panama City Beach, Florida: area, and then return the sled to the By Joel Billingsley, IHS Member, Secretary While conceptually the same as the ship or shore. Mk 105, it is a different float and foil IHS AT ONR/ASNE S&T EXPO 18 July 2012 - Mark Bebar, configuration than the current design. George Jenkins, Leigh McCue-Weil, If anyone knows about the evolution and Ray Vellinga were elected to the By Joel Roberts, IHS Member of the design, I would be interested to Board to fill the 2012 - 2015 term. hear about it. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Officers for the coming year are Naval Science and Technology Mark Bebar – President, Joel Roberts (S&T) Partnership Conference & – Vice President, Frank Horn – Trea- American Society of Naval Engi- surer, and Joel Billingsley – Secre- neers (ASNE) Expo was held 22 – 24 tary. October 2012 at the Hyatt Regency, Plans came together quickly and Crystal City, Arlington VA. This was highly successfully for IHS to partic- a stellar event, and the IHS was a ipate in the Tacoma Maritime Fest. proud participant. held on 25 & 26 August 2012 in Washington state. IHS had a tent booth staffed by Mark Bebar, Sumi AN/ALQ-166 on display at Man in Arima, Ray Vellinga, Mike Terry, the Sea Museum, Florida and Bill Hockberger. Harry Larson brought personal hydrofoil Talaria The AN/ALQ-166 Helicopter-towed IV. Terry Orme set up an adjacent magnetic minesweeping system was booth devoted to the restoration of designed and manufactured for PCH 1 High Point. NAVAIR by EDO Corporation. The hydrofoil sled is towed on a 450’ ca- The Board is making preparations ble and allows the helicopter to sweep Joel Roberts and Frank Horn also to exhibit at the ASNE Day 2013 for magnetic mines. The sled trails manning the IHS booth event to be held 21 & 22 February two-electrode cables in the water, one 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Simply stated, this expo was a long (800 feet), and the other (600 Arlington, VA. ASNE is offering the “candy store” for anyone interested feet). An electrical current generated IHS meeting room space in addition in high performance ships, vehicles, on the sled travels between the elec- to the standard booth to attract addi- and the latest science and technol- trodes. The current is caused by a tional attendance. 1000-volt electrical potential be- ogy which makes them possible. Plans also are continuing for the Hy- tween the two cables. This creates an Our IHS booth featured a large photo drofoil Reunion to be held in Key electric field in the water, which can kiosk which portrayed the history of West, FL 20 – 23 September 2013. set off a magnetic mine. A noise- hydrofoils and an eye catching ban- maker that simulates a ship’s acoustic ner advertising the coming “Hydro- Continued on Page 12

IHS First Quarter 2013 Page 9 SAILOR’S PAGE MORE ON SAM BRADFIELD

The following collection of photos of the numerous hydrofoil sailing craft developed by Sam Bradfield and his associates are either courtesy of the Hydrosail website, via Mike McGarry or from the book Hydrofoil Sailing by Alexander, Grogono and Nigg.

Another early test boat named NF2, short for “Neither Fish Nor Fowl”, with ladder foils, steering canard foil and inflatable outrigger hulls.

NF3 was an 18ft (5.5m) trimaran hydrofoil with wing sail, dihedral main foils and a T-foil rudder aft, built in 1967 tow testing of a canard configu- 1988. ration tri-hulled sailing hydrofoil completed by Sam Bradfield and his students prior to fitting of a sail rig.

Another variation on the NF2 speed sailing record holder again with ladder foil configuration but this time with a center hull.

NF3 was an 18ft (5.5m) trimaran hydrofoil with wing sail, dihedral main foils and a T-foil rudder aft, built in Further view of NF3. 1988.

Sam Bradfield’s tri-hulled sailing hydrofoil configuration which was extensively tested during the summer of 1969. Continued on Page 12

Page 10 IHS First Quarter 2013 NEW OUTRIGHT SAILING SPEED RE- The Trimble GPS unit on board re- erage by increasing it to 59.38 knots. CORDS FOR VESTAS SAILROCKET2 corded a 59.23 knot average over These records will also be subject to WSSRC ratification. The peak speed nd rd 500m and a peak speed of 62.53 The 2 and 3 Quarter 2012 News- knots. These speeds and the record reached on this run was close to 64 letters described the Vestas are still subject to ratification by the knots though such peak speeds do not Sailrocket2 (VSR2). The Sailrocket World Speed Sailing Record Council constitute any formal speed records. team, lead by Australian, Paul (WSSRC). At the time of writing, the WSSRC Larsen, has since returned to Walvis had confirmed the establishment of a Bay in Namibia equipped with a new As if this was not sufficient, on a sub- new World Record for “B” Division foil to continue their speed sailing re- sequent run, Paul achieved a speed of sailcraft by Paul Larsen with Vestas cord attempts. about 55.3 knots over a nautical mile SailRocket 2 on 12th November 2012. of 54.08 knots over 500 meters with no current exceeding Paul’s previous class record also set at Walvis Bay in 2011 at 49.19 knots. WSSRC notes a further claim for a speed in excess of this is currently being as- sessed. The complete re-design of the hydrofoil on the craft since last season ap- pears to have been a key to this Profile and plan views of Vestas Sailrocket2 successful outcome. We are pleased to be able to report that Paul Larson and his team have provisionally broken the outright world speed sailing record at about 59.2 knots average speed over 500m. This outright speed record over 500m was previously held at 55.65 knots by Rob Douglas from USAand had been set at Luderitz, Namibia, in 2010 using a kite board.

thereby also claiming the More details from the team are at outright record for this dis- www.sailrocket.com. A video of the tance category from previ- earlier record run has been posted on ous record holder Alain You Tube and is worth viewing. Thebault with When running at speed, the craft ap- l’Hydroptere. Paul reports pears to sail with only the bow plan- achieving “a whole nauti- ing sponson and foil in the water. cal mile dipping well into Ratification of records is announced the 60’s on each gust” and a on the WSSRC website at: peak speed near 64 knots www.sailspeedrecords.com while at the same time On an earlier run last season with leeward marginally beating his pod flying. previous 500 meter av-

IHS First Quarter 2013 Page 11 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS FROM THE BOARD ROOM MORE ON SAM (Continued From Page 2) (Continued From Page 9) (Continued From Page 10) design several foil assisted catama- There are between 100-150 potential rans. A wish for the future is to help attendees already. Several members produce a fully foil supported yacht. are planning a reconnaissance trip this September. Capt. Mark Sedlacek USN (RET) -Mark is from Alexandria, Virginia. 8 November 2012. - The Board is ac- He is a retired Navy Captain resid- tively exploring the opportunity to ing in Alexandria Virginia. Mark establish an exhibit highlighting the grew up in Los Angeles and gradu- U S Navy’s hydrofoil development ated from USC NROTC in 1984 program with the U S Navy Museum. with a degree in Industrial and Sys- To that end, the Board Meeting was tems Engineering. After progress- held in the newly established Cold ing through the ranks, he ultimately War Gallery at the Washington Navy commanded USS DONALD Yard.The Director of the museum ex- COOK (DDG 75) and Destroyer plained what kind of effort putting to- Squadron 28. He retired in 2011 and gether an exhibit entails and then HydroSail 21 (or simply HS-21) joined The Boeing Company’s mis- gave a tour of the CWG showing served as a test boat in the 1990’s sile defense division where he where the hydrofoil exhibit might fit. originally with dihedral J foils as seen learned of Boeing’s role in the Navy The Curator of Ship Models has mod- here. hydrofoil program. Mark had sev- els of FRESH 1, AGEH 1, PCH 1, eral colleagues in the Navy who PGH 1, PGH 2, and PHM 3 available To be continued in the next IHS served on PHMs and is interested in for loan to the Navy Museum. Long Newsletter reconnecting with the hydrofoil range plans for the Navy Museum are community. to relocate to a facility off the WNY that is easily accessible by the general public. The new museum will be a NEW BENEFIT Capt Carl E Weiscopf USN (ret) - state-of-the-art facility, over three Carl is from San Diego, CA. He was times the size of the current museum. IHS provides a free link from the commissioning CO of USS If the IHS is willing to take on this op- the IHS website to members’ per- ARIES (PHM 5). Carl has promised portunity, we can develop an exhibit sonal and/or corporate site. To re- more information, but so far, none immediately in the current museum, quest your link, contact William has been received. Stay tuned. and then ride the wave into the new White, IHS Home Page Editor at museum. [email protected] Claus Dettelbacher - Claus is from Bern, Switzerland. More to come. IHS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Editor: John Meyer 2nd Quarter 2013 Sailing Editor: Martin Grimm SPARVIERO – SON OF SUSTAINING MEMBERS TUCUMCARI From Ships That Fly

It has been said that the NIBBIO Class of hydrofoils of the Italian Navy is the grandchild of TUCUMCARI (PGH-2). This can be understood when one traces the successful evolution of its design from TUCUMCARI through its predecessor, SPARVIERO.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE - President’s Column...... p.2

SPARVIERO Class Hydrofoil, SWORDFISH - Welcome New Members....p.2 In October of 1970 Alinavi, S.p.A. was awarded a contract by the Italian - BRAS D’OR...... p.4 Navy for the design and construction of the P420 SPARVIERO Class - Classic Fast Ferries...... p.5 hydrofoil missile craft. Alinavi had been formed in 1964 to develop, manufacture and market military and commercial advanced marine sys- - Talaria Update...... p.7 tems, particularly in the European and Mediterranean areas. - Book Review...... p.8

See SPARVIERO, Page 3 - Sailor’s Page...... p.10

Page 1 PRESIDENT’S COLUMN WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Claus Dettelbacher -

To All IHS Members, DARPAand ONR sponsorship. The Claus holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and Oriental Studies Happy New Year and all the best for complete presentation will be posted from Vienna University, Austria. 2013! As you know from reading the on the IHS website. After an Internship at Blohm & Voss retrospective in the 1st Quarter 2013 On 7 March, the Board of Directors shipyards he began a degree in Na- Newsletter, IHS was truly blessed to held a regular meeting, at which sev- val Architecture at the University of have John Meyer’s outstanding eral initiatives were discussed, in- Hamburg in 1994, before switching service and leadership as President cluding plans for a permanent course and then finally specializing for 21years. As newly-elected Presi- hydrofoil exhibit at the Washington in Philosophy of History and Phi- dent, I am in the process of taking on Navy Yard and a potential Student losophy of Science. Claus has been more of the business of the Society. Hydrofoil Design Competition. This an avid blogger for years and has We are very appreciative that John is will be covered in more detail by published several books on politics, continuing in his role as Editor of the Secretary Joel Billingsley in a future philosophy of history and his travels Newsletter. newsletter. in Asia. Since the last issue of the Newsletter, Planning continued for the Navy Hy- Claus is currently living in Dar es we had one Joint Dinner Meeting drofoil Reunion to be held in Key Salaam, where he is working as a with SNAME Panel SD-5 (Ad- West from 20-23 September 2013. web designer and film maker. He is vanced Marine Vehicles) on 17 Janu- The announcement will be published sailing a lot - mostly on beach cats ary at the new Army-Navy Country on the web and in the next issue of and his Hobie AI - and working on Club facilities in Arlington, VA. We the NL. the prototype of small 2-person hy- were fortunate to have Jeff Kline, drofoil trimaran. In 2012 he has Vice-President of Naval Architec- We are also looking forward to par- also made a short documentary film ture, Navatek, Ltd. as guest speaker. ticipating again at the Tacoma Mari- on Ngalawas, the traditional fishing time Fest in August 2013. More trimarans of East Africa Mr. Kline’s presentation was on the details on both of these events will be “CAAT” - Captive Air Amphibious issued in the future. ******** Transporter. The CAAT is a new am- HYDROFOIL REUNION STATUS phibious vehicle technology that en- On the subject of new members, we ables heavy-lift logistics transport at urge all of you to recruit colleagues about 20 knots over open or shallow and others to swell the ranks. I hope By Dave Patch, IHS Member water, surf-zone and beach, land and that we can exceed last year’s num- The reunion preparations remain on mud-flats, and moderate obstacles. bers by a reasonable amount this track for 20-23 Sept 2013. NAS Key Unlike an air cushion vehicle, it has year. Finally, please consider your West Morale, Welfare , Recreation translating buoyant belts that provide Newsletter Editor’s plea for volun- (MWR) Director is in the process of both buoyancy and propulsion. With teers to provide articles of interest to preparing the procedures for our par- its low ground pressure, it can tra- our members and readers. Please ticipants to make reservations at all verse environments, including sensi- send material, drafts, or ideas to edi- the MWR facilities in Key West. He tive ecosystems, that could not [email protected] John Meyer will be has asked that we wait until he coor- support an equivalently-loaded pleased to hear from you. dinates things at his end and expects tracked or wheeled vehicle (15-20 Best regards, to be ready by 1 April. Once we have psi). those procedures, the next two steps The CAAT has progressed through Mark Bebar, IHS President in the process are to start the security several stages of model and prototype development and testing under Continued on Page 12

Page 2 IHS Second Quarter 2013 SPARVIERO a hullborne propulsor utilizing a pro- ditional 3,300 pounds of fuel, plus (Continued From Page 1) peller outdrive instead of a waterjet the 1,100 pounds of injection water, on the transom centerline. With this could be carried as a fuel overload. A The company was jointly owned by 360 degree fully rotatable outdrive, total of seven SPARVIERO/NIBBIO The Boeing Company, Finmeccania, the designers of SPARVIERO were hydrofoils were built for the Italian and Carlo Rodriquez. Under the able to eliminate the bow thruster Navy up until 1990. The other ships terms of a Boeing- Alinavi licensing used on the PGH-2. in the Class were: Falcone, Astore, agreement, Alinavi had access to Grifone, Gheppio, and Condor. They Boeing technology for fully-sub- The NIBBIO Class of Italian Navy were all commissioned in the 1981 to merged-foil hydrofoil craft. Hence hydrofoils followed closely behind 1983 time frame. the SPARVIERO - TUCUMCARI SWORDFISH with relatively minor, connection. but important changes. These cen- The TUCUMCARI heritage did not end with the Italian Navy. The Japa- Whereas TUCUMCARI was a patrol boat carrying a crew of 13, the Italian boats were to be designed as fast-attack craft for very short dura- tion missions with minimum “hotel” services. Thus a crew of only 10 was required. Because of the mission requirements, emphasis was placed on heavier weapons than those on TUCUMCARI. SPARVIERO’s OTOMATmissiles and a 76mm OTO Melara gun dominated the deck of this relatively small, 60- ton craft. You may remember that this is the same gun that was incorporated on the 235-ton PHM. Although the craft retained the foilborne propulsion system, foil system, and automatic controls of NIBBIO- Class Hydrofoils, GRIFONE and ASTORE TUCUMCARI, extensive rearrange- tered around the rather interesting nese Defence Agency, after consider- ment of the hull was required. The and innovative use of distilled water ing a larger alternative hydrofoil, in hull was wider, the internal layout to injection in the gas turbine engine. 1989 included three SPARVIERO accommodate the larger Combat Op- The result was a 600 horsepower in- Class hydrofoil missile boats for its erations Center and electronics crease in maximum engine power. Maritime Self Defence Force in its equipment was completely different. The ship could carry up to about FY90 Defense budget. These hydro- Named SWORDFISH, this 60-ton 1,100 pounds of water which was foils, were to be built under license in fast attack hydrofoil was delivered to sufficient for up to one hour of higher Japan, would retain the OTO Melara the Italian Navy in July 1974. Al- power operation. This additional 76mm gun, but would replace the though designed primarily as a power provided such advantages as SPARVIERO’s missiles with the “day-boat”, it could stay out up to 5 takeoff in very rough seas, takeoff in Mitsubishi SSM-lB, a derivative of days if foilborne operations were re- very warm air, takeoff with very high the Ground Self- Defence Force’s stricted and remained hullborne for weight such as a fuel overload, and land-based missile. most of the voyage. To obtain this probably most important, an increase hullborne capability in such a small ******** in maximum speed from 48 knots to boat, another difference from 50 knots in battle conditions. An ad- TUCUMCARI was evident, namely

IHS Second Quarter 2013 Page 3 DO YOU REMEMBER CANADIAN BRAS Sorel, Quebec. Hull construction of propulsion system. For the lower- D’OR. FHE-400? BRAS D’OR commenced in 1964, power, long endurance hullborne sys- but during construction, on 5 Novem- tem, fuel weight is a critical factor The Canadian requirement for a hy- ber 1966, there was a disastrous fire which made the selection of a high drofoil centered about the Anti-Sub- in the main machinery space which speed diesel engine a logical one. A marine Warfare role which demands almost caused termination of the pro- Paxman 16 YJCM diesel rated at an extremely versatile ship. Michael gram. In spite of the delays and cost 2,000 hp drove two three-bladed pro- Eames, in his paper reviewing hydro- increase, however, the ship, desig- pellers on pods mounted on the main foil developments in Canada, points nated FHE-400 and named BRAS anhedral foils. These 7-foot diameter, out that an alternative to improving D’OR, was completed in 1967. fully-reversible, controllable-pitch sonar range (on large ships) is to pro- propellers were 30 feet apart in the vide a significantly larger number of The surface-piercing foil system of lateral direction which provided ex- sonars economically - the so-called this hydrofoil is very evident from the cellent maneuverability at low speed “small and many” concept. Initial de- photo. The main foil carries about 90 through differential pitch control. tection requires long endurance at % of the lift, whereas the small bow slow search speeds; interception and foil carries the remaining l0%. The The foilborne propulsion system con- attack require short bursts at speeds bow foil is steerable and acts like a sisted of a Pratt & Whitney FT A-Z exceeding those of conventional rudder for both foilborne and gas turbine engine, rated at 22,000 ships. hullborne operations. It can also be hp, driving two fixed-pitch, adjusted in rake, enabling the best an- three-bladed propellers 4 feet in di- With this philosophy firmly in mind, gle- of-attack to be selected for ameter. and continued confidence from their foilborne or hullborne operation un- earlier developmental effort, the Ca- der whatever load or sea conditions BRAS D’OR arrived in Halifax, nadians undertook in 1959 a study of that may exist. Nova Scotia on 1 July 1968 to begin a design requirements for a nominal long series of trials. From September 200-ton ASW hydrofoil ship desig- As in many hydrofoil designs, the dif- of 1968 until July 1971, when the tri- nated R-200. The design concept that ferent power levels involved in als terminated, the ship logged 648 resulted was reviewed in January hullborne and high-speed foilborne hours, 552 hullborne, and 96 hours 1960 by experts from the United operations dictate separate propul- foilborne. The most operationally States, United Kingdom, and Canada sion systems. The illustration on page with the conclusion that the concept 5 shows the layout of BRAS D’OR’s Continued on Next Page was sound. In August 1960 a contract was awarded to DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada to carry out engineering studies and to determine the technical feasibility of the R-200 design. Based on the positive conclusions that resulted, a second contract was awarded to develop a preliminary design. In May 1963 this led to award of a three-phase contract to DeHavilland which called for preparation of contract plans and specification, detailed design and construction, and the con- duct of performance trials. DeHavil- land, in turn, subcontracted fabrication of the hull and installation of ship Canadian BRAS D'OR, FHE-400,at 62 Knots systems to Marine Industries Ltd. in

Page 4 IHS Second Quarter 2013 BRAS D’OR apparently no lack of maneuverabil- CLASSIC FAST FERRIES ON-LINE MAG- Continued from Previous Page ity. The almost complete absence of AZINE RETURNS spray over the fo'c'sle and bridge was very impressive.” By Martin Grimm, IHS Member representative trial was a 2,500 mile voyage to Hamilton, Bermuda, and Foilborne, BRAS D’OR exceeded After a pause of several years, as of Norfolk, Virginia, in June 1971.The her calm-water design speed, achiev- October 2012, Classic Fast Ferries is biggest disappointment, albeit from a ing 63 knots at full load in 3 to 4 foot once again being published. This free scientific point of view (but not the waves. Sea trials included a compre- on-line magazine is produced by for- sailor’s aboard), was that the amount hensive set of seakeeping and mo- mer Danish IHS member and long of significant rough-water data col- tions data, all of which prompted the time fast ferry enthusiast Tim lected was regrettably small. At no Canadians to conclude that BRAS Timoleon. The latest issues are avail- time during the trip were limiting D’OR showed its performance to be able at: www.classicfastferries.com rough-water conditions experienced, quite remarkable for a surface-piercing hydrofoil ship. The on-line magazine was first pub- either hullborne or foilborne. lished by Tim in January 2000 and This was not to say that BRAS D’OR The FHE-400, although no longer op- continued to be produced regularly in did not encounter rough water! Ac- erational, remains even today the an electronic ‘magazine’ format until cording to Michael Eames, HMCS most sophisticated and advanced de- May 2005, before being produced FRASIER, a 3,000-ton frigate sailing sign of a surface-piercing-type hy- more intermittently in the form of in company during a rough-water drofoil. Its design and extensive trials shorter ‘Netnewz’ items until about trial sent a signal as follows: program contributed significantly to 2008. One further full issue was re- “Weather conditions were considered the technical data base and this was leased during that period. Many of most unpleasant, heavy seas and invaluable in complementing the the previous issues are still available 15-20 ft swell, wind gusting to 60 U.S. development program. in the archive at the CFF website. knots, ship spraying overall with up- Editor’s Note: A comprehensive per deck (of FRASIER) out of treatment of the FHE-400 was a re- The new October 2012 issue in- bounds most of the time. BRAS port by Thomas G. Lynch, entitled cluded some historical private photos D’OR appeared to possess enviable “The Flying 400 - Canada’s Hydro- of the SR.N4 cross Channel hover- seakeeping qualities. She was re- foil Project”, published by Nimbus craft as well as plans for the possible markably stable with a noticeable ab- Publishing Limited. preservation of the Rodriquez built sence of roll and pitch, and PT20B ‘Ekspressen’ that once operated in Norway. The November issue reviewed current and past hydrofoil and hovercraft services in Italy. The December issue provided an update on the Rodriquez fully submerged hydrofoil prototypes “Hydrofoil 1” and “Hydrofoil 2” and also the operation of the one-off fully submerged hydrofoil ‘Victoria’ by Northwest Hydrofoil Lines and subsequent Jet- foil services on the routes from Seat- tle in the USA and Victoria and Vancouver in British Columbia, Can- ada. This issue also included an item on the Voskhod hydrofoils that had

BRAS D’OR Propulsion System Layout Continued on Next Page

IHS Second Quarter 2013 Page 5 CLASSIC FAST FERRIES Both prototypes are of the fully sub- Conversely, extensive sea trials have (Continued From Previous Page ) merged type featuring a T-shaped been carried out in the Straits of bow foil and aft foil with three struts Messina with Hydrofoil 1 and these previously operated between Mon- incorporating the rudders. But unlike should by now have been finalised. treal and Quebec City. the Boeing Jetfoil which is The trials verified the project’s goal waterjet-propelled and powered by of, for example, better seakeeping in If you have any historical photos or gas turbine engines, the Rodriquez high sea states and consequently information related to commercial craft, like hitherto, are powered by greater passenger comfort and lower hydrofoil, hovercraft, catamarans, diesel engines. However, each vessel resistance in foilborne mode and thus SES or monohull fast ferries, why not is equipped with a different propul- lower fuel consumption in compari- pass that information on to Tim for sion system. son with the surface-piercing hydro- possible future use in this fabulous foil. Also, the resistance in hullborne and detailed online magazine. Of The sleek, 38m twin-deck design can mode is lower allowing for a higher course, for hydrofoil material, the be fitted out for 240–280 passengers speed, approx. 25 knots compared to IHS Newsletter Editor would also be and has a cruising speed of approx. approx. 15 knots for the sur- interested in a copy of such material. 42 knots. Corresponding figures for face-piercing craft. The design takes the Foilmaster are 31.2m, 224 pas- RODRIQUEZ UPDATE - I off at around 27 knots. sengers and 36 knots, respectively. Excepts from Classic Fast Ferries, The first of the two prototypes, Hy- December 2012 drofoil 1, was launched in 2008 and is equipped with traditional shaft It has been well over five years since propellers. The second unit, not sur- a new hydrofoil was last delivered by prisingly called Hydrofoil 2, has a Rodriquez Cantieri Navali. But this pod propulsion system with pulling does not mean there has been no new counter rotating propellers. The ves- hydrofoil development at the sel is structurally complete at Messina yard. Quite the opposite. Rodriquez but has yet to be launched. Even before the last Foilmaster to Stern Quarter View of date entered service with Ustica Hydrofoil 1 Lines in 2007, a new design had been on the drawing-table since the begin- To simulate a full load condition of ning of the new millennium. By far 240 passengers, the vessel was the most significant difference be- loaded with water tanks for the trials. tween this and the yard’s other hy- While the design service speed of 42 drofoils is that it features fully knots was confirmed, the expected submerged foils, whereas previous maximum speed of 45 knots was not generations were all of the sur- reached. It is believed that this will face-piercing type. be achieved on the second unit which features the pod propulsion system. Financed by the Italian Ministry of Research, it was decided to construct Since it was launched, the super- two prototypes in order to acquire the structure on bridge deck on Hydro- necessary full scale experience to foil 1 has been extended in successfully put into production this accordance with the initial design next generation Rodriquez hydro- drawings. In this connection, prior to foils. Towing tank tests were carried the main sea tests, the livery was out by the Krylov Shipbuilding Re- Hydrofoil 1 search Institute of St. Petersburg. Continued on Next Page

IHS Second Quarter 2013 Page 6 RODRIQUEZ UPDATE - I also talk about setting up a produc- complete the two last catamarans, (Continued From Previous Page ) tion of the commercial Boeing Jetfoil “City Cats”, for the Oman customer. in Italy for the European market. Moreover a little yacht has been pro- changed from a simple and becoming duced but without foils, I do not More recently, when the Maximum cream white to a perhaps more strik- know the customer. ing appearance of a brighter white Efficiency Craft, MEC, was being and sporting a large seagull on its developed by Rodriquez it was to wing on each side. have been built in two variants. The AliSwath is always in the same When launched in 1992, the 25m condition as it was two/three years EARLIER ATTEMPTS MEC 1 prototype was equipped with ago. Maybe it will be completed as surface-piercing W-foils for the ini This is not the first time that the - “normal” catamaran. tial trials and the plan was to replace Rodriquez yard is dealing with the these with a fully submerged foil sys- fully submerged hydrofoil technol- tem when these trials had been com- Hydrofoil 1 and Hydrofoil 2 are still ogy. pleted before entering upon a batch waiting financial help to continue Already in the mid-1960s Carlo production, including the larger fully their development. The first one is al- Rodriquez, son of the founder of the submerged MEC 3. None of these ready completed, could be sold to an Leopoldo Rodriquez Shipyard, ap- projects eventuated and only the pro- operator, but in a social/financial cri- preciated the prospective competi- totype MEC 1 was realized. Instead, sis period finding a customer is quite tion from the big American Rodriquez focused on developing the impossible. The second one is still companies of Boeing, General Mo- Foilmaster. waiting to be finished. It has a differ- tors and Grumman which were all in- ent propulsion system (not included COMMERCIAL SERVICE terested in adding to their aircraft in the rear foils) but not yet installed. business the production, on a grand At present it is uncertain when one or TALARIA UPDATE scale, of the fully submerged hydro- both of the new fully submerged pro- foil, civil as well as military. Negoti- totypes will be tested commercially ations between Rodriquez and in regular service. Unfortunately the By Harry Larsen, IHS Member Grumman went on for a year, but global cash flow could be better and An article about Talaria’s develop- Carlo Rodriquez felt his yard would times do not spur to new investment ments including its digital control only act as Grumman’s right-hand or ideas, a situation which of course system in was published in 2010. man with no influence on design has been going on for a number of changes, etc., and the plans for an al- years. Everyone, including My work since has been to replace its liance with the Americans were Rodriquez, is cutting back on ex- original aluminum aft foil with one dropped. penses. It should be safe to assume, of carbon fiber and add an additional though, that when it happens the hy- Some years later Rodriquez turned to Moog servo value. The new foil was drofoil(s) will be leased to or ac- Boeing to build military hydrofoils installed this last October. The origi- quired by an existing operator with of the fully submerged type devel- nal aft flaps were actuated differen- sufficient experience in operating oped by Boeing for, initially, the Ital- tially by two single acting cylinders. fast ferries and with back-up craft ian Navy. Having formed a joint Thus there was no pitch control with- should it prove necessary. venture, Alinavi, made up of the out moving the aft struts. Now, the Rodriquez yard, Boeing and a third aft flaps are independently actuated RODRIQUEZ UPDATE - II party of Italcantieri, the Italian Gov- and adjusted up or down dependent ernment commissioned six craft of on speed (engine RPM). Thus the By Lorenzo Bonesera, IHS camber of the foil is varied as a func- what was to be called the Sparviero Member class fast attack hydrofoil. Built not tion of speed yielding a better L/D in Messina but in La Spezia in When I recently visited the over is entire speed range. The boat, north-western Italy, the first of these Rodriquez site I observed that there despite a smaller foil area (3/4), can was launched in 1973. There was are very few people working to Continued on Next Page

Page 7 IHS Second Quarter 2013 TALARIA UPDATE REMEMBERING JOE KOELBEL REVIEW OF THE BOOK: HYDROFOIL (Continued From Previous Page ) VOYAGER, BY DAVID KEIPER. fly at about the same minimum speed Joseph G. Koelbel, Jr., of Springfield, By Ray Vellinga, IHS Member as with the original aft foil. Also, the VA died early Monday, January 14, computer is programmed to drop the 2013 in Inova Fairfax Hospital, after 20,000 miles under sail. 960 Nautical boat to the water given a rapid cut to a long illness. Born in Hempstead, miles in 6 days! For a 31’ cruising the throttle or engine failure. NY on October 29, 1928, Joe was sailboat this is phenomenal, and may raised in Baldwin, NY. He served in still be a record for hydrofoil sailing the U.S. Army during the Korean boats. It’s the story of David Keiper War. who nearly 40 years ago flew into history aboard his self-designed, home-built hydrofoil trimaran, A respected naval architect, Joe be- Williwaw. gan his career at Sparkman and Stephens and Grumman Aircraft En- gineering on Long Island, NY, and later worked at Asset Inc., Advanced Marine Enterprises, and John J. Talaria Foilborne on Lake McMullen Associates in northern Washington Virginia. He was a member of the So- ciety of Naval Architects and Marine The carbon fiber aft foil, span 8’, cord Engineers (SNAME) and the Interna- 9”, .9” thick, has an anhedral of 10 de- tional Hydrofoil Society. Joe special- grees. The new carbon fiber aft side ized in the design and development of struts, 54” x 6.25” x .75” were made hull forms for both displacement and in a two sided mold using resin infu- planing craft. Projects included ship sion. It was a chancy procedure since conversions, patrol boats, high speed with a two-sided mold one can not ob- passenger ferries, surface effect craft, serve the infusion as it takes place. hydrofoils, and wheeled and tracked My attempts with test samples to in- amphibious craft. His particular spe- fuse the aft foil were unsuccessful so cialties in the small ship and craft it was hand laid up. Using a slow (14 field were the design of high speed, hour cure) epoxy it has 60 plies of uni- rough water planing boats, and con- In 1975 David cast off his moorings directional carbon with a FG core. I sultation in difficult performance and in California and chartered a course am currently working on a printed cir- propulsion problems. Joe was an ex- for the South Pacific. Hawaii, Tahiti, cuit board to replace the hand wired pert in the fields of hydrodynamics, Cook, Samoa, Tonga, Rarotonga, digital/analog interface board. A bottom loading, and structures of New Zealand are some of the islands sunlight readable 1000 nit 8” LCD high speed craft, and presented a visited. screen is ordered to replace the exist- number of SNAME papers on those ing 300 nit screen. subjects. Continued on Next Page Disclaimer Interested in hydrofoil history, IHS chooses articles and pioneers, photographs? Visit the photos for potential interest to IHS history and photo gallery pages members, but does not endorse of the IHS website. products or necessarily agree with http://www.foils.org the authors’ opinions or claims.

IHS Second Quarter 2013 Page 8 HYDROFOIL VOYAGER sailing and navigation lessons Four great detail. It is also a fine book on (Continued From Previous Page ) ladies and one guy applied within a hydrofoil design. It is a must-read for day. On other occasions in Auckland, those going to sea, building a boat, or Did he dream of blue water adven- his search for an all girl crew resulted designing one. You will learn a lot, tures nine years earlier as he cut the in some “all night interviews,” but “I and it is exciting. first plank in his Petaluma, California had difficulty persuading any to go back yard? Perhaps, but when I vis- voyaging.” Later success in this ap- In 1976 a death in the family required ited David later in Sausalito aboard proach leads to navigation problems. David to return to the States. The his work-in-progress the focus was He wrote: “A boat with a women boat’s caretaker anchored her close to on the technical achievements and crew never gets to where it was plan- the shore in Hanalei bay, and an Octo- performance characteristics. By that ning to go.” (His words, ladies, not ber storm brought 15’ waves that time, David was living on shore and mine). crumbled the unattended boat against Williwaw was moored within rowing a concrete pier. The distance. I remember him as a slen- vessel was uninsured. der, 6’ 3”, friendly, helpful young Footnote: Ironically, in bachelor with a tasseled head of hair a paper dated 1977, Da- suggesting that he either just came vid wrote: “For low cost from the sea or slept late. He was a adventure, I turned to real Sausalito guy preparing for a backpacking. For intel- great adventure. When we boarded lectual challenge, I re- Williwaw I heard her timbers beckon turned to doing research to him, “come, sail away with me”. in the biomedical field. Shortly thereafter he answered the The loss of my two fa- call and watched Golden Gate Bridge vorite relatives, my fa- dissolve into his wake. ther and my uncle, to Lucky for us, David shared his adven- heart disease gave me tures in his exciting book, Hydrofoil the motivation to do re- Voyager. We join David as he strug- David and Williwaw Smoothly Underway in search on heart dis- gles with capsizing, material failure, Force 3 Seas ease.” On June 27, dissolving wood glue, crew prob- In Samoa a traditional family almost 1998, David followed in lems, torn sails, high winds, no involuntarily married him off to the the footsteps of these two blood rela- winds, freak waves, cold, heat, oldest granddaughter that ended up in tives and suffered sudden fatal heart spoiled food, good food, contami- a “hair-pulling cloths-tearing fight” attack. The hydrofoil world lost a col- nated water — if you’ve been to sea between two hopeful brides-to-be. orful, important hydrofoil innovator, in a small boat, you know. Did I men- No wonder David occasionally found and a fine writer. tion girl crews jumping ship, drunken himself alone at the tiller far from David and Williwaw can be seen in jealous boy-friends, and hepatitis? landfall. the Youtube video: His crew problems started in However, dear reader, before you can http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1 Sausalito where locals volunteered. have this kind of fun at sea, you must cYXxZiL4B8&list=UU7Z-PqVlYu5 In the mid sixties “there was a sub- build your boat. For this, the appen- m4CDTgesvR7g&index=4 stantial counter-culture and half the dix describes how to make your own Hydrofoil Voyager is available at crew were stoned and the other half Williwaw. This part of the book is Amazon.com: http://www.ama- drunk.” The more he sailed the more filled with hints based on hard experi- zon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_15?url his taste in crew changed. In Lahaina, ence about materials, techniques, and =search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-k Hawaii, he posted on some bulletin common mistakes. eywords=hydrofoil+voy- boards: Affirmative Action: To get ager&sprefix=hydro- more women into yachting - Free Let’s not forget that above all this is a book on sailing, and David goes into foil+voyag%2Cstripbooks%2C277

Page 9 IHS Second Quarter 2013 SAILOR’S PAGE More on The Pictorial Tribute to Sam Bradfield

The 16 ft (4.9m) trimaran Windrider Rave with surface sensing wands and T-foil support which entered production in August 1998. Shown here sailing smoothly through choppy seas. Photo: Ralph Naranjo.

HydroSail 21 rebuilt with a T-foil arrangement including surface-sensing wands as seen here.

The 37ft (11.3m) SCAT (Sam’s Crazy-Ass Trimaran) built in 2002 in Florida sailing in light air.

Further photo of “EIFO” in October Another view of HydroSail 21 with 1995. T-foils and clearly showing one of the surface sensing wands in action. The 25ft (7.6m) “EIFO”, or Easily Identified Flying Object, designed as a coastal racing day sailor equipped CAD rendering of SCAT showing with carbon fiber T-foils pictured in layout. October 1995. This is shown at top of second column. Further photo of “EIFO Continued on Next Page

Page 10 IHS Second Quarter 2013 Tribute to Sam Bradfield Multiple New Speed Records for These records have all now been rati- Continued from Previous Page Vestas Sailrocket2 fied by the WSSRC; see the webpage www.sailspeedRocket 2 [data cour- At the time of going to print in the tesy WSSRC]. previous Newsletter we noted that new outright world speed sailing re- See page 12 for the chart of speed records had provisionally been set by cords. Vestas Sailrocket2. In fact, Paul Larson and his team have now broken the outright world speed sailing record convincingly for both 500m and over one nautical mile, with the Sam Bradfield (left) aboard SCAT 500m record increased on two sepa- with his team in 2003. Tom Haman rate occasions. reports that Scat was sold to Harbor Wing a few years ago. She was Initially, on the late afternoon of 12th VSR2 on the 65 knot run with shipped to California and was stored November 2012, Paul managed to in- leeward float airborne and bow at Morelli and Melvin’s yard and sits crease his own World “B” Division float merely skimming the water, there still. She had to be cut apart to Speed Record with an average speed The sail and foil are doing the ship and was supposed to be reas- of 54.08 knots over 500m exceeding bulk of the work. sembled as a 50 footer, but I think his previous record in this class of they lost their funding. 49.19 knots set in 2011. However this was not the team objective.

The true goal was achieved a few days later on the afternoon of 16th November, when Paul managed to increase his average speed over 500m to 59.23 knots breaking the outright speed record for this distance across all classes of sailing Aerial photo of the 65 knot run at craft. the Walvis Bay site. On a subsequent run on 18th Novem- ber, Paul achieved a speed of 55.32 knots over a nautical mile thereby also claiming the outright record for this distance category. At the same time he marginally increased his 500 meter average to 59.37 knots.

The 18ft (5.5m) Osprey was Finally, on the afternoon of Saturday launched in 2012 as Hydrosail’s most 24 November, a significant further recent project. improvement in average speed over Aerial photo of Walvis Bay, *************** the 500m distance was achieved at Namibia, with speed sailing strip 65.45 knots measured using the GPS. on right of image. Winds typi- A peak speed of 68.01 knots over 1 cally approach from the South. second was also recorded on this run.

IHS Second Quarter 2013 Page 11 HYDROFOIL REUNION STATUS Continued from Page 2 form process, and finalize reunion cost, prepare registration forms, and distribute. We are making the final arrange- ments relative to the Friday BBQ and the Saturday Banquet. This will en- able us to finalize the cost of the reunion. We have received over 145 notifica- tions from those interested in attending. That could mean over 250 The steady progress in speed sailing records since they were officially attending. The banquet space has a recorded is shown here. Of interest is the competition and progress total capacity of 280, with 250 a more made in recent years and the jump in the records by SailRocket 2 comfortable number. Event planners [data courtesy WSSRC]. indicate that a rule of thumb is about 20-25% who express interest ulti- Shown here are IHS President, Mark IHS AND SNAME SD-5 HOLD JOINT mately do not register. We are look- Bebar, the speaker, Jeff Kline and MEETING ing at alternatives, but are hoping that SD-5 Chairman, Bill Hockberger. we will not exceed 280. As mentioned by Mark Bebar in his column on page 2, IHS held a Joint Dinner Meeting with SNAME Panel We have just learned that the Key SD-5 (Advanced Marine Vehicles) on West Poker Run is being held the 17 January at the new Army- Navy same weekend (20-23 Sept). 10,000 Country Club facilities in Arlington, bikers descend on Key West. We VA. We were fortunate to have Jeff have talked to Key West Chamber of Kline, Vice-President of Naval Archi- Commerce and they indicate that tecture, Navatek, Ltd. as guest there are still plenty of rooms avail- speaker. Mr. Kline’s presentation was able, but reservations should be made on the “CAAT” - Captive Air Am- soon. We will be providing links on phibious Transporter. our web site for finding appropriate accommodations for those who don’t The CAAT is a new amphibious vehi- want to stay at MWR facilities. cle technology that enables heavy-lift logistics transport at about 20 knots IHS BOARD OF DIRECTORS over open or shallow water, surf-zone and beach, land and mud-flats, and 2010 - 2013 2011 - 2014 2012 - 2015 moderate obstacles. Sumi Arima Joel Billingsley Mark Bebar IHS OFFICERS 2012 - 2013 Mark Bebar President John R. Meyer Martin Grimm George Jenkins Joel Roberts Vice President Joel Roberts Captain Frank Horn Leigh McCue-Weil

Frank Horn Treasurer William White John Monk Raymond Vellinga Joel Billingsley Secretary

Page 12 IHS Second Quarter 2013 The NEWS LETTER International Hydrofoil Society PO Box 51 - Cabin John MD 20818 - USA

Editor: John Meyer Third Quarter 2013 Sailing Editor: Martin Grimm RUSSIAN HYDROFOILS – STILL SUSTAINING MEMBERS FLYING!

It was about 1957 when commercial hydrofoil activity started at the Krasnoe Sormovo Ship Yard in Gorki in the Soviet Union with the launching of RAKETA, an 88-foot, 27 ton hydrofoil powered by a 900 hp supercharged diesel engine. Several hundred of these vessels were produced over the years up until the 1970s. This was the beginning of a whole series of hydrofoils designed, built, tested, and operated in Russia and the Ukraine, and continues even until the present time.

______HAVE YOU PAID YOUR 2013 IHS DUES? IF NOT, THEY ARE OVERDUE See Full Announcement on Page 6 INSIDE THIS ISSUE - President’s Column...... p.2 Meteor is one of the most common Russian hydrofoils for - Welcome New Members....p.2 river operations - Courtesy of Konstantin Matveev - New Initiative...... p.5

Today there are several shipyards producing hydrofoils for - Cavitation...... p.7 high-speed passenger transportation on rivers and in coastal areas - FRESH-1 Update...... p.8 around the world. - Navy Museum...... p.9 See Russian Hydrofoils, Page 3 - Sailor’s Page...... p.10

Page 1 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Jack Fruin – Jack received his BSE in Mechanical Engineering and Ma- To all IHS Members On 7 March, the Board of Directors terial Science from University of held a regular meeting, at which sev- Connecticut in 1986. He later re- I hope this finds everyone well. Over eral initiatives were discussed, in- ceived an MSME in Structural the past few months, in getting more cluding plans for a permanent Analysis from RPI, and an MSME deeply involved in the business of the hydrofoil exhibit at the Washington in Manufacturing from University Society, I have obtained greater in- Navy Yard. This is covered by Secre- of Connecticut. Prior to joining Na- sight of and appreciation for the out- tary Joel Billingsley in From the iad in 2007, his Engineering experi- standing work by our past president, Board Room on pages 6 and 9. ence in the Aerospace and Machine John Meyer. John continues to play a Tool industries has involved ma- key role on the Society’s Board of Di- Planning continues for the Navy Hy- chine tool design, bearing testing rectors, and we are blessed to have drofoil Reunion to be held in Key and analysis, as well as Product and John continue as NL Editor. West on 20-23 September 2013 (see Process Development. As Lead nd page 2 of the 2 Qtr 2013 NL. We are Mechanical Engineer at Naiad, he is Since the last issue of the NL, we had also looking forward to participating responsible for Mechanical Design a Joint Dinner Meeting with SNAME again at the Tacoma Maritime Fest on and Applications Engineering at the Panel SD-5 (Advanced Marine Vehi- 24-25 August 2013. Information can Connecticut office. cles), which was co-sponsored with be found at: http://www.maritime ASNE and held on 21 February in fest.org/. We encourage those of you Jon Kashetta – Jon received his conjunction with ASNE Day 2013. on the West Coast to attend the Fest BSET in Electronics Engineering The technical presentation was “Ride and we also need volunteers to staff and Minor in Mathematics from Control for High-Performance the IHS booth. This is an outstanding Pennsylvania College of Technol- Ships” given by Alan Haywood and opportunity to enjoy the festivities ogy in 2005. Prior to joining Naiad Benton Schaub of Naiad Dynamics and increase public awareness of hy- in 2010, he was part of an engineer- US, Inc. (see page 7). The complete drofoil technology. More details on ing firm designing experimental presentation has been posted on the both of these events will be issued in electronics through SBIR/STTR IHS website (www.foils.org). Also the future. contracts. There, he accrued knowl- see page 8 for details related to Naiad edge in FPGA programming, high Dynamics capabilities. On the subject of new members, we speed digital embedded design, and urge all of you to recruit colleagues high voltage reactive drive technol- In the last issue of the NL, I noted the and others to increase our numbers ogy, with much experience gained potential for a Student Hydrofoil De- and bring new talent into the Society. in circuit board design. As Electri- sign Competition. After much plan- Our goal is to exceed last year’s num- cal and Software Engineer for Na- ning, the International Hydrofoil bers by a reasonable amount this year. iad Dynamics, he is responsible for Society has established and recently As always, please consider your NL all electrical designs for custom ride announced the Mandles Prize for Hy- Editor’s plea for volunteers to pro- control systems, design of new drofoil Excellence. See page 5 for de- vide articles and photos of interest to products, systems integration, and tails. Background for the Mandles our members and readers. Please project management. Prize and Rules for the competition send material to John Meyer at edi- can be downloaded from our website [email protected]; he will be pleased to Vic Kuzmovich – Vic began work- at and questions can be sent to: hear from you. ing with Naiad products in 1976 and [email protected] We anticipate a has been with the company through very exciting competition and look Best regards, different ownerships in various ca- forward to receiving many pacities, from machinist through high-quality entries. Best of luck to Mark Bebar, IHS President all those who compete! Continued on Page 12

Page 2 IHS Third Quarter 2013 RUSSIAN HYDROFOILS to Kolkhida, Kometa, and (Continued From Page 1 ) Lastochka type hydrofoils. The speed limit for these hydrofoils The Morye/Feodosia Shipbuilding is about 65 knots and was reached Company is a Ukrainian Yard lo- by a patrol boat Antares with a dis- cated on the Black Sea near placement of 220t. [Ed Note: This is Feodosia on the Crimean Peninsula. a very high figure for their passen- It specializes in production of ger hydrofoils, and really only ap- Voskhod high-speed dynamically supported plies to their military hydrofoils most recent model Voskhod 2M vessels (hydrofoils, hovercraft, ves- mentioned below.] These patrol FFF, also known as Eurofoil, was sels with air-cavities) planning boats were built from the late 1970’s built in Feodosia, Ukraine for the boats, pleasure yachts and boats to early 1990’s. Dutch public transport operator with hulls made of alumi- Connexxion. num-magnesium alloy. The company is the biggest in the Ukraine in According to Wikipedia, some cur- its field. A considerable part of its rent operators of Russian/Ukrainian production are patrol boats and an- hydrofoils include: tisubmarine hydrofoil craft and, in addition multi-purpose hovercraft. Voskhod and Polesye service be- From their building berths were tween Tulcea and Sulina on the launched such well-known passen- Danube. ger hydrofoils as Raketa, Kometa, Antares Meteor and Polesye service in Po- Voskhod, Cyclone and Olympia. It is interesting to note that the land between Szczecun and The total composed about 40% of Swinoujscie. these types of vessels built in the USSR introduced several hydrofoil world. The hydrofoils Kometa, fast attack craft into their navy, prin- Cometa service between Nijnean- built at the end of the 1960s and the cipally: garsk and Irkutsk on Lake Baikal . beginning of the 1970s, are still in Sarantcha class missile boat, a operation in Greece and Cuba. Cometa service between Vladi- unique vessel built in the 1970s. vostok and Slavyanka. Another builder is the Volga Ship- Turya class torpedo boat, which yard located in Nizhny Novgorod Polesye service between Mozyr and was introduced in 1972 and still re- Turov on the Pripyat River. (called Gorky in Soviet times) that mains in service today. has been in operation for over 30 Meteor service between Saint Pe- years and continues to produce hy- Matka class missile boat, which was tersburg, Russia and the Peterhof drofoils distinguished by their good introduced in the 1980s and still re- Palace. construction and reliability. Ac- mains in service today. cording to the company, the best ev- Meteor service between Saint Pe- Muravey class patrol boat, which idence of this is the operation of tersburg, Russia, and the Kronstadt, was introduced in the 1980s and hydrofoils in different climatic con- a strongly fortified Russian seaport still remains in service today. ditions, in particular: Meteor, Sun- town, located on Kotlin Island, near rise and Polesie in Russia, China, Soviet Union-built Voskhods are the head of the Gulf of Finland. It Hungary, Ukraine, Vietnam; also one of the most successful passen- lies thirty kilometers west of Saint Comet, Katran Olympia Cyclone in ger hydrofoil designs. It was devel- Petersburg. Russia, Estonia, Italy, Greece, oped in the Soviet Union and Croatia, Cuba, Ukraine, Vietnam. manufactured in Russia and According to their website, they are Ukraine. Currently, they are in ser- manufacturing and making repairs vice in more than 20 countries. The Continued on Next Page

IHS Third Quarter 2013 Page 3 RUSSIAN HYDROFOILS along on Lake Como.] Three units Hellenic Seaways operate their (Continued From Previous Page) of the Rodriquez RHS150 type op- Flying Dolphins service over many erate on each lake, for a total of nine routes in the Aegean, between the Meteor, Raketa and Voskhod hydro- hydrofoils. Navigazione Lago di Cycladic islands, Saronic Gulf foil types operate on the Volga,Don, Como still operates the last islands such as Aegina and Poros and Kama Rivers in Russia. Rodriquez RHS70 in active service and Athens. in Italy. Kometa and Kolhida (Katran) hy- Meteor (2), Polesye (4) and drofoils are operated by a number of Former Russian hydrofoils are used Voskhod (3) hydrofoil types operate tour operators in Croatia, mostly for in southern Italy for connection in Hungary. MAHART PassNave packaged tours, but there are also with islands of Lazio and Ltd. operates scheduled hydrofoil some scheduled services to islands Campania. SNAV has 5 RHS200, liners between Budapest, in the Adriatic. RHS160 and RHS150 used in the Bratislava and Vienna,, inland lin- Hydrofoils are regularly operated on connections between Naples and ers between Budapest and the Dan- the three major Italian Lakes the islands of Capri and Ischia. ube Bend, and theme cruises to (Maggiore, Garda and Como) by Komárom, Solt, Kalocsa and Fast Flying Ferries operated by Mohács. branches of Ministry of Transporta- Connexxion, provides a regular tion. [Editor's Note: My wife I had service over the North Sea Canal Vietnamese Greenline Company the opportunity, while touring between Amsterdam Central Sta- operates hourly shuttle service be- Northern Italy several years ago, to tion and Velsen-Zuid in the tween Ho Chi Minh city and Con stay a few days at each lake. While Netherlands, using Voskhod 2M Dao island. Hydrofoil lines using there we rode on an RHS160 and saw hydrofoils. the Russian-built Meteor type also a 50-year old RAKETA chugging connect Hai Phong, Ha Long and Mong Cai in North Vietnam.

Several hydrofoils of Meteor and Lastochka types were built in 1990-2000s and sold to China. This is an impressive list and could be supplemented by the Rodriquez RHS series hydrofoils operating in and around Italy plus the Jetfoils operating in the Far East. It is fair to say: Yes!, Russian (and other) hydrofoils are still flying.

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Page 4 IHS Third Quarter 2013 NEW INITIATIVE The award of the Prize will be based plied to a cash reserve or endowment on submissions from individual stu- to sustain the Prize. ANNOUNCING: The International dents or groups of up to six students Hydrofoil Society Mandles Prize for with the signature of a faculty adviser In a recent email of thanks to Martinn Hydrofoil Excellence. endorsing each submission. Submis- and Connie, Bill Hockberger cap- By Ray Vellinga, IHS Member sions must be specific to hydrofoils, tured the spirit of this competition: “I and publishable by IHS. was really pleased when I learned of your generous offer to establish a stu- Recently, Martinn Mandles and his Submissions will be solicited on the dent competition with monetary wife Connie funded up to $5,000 a IHS website, by contacting faculty at awards. I think it will motivate year in IHS hydrofoil achievement educational institutions internation- young people studying ship design to awards for students. What was once ally, and by advertisement, cost per- consider hydrofoils in a way that a just a dream of past president, John mitting, in applicable professional mere award certificate or plaque can Meyer, is now a reality due to the and trade publications (e.g., never do. And if they jump in, by ne- contributions of the Mandles and the SNAME’s Marine Technology, cessity it will also motivate their pro- creative efforts of several IHS mem- ASNE’s Naval Engineers Journal, fessors to learn about hydrofoils so bers including President Mark Bebar, etc.). they can oversee their students’ pro- Ray Vellinga, Leigh McCue-Weil, jects. That’ll be a significant extra Bill Hockberger, Martin Grimm, Joel Papers must be submitted in English, bang for the buck! A big part of the Billingsley, Frank Horn and George and students need not be a member of problem getting people to consider Jenkins. the IHS. Submissions will be due on st hydrofoils when they might be the or before June 1 of each year, with best alternative, is that so few know the Prize winner selected, announced enough about them.” and awarded no later than August 1st of that year. The awards consist of the $2,500 Prize with a commemorative Many of our members know Martinn plaque, and up to two $1,000 Honor- and something about his accomplish- able Mention awards. The initial ments. For others, here is a sum- awards will be made in 2014. mary: Martinn started as a hydroplane racer in high school and became both an airplane and hydro- The IHS Board of Directors will ap- foil “pilot” before earning an engi- point a panel of no less than five (5) neering degree from Stanford judges, free from any real or per- University in 1964. As such, he was ceived conflict of interest, to evalu- the first co-pilot of Boeing’s ate the submissions and recommend Aqua-Jet hydrofoil research hydro- the Prize winner. The recommenda- plane, and on the first flight crew of tion of the panel shall be ratified by a the Boeing built FRESH-1 majority of the IHS Board of Direc- high-speed research hydrofoil. Upon tors. Depending on the submissions his return from Vietnam in 1967, Martinn and Connie Mandles received, it may be necessary to add Mandles became the Navy’s first other judges who are Subject Matter captain of Boeing’s first hydrofoil Experts. The Mandles Prize itself is an annual gunboat, USS Tucumcari. $2,500 award in recognition of hydrofoil engineering, design or con- The IHS annual dues form will be After completing five years of mili- struction achievement by college and amended to allow any member to tary service in 1969, Mandles com- university students (undergraduate specify a donation toward this Prize menced a 37-year career at ABM and graduate level) worldwide. in addition to their dues payment. Any and all such funds will be ap- Continued on Next Page

IHS Third Quarter 2013 Page 5 NEW INITIATIVE FROM THE BOARD ROOM 1980’s. Another opportunity is the (Continued From Previous Page ) establishment of a design competition for university students, funded Industries (NYSE:ABM), where he By Joel Billingsley, IHS Member by a gift from IHS Member, Martinn was Chairman of the Board from and Secretary Mandles, to encourage interest in the 1997-2006. application of hydrofoil technology. March 7, 2013 The Board is sponsoring a reunion in An accomplished aviator and avid The IHS Board of Directors meeting Key West, FL in September for ev- adventurer, Martinn was the first was scheduled to be held on March 7 eryone involved in the hydrofoil pro- non-NASA American pilot to gradu- at the Army-Navy Country Club in gram. ate from the Russian Cosmonaut Ba- Virginia., but became its first 100% sic Training Program at Star City The Board is supporting a major pub- virtual meeting by teleconference near Moscow, and has visited both lic display at the Maritime Fest in Ta- due to a snow storm in the Washing- the North and South Poles, as well as coma, WA this August. Discussions ton, DC area. It worked out well and the North Face Base Camp of Mt. Ev- also addressed ongoing efforts to in- served as a model for future meetings erest in Tibet and countless other crease membership, public relations, if need be. challenging destinations worldwide. organization finances, website devel- Two of these adventures are illus- Activity for the IHS is at an all time opment, and publications. The results trated here. high and the agenda was chock full of of these topics are evident elsewhere discussion items. These ranged from in the Newsletter, but suffice to say topics for the next joint IHS/SNAME there are many irons in the fire. dinner meeting to finding successors for the Board and bringing in additional volunteers for projects underway. Amajor opportunity for the IHS is the development of an exhibit at the Washington Navy Yard Museum Martinn training in the cockpit covering the R&D program begun in of a Soyuz the 1940’s that culminated in the PHM class of six patrol craft in the IHS at HiPer 2013

IHS Membership is by calendar By Mark Bebar, IHS President year. Options are: We will once again have an IHS • Regular Membership: US$30 for 1 booth at this year’s ASNE High Per- calendar year, $56 for 2 years, or $82 formance Craft Forum 2013, which for 3 years will be held on 19 – 20 June at the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Connie and Martinn at the • Student: still only US$10 Center in Norfolk, VA. North Pole • Sustaining: US$250.00 per year The event will feature exhibits, IHS member Martinn and his wife To pay by credit card using PayPal, in-water demonstrations, displays, Connie reside in Los Angeles, where go to the IHS Membership page at vendor presentations, panel discus- he now serves as an executor and www. foils.org/member.htm and scroll sions and technical discussions. For trustee of several major trusts. down to the green payment box. more information, go to: ********* www.navalengineers.org

Page 6 IHS Third Quarter 2013 IHS, SNAME SD-5 PANEL MEETING which the technology has been largely pressure can become so low that the adopted from the commercial sector). liquid water transforms into a gas- On the evening of ASNE Day, 21 eous water (cavity). The study of The meeting was well attended and February 2013, IHS teamed with cavitating hydrofoils is important for followed by a vigorous Q&A session. SNAME SD-5 Panel on Advanced research in the propulsor industry The presenters received IHS coffee Ships and Craft and ASNE in hosting because a propeller is nothing more mugs as a token of appreciation. Din- a presentation by Naiad Dynamics than a few hydrofoils “wrapped ner was provided afterward in the US, Inc. on “Ride Control for around” a hub. High-Performance Ships”. Mr. Alan ASNE Day exhibit hall, courtesy of Haywood and Mr. Benton Schaub, ASNE. The support of ASNE in mak- IHS members, were the presenters. ing the meeting possible in conjunction with ASNE Day 2013 made for a Ride control systems are needed be- very successful event. cause even moderate waves can gen- erate substantial forces on a ship or DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAVITATION boat and produce significant motions that can disturb passengers and cause Extracts from S.A. Kinnas, Univer- damage to cargo and equipment. This sity of Texas Cloud Cavitation is especially true for smaller high-performance vessels encounter- Illustrated here are photographs of ing waves at high speed. Ride control different types of cavitation including This hydrofoil exhibits “cloud cavi- systems have been developed that are foils and propellers. tation” Cloud cavities present mod- able to reduce these motions signifi- eling difficulties because they tend cantly, and Naiad and its predecessor to be unstable. It is also difficult to companies have been major players hydrodynamically model the flow in this achievement. around a “cloud”.

Partially Cavitating Hydrofoil Here we see a hydrofoil exhibiting partial cavitation. A hydrofoil is a “lifting” surface. It is like an airplane wing in that it provides lift when a Sheet Cavitation Pictured here are Bill fluid flows past it. Both an airfoil and Hockberger, Alan Haywood, a hydrofoil create lift by creating a Mark Bebar and Ben Schaub This foil exhibits a fairly clean low pressure on the upper surface. In “sheet” cavity. Although near the The presentation provided an over- the case of the hydrofoil though, the view of ride control devices (fins, Continued on Next Page trim tabs, interceptors, T-foils), their Disclaimer incorporation into systems for ride Interested in hydrofoil history, control, and examples of their appli- IHS chooses articles and pioneers, photographs? Visit the cations and resulting effectiveness in photos for potential interest to IHS history and photo gallery pages a range of high-speed ships. These in- members, but does not endorse of the IHS website. clude commercial ferries, private products or necessarily agree with http://www.foils.org yachts, and military vessels (for the authors’ opinions or claims.

IHS Third Quarter 2013 Page 7 CAVITATION foam sprayed for insulation. This is a TACOMA MARITIME FEST (Continued From Previous Page ) mess to clean up and hampers pulling the skins easily. Anyone have a By Ray Velinga end of the cavity, you may notice better approach than shaving rivets some “bubble” cavitation. Notice that August is rapidly approaching and prying away skin, please let me the cavity does not begin at the lead- and the IHS will once again be man- know. ing edge of the foil. (The leading edge ning its booth at the annual Tacoma is the very front of the foil.) Efforts are We closely examined the original Maritime Fest. Last year we had underway to correctly model cavi- foilborne engine and while it still plenty of enthusiastic participation tating propellers with non leading turns over by hand, it has set outside by the west coast members, along edge detachment. so long with oil caps removed that with East coast Society Board mem- the general consensus is we should bers, Mark Bebar and Bill look for a donor engine. There are a Hockberger. number of specialized parts includ- Of course, we will once more be ing the ducts built to utilize the by- needing people to occupy our booth pass fan trust that we plan on during either or both days of the Fest. installing on a new engine. We have This is a great time to enjoy the com- been looking for a TF33 or JT3D pany of fellow members, meet the from the federal surplus system since public, and help spread the hydro- we are eligible to receive property foil gospel. for the museum, and haven’t found Super Cavitation one yet. It seems most of the craft that use that equipment have already Please respond to Mark, Bill, or Ray been phased out, but there has been a Vellinga and let us know what day(s) Here we can see a hydrofoil undergo- JT8D come up in the system. My are best for you to attend. ing “super cavitation”—the grand- question that I hope someone here daddy of all cavities! A partial cavity might be able to answer is whether or NEW SUSTAINING MEMBER becomes a super cavity when it ex- not this newer engine would be com- tends beyond the end of the foil (or We welcome NAIAD DY- patible with the specialized mounts ® blade in the case of propellers). and fan ducts of the TF33 or JT3D? I NAMICS as an additional IHS know that the JT8D replaced the Sustaining Member. The company FRESH-1 UPDATE JT3D on the DC-8, but I don’t know combines Stabilizer and Ride Con- how close it really is? trol Systems, manufacturers Naiad Marine Systems®, Maritime Dy- By Eliot James, IHS Member Eliot James is Curator of the USS namics, Vosper Motion Control®, Aries Hydrofoil Museum, phone Vosper Stabilizers, VT Marine Prod- Work on the Foil Research Experi- number: +1 (660) 998-0801 ucts and KoopNautic Holland. The mental Supercavitating Hydrofoil full integration of these jointly- (FRESH-1) restoration has been pro- owned businesses occurred in early gressing, since she is in our shop, 2009 when NAIAD MARITIME warm and dry, we have been spend- GROUP, INC acquired all global op- ing more time on her than other hy- erations and reorganized them as drofoils. There are a lot of rivets we NAIAD DYNAMICS with inter- have to shave to remove the skins, linked facilities across the USA, in which is necessary for the large the UK and Netherlands. amount of corrosion has popped many rivet heads. Fortunately we Responsible for more than 10,000 have the equipment for working on FRESH-1 Flying High in the stabilization systems in the luxury aircraft structures. The biggest pain Good Ole Days is where the main cabin had urethane Continued on Next Page

Page 8 IHS Third Quarter 2013 NEW SUSTAINING MEMBER IHS AND THE NAVY MUSEUM equipment. It was also noted that the (Continued From Previous Page) new museum, if approved, has com- By Joel Billingsley mitments from major sponsors to yacht, commercial ship and military fund multi-million dollar exhibits. In ship markets—including 50 of the Mr. Jim Bruns, Director of the U. S. the ensuing discussion, the Board dis- world’s Navies, most of the world’s Navy Museum in Washington, D.C., cussed topics such as availability of fast ferries, and more luxury yachts was invited by the IHS to address: simulators, whereabouts of the Sea than any other company. The com- “What would be involved in setting up Legs, development of video presenta- bined fielded experience and techni- an exhibit to present the Navy’s hydro- tions, and donations from private col- cal expertise of NAIAD DYNAMICS foil program that coincided with the lections. The consensus was that this is unmatched in marine motion con- Cold War time period?” represented a golden opportunity for trol. He responded that there were two op- the IHS to develop an exhibit immediately for the CWG that could ulti- Proven applications include displace- portunities. Immediately, the Cold War Gallery (CWG) could accommodate an mately expand to the new museum. ment and planning monohulls, cata- Mark Bebar and Joel Roberts took marans, trimarans, surface effect exhibit with static displays and multi-media components. Regarding joint action to come up with “bubble ships (SES), SWATH, SLICE, diagrams” to depict the theme of a hy- RHIBS and other advanced hull static displays, Joel Billingsley had contacted Dana Wegner, Curator of drofoil exhibit for presentation to the forms from 10 to 150m. Recent mili- Board and the Museum. tary applications include the US Ship Models at Naval Surface Warfare Navy’s sophisticated 115m Freedom Center – Carderock Division, and At a recent Board meeting, Mark Class Littoral Combat Ships and learned there were a dozen Navy mod- Bebar and Joel Billingsley reviewed Royal Norwegian Navy Skjold class els of six different Navy hydrofoils the near term and far term prospects SES. available for display by the Navy Mu- before us at the U.S. Navy Museum. seum plus additional hydrofoil artifacts We plan to have models available Extensive FEA engineering design, held by the Cheatham Annex. Down- from the Curator at NSWC CFD hydrodynamic design, naval ar- stream, Mr. Bruns was hopeful that Carderock, videos from Ray Vellinga, chitecture and structural analysis, Congress would approve a $145 mil- and storyboards that the museum is highly correlated proprietary ship lion dollar proposal to re-locate the willing to put together with our input. modeling and simulation, full CNC Navy Museum to new quarters off the The storyboards envisioned would manufacturing to US military aero- WNYthat are more easily accessible by tell the story of a successful R&D pro- space standards, fabrication, full the general public. The Museum would gram that led to the PHMs. For those scale assembly and testing, tear down expand from 70,000 sq. ft. to 240,000 wanting more detailed knowledge of and repair facilities, dynamometer sq. ft. with multi-story galleries in a the technology, a secondary set of dis- load testing, motion simulation hy- state-of-the-art facility to open in 2018. plays and videos could be available. draulic testing, electrical assembly The new facility could accommodate Discussion noted that interest in per- and testing laboratory, extensive soft- full-size displays, not the size of a sonal/human powered hydrofoils is ware engineering and programming. PHM, but at least as large as a 77 foot also very strong besides the military PT boat. He said that the Museum could hydrofoil program. We will need to lend professional designers to accom- focus on the purpose of the WNY ex- plish production work. For example, hibit, but possibly accommodate the the Museum employs large panels of 3’ more general interest. Joel B. took ac- x 7’ size that roll up, window shade NAIAD DYNAMICS US, INC. tion to follow-up with Dana Wegner style, and prepares large posters. re availability of models. Joel R. and A NAIAD MARITIME GROUP The IHS would need to provide sub- Ray Vellinga took action to follow up INC Company ject matter experts to create the theme with a company that converts film of this nature to digital format. Joel B. Connecticut / Maryland / Florida / of such graphics. The Museum could took action to recruit additional help Washington / Holland / United provide exhibit cases and provide, for the museum initiative. Kingdom operate and maintain audio-video

IHS Third Quarter 2013 Page 9 SAILOR’S PAGE ORACLE ON FOILS can operate fully foil supported un- trol is allowed and the horizontal rudder some sailing conditions. This is der foil cannot be adjusted when clearly demonstrated on team videos racing. No movable flaps are al- In an email message circulated to such as at: http://www.youtube.com/ lowed on either the rudder or the various IHS members by Martinn watch?feature=player_embed- daggerfoil. No other appendages, Mandles during March, Martinn at- ded&v=Y6dnOIE9sjk or at: like a sensor wand, are allowed. So tached the following photo of the https://www.youtube.com/ the boats are severely handicapped AC72 class Oracle Team USA cata- watch?v=jUZu7RivhoQ with regard to their foil design com- maran sailing boat built for the pared to, say, the International Moth Americas Cup and remarked about it: In response to Martinn, Tom Speer, class. “Those black vertical objects - one who is engaged with the Oracle team, deployed into the water on the port added the following comments and side and the other one retracted clarifications: There is a daggerfoil When sailing off the wind, the boats amidships to starboard - sure look and a rudder in each hull. T foils are are full flying foilers, and not foil as- like hydrofoil struts to me! And what used on the rudders. Under the class sisted. At least for the Emirates Team are those black “wing” under the red rules and protocol for the AC72, the New Zealand and Oracle Team USA rudder to starboard? Perhaps Ora- windward daggerfoil must be re- designs. The Artemis AC72 design cle should rename the boat tracted to within 500 mm of the hull was foil assisted, but they are now “Tucumcari Too”?” (in reference to except when maneuvering in tacks, converting to a flying configuration. PGH-2 which he had previously jibes, and pre-start maneuvers. The Upwind, the boats will be foil as- commanded). daggerfoil’s lower bearing is not al- sisted, with at least some of the lowed to translate, but the foil can be weight supported by buoyancy. Martinn has indeed observed that the raked (pitched) and canted about the latest generation of America’s Cup lower bearing. The rudder is only al- yachts have ventured into the hydro- lowed to rotate about an axis within Various foil types have been investi- foil domain to the point that the craft 10 deg of the vertical. No pitch con- gated, including C (constant curva- ture), J (multiple curvatures), S (J foil with inflection point on vertical segment), L (straight vertical, straight horizontal segments), and L foils with dihedral. The cant angle (inboard-outboard tilt) has also been varied and may be controllable when sailing for some designs.

Speeds, in knots, are in the mid 30’s to low 40’s off the wind and mid 20’s when sailing upwind. The teams are now working on the tradeoff between stability and performance, and on maneuvering while flying. In response to a question from Harry Larsen: “Is the ORACLE flying high Continued on Next Page

Page 10 IHS Third Quarter 2013 ORACLE ON FOILS NEW BOOK ON L’HYDROPTÈRE was deferred in 2012 as no favorable RELEASED SOON weather conditions were achieved for (Continued From Previous Page) the attempt. Extracts from http://hydroptere.com daggerfoil’s pitch/cant adjusted In the medium term, the team has an while foiling?”, Tom responded: Un- The publisher Arthaud, a subsidiary interest in building a prototype sail- der the design rules, the boards are al- of Flammarion, specialized in tales of boat for pure speed, inspired by the lowed to be raked and canted. The adventure and travel, is preparing a recent achievements of the Vestas degree to which the various designs reference book on the hydrofoil tri- Sailrocket team. Now the target has to are doing that is something that is un- maran l’Hydroptère planned for re- be an average of 80 knots explains der development. The boards are lease this northern autumn. Alain Thébault. heavily loaded when flying, and no This 192 page book with around 200 In the longer term, also planned is the stored energy is allowed. The hy- illustrations in a 30x30cm format launch in 2015 of a second generation draulic power to move the boards has with a fold-central section will aim to l’Hydroptère designed to beat the to be generated by the crew as the celebrate the adventure of this excep- North Atlantic record, Hydroptère 2. boat is sailing. They can’t even use tional boat. The publication will be in This craft will be a synthesis of an accumulator to reduce the peak both French and English with a Ger- l’Hydroptère features with those of demands. The side force on the man version also under consider- the best conventional maxi- boards is equal to that of the wing and ation. The publisher has previously multihulls. The aim is to cross the At- headsail, and the vertical load is ap- covered French sailing history from lantic in three days and to achieve an proximately equal to the weight of Éric Tabarly to Florence Arthaud ambitious speed record of in excess of the boat. Even with good bearings, through Moitessier. a thousand nautical miles in 24 hours. there’s a lot of friction involved. So moving the boards is not a simple matter.

Tom concluded that “there are some really interesting things being learned about stability while foiling” and observed that sailboats are quite different from power boats in this regard. He was hopefully some of this could be published after the cam- paign.

The 34th America’s Cup will be CAD image of the proposed Hydroptère 2. sailed in September 2013 in San Francisco, California, with these Meanwhile, following the with- 72-foot (21.9 m) wing-sail catama- drawal of sponsorship by DCNS late rans. Golden Gate Yacht Club last year, the l’Hydroptère team is (GGYC) will be the defender of the looking for new partners to finance America’s Cup. An overview of the their Transpacific record attempt be- 2013 America’s Cup can be found at: tween Los Angeles and Hawaii this while a summary of the AC72 class northern summer. Champagnes can be found at: Lanson has strengthened its partner- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC72 ship with the l’Hydroptère team by becoming the official partner. The initial Trans-Pacific record attempt *******************

IHS Third Quarter 2013 Page 11 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS 30 years, in both Engineering and moved his family to USA in 2001 to (Continued From Page 2) Executive roles, with specialization join Pfizer Global Research and De- in ship stabilization and motion velopment to head up Lab Automa- management, since 1973. His cur- control. John is CEO of NAIAD tion Program in Groton, CT in 2001 rent positions are Global Service MARITIME GROUP, INC, parent and in 2009 joined Naiad Dynamics Manager for all offices and regional of the NAIAD DYNAMICS com- as Global Sales Director. He is an manager for the Fort Lauderdale lo- panies with operations in Connecti- expert in aerodynamics, hydrody- cation. cut, Maryland, Florida, Washington namics, fluid mechanics, automa- USA, Portsmouth UK and tion, robotics, business David K Spurrier – David joined Maastricht Netherlands. John holds management and global business Vosper Thornycroft UK Ltd Hy- three degrees in Engineering & development with knowledge of draulic Power Division, Stabi- Business, including a Master of Sci- simulation software, mechanical, lizer Dept in 1975 as an apprentice ence from Rensselaer Polytechnic structural and hydrodynamic design Draughtsman and has remained Institute, New York. He is a mem- of underwater appendages. with the company for the past 38 ber of several professional organi- years after some company name zations including the Society of Matthew Wolen – Matthew re- changes. In 1980 he received his Naval Architects & Marine Engi- ceived his BSE from Roger Wil- Degree in Production Engi- neers (SNAME), the American So- liams University in 2006. neering/Management studies and ciety of Naval Engineers (ASNE), Following graduation he began has progressed through the com- and serves on the Board of Directors working at VT Naiad Marine, now pany from Draughtsman, Designer, of the International Superyacht So- Naiad Dynamics, where he func- Product Engineer and at present the ciety. tions as a project engineer and con- position of Design Engineer with centrates in hydraulic system the new company name of Naiad Dr. Steven Vidakovic – Steven re- design, power unit design and gen- Dynamics UK Ltd. He has the received his BE in Aeronautical Engi- eral hydraulic troubleshooting in sponsibility for a range of hydraulic neering from UNSW, Australia in the Shelton Connecticut office. Power Packs for Ride Control sys- 1985; Ph.D. from University of tems, Steering Gear, Marine Stabi- Adelaide, Aust. in 1995; M.Sc. Ex- lizers, Bow thrusters and any ecutive Masters in Technology WEB BENEFIT special projects pertaining to hy- Management from Rensselaer, IHS provides a free link from draulic systems. This will include Hartford, CT in 2006. He worked in the IHS website to members’ per- Defense Industry, Industrial Re- the verification of technical specifi- sonal and/or corporate site. To re- cations and research and develop- search and Medical Devices Indus- quest your link, contact William ment of the products within the try on Artificial Heart Program and White, IHS Home Page Editor at range. Supervision of the designers in Commercial Sales of Novel Tech- [email protected] of these products is required within nologies, HVAC in Australia. He this role. Liaison with customers, sub-contractors, internal dept and IHS BOARD OF DIRECTORS classification societies. John Venables – John has been ac- 2010 - 2013 2011 - 2014 2012 - 2015 tive in the marine industry for over Sumi Arima Joel Billingsley Mark Bebar IHS OFFICERS 2012 - 2013 John R. Meyer Martin Grimm George Jenkins Mark Bebar President Joel Roberts Captain Frank Horn Leigh McCue-Weil Joel Roberts Vice President Frank Horn Treasurer William White John Monk Raymond Vellinga Joel Billingsley Secretary

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By Your Editor was impressed by an article appearing in the November 2010 issue of Fast Ferry International on the subject of hy- Idrofoil operations in Russia. It mentioned that this past year approximately 100 hydrofoils were in service – but only a fraction of the number operating when Russia was part of the USSR. In some areas fewer hydrofoils were operating, however, in Saint Petersburg, the size of the fleets continues to grow. The largest operator, Vodohad-Saint Petersburg has a fleet of 12 Meteors. The company continues to build up its fleet by buying Meteors from other operators. The operation continues to be profitable because of the many tourists visiting the area. Below is a montage of the many varieties of hydrofoils that have been operating in this vast country of lakes and rivers. One could say that the center of gravity of the hydrofoil world seems to be somewhere between the Black Sea and Saint Petersburg.

I highly recommend that all members add the Fast Ferry International publication to their library because it continues, after many decades, to publish important and interesting articles on hydrofoils and other high performance vessels.

Sputnik Vikhr

Raketa

Cometa Olympia

Lastocha

Cyclone Meteor

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