Quote from: benjamindees on May 31, 2013, 06:23:51 AM

I've been learning about ships lately. I'd guess that the reason that this project has been advised to troll around in a figure-8 pattern is that the ship needs to be moving in order for the stabilizers to work.

Quote from: Dan Dascalescu on May 14, 2013, 08:12:48 PM

Have a look at the Nauti-Craft Marine Suspension Systems ferry. Here's a cool video; the comparison with the monohull at 2:05 is awesome.

Now think about what happens when you put a couple dozen of these on the bottom of a large stationary platform, and make the resistance provided by each one variable and computer-controlled.

Looks like someone had a better idea:

Boat stabilizes with the help of internal waves

http://www.sintef.no/home/MARINTEK/News/The-ship-that-waves-wont-rock/

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The aim is to create a more mobile hotel unit which can be leased by oil companies which operate in several parts of the world.