Everyone seems to looooooooove the X-bows, including Shell, who has partnered up with the Ulstein Group to come up with a next generation design of an X-bow’d LNG carrier.
What do you think?
Image via Ulstein Group
I personally think the “spoiler” in the stern might be a bit much, but hey, that’s just me.
Rob Almeida is Partner/CMO at gCaptain. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1999 with a B.S in Naval Architecture and spent 6.5 years on active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer. He worked for a year as a Roughneck/Rig Manager trainee on board the drillship Discoverer Americas. Rob is an accomplished sailor and competes in the US Australian Rules Football League. Rob can be reached at rob@gcaptain.com and via Google Plus
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It’s just the funnel and not the spoiler, but knowing something about Ulstein after visiting them… They’re always creating these over the top designs :)