Jet Services II

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Jet Services II was a 60-foot waterline length catamaran that was sailed across the Atlantic ocean in 1984. [1]

Waterline length size of a ship

A vessel's waterline length is the length of a ship or boat at the level where it sits in the water. The LWL will be shorter than the length of the boat overall (LOA) as most boats have bows and stern and stern protrusions that make the LOA greater than the LWL. As a ship becomes more loaded, it will sit lower in the water and its ambient waterline length may change; but the registered LWL it is measured from a default load condition.

Catamaran multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stabilized craft, deriving its stability from its wide beam, rather than from a ballasted keel as with a monohull sailboat

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References

  1. C. A. Marchaj (2003) [1996]. Sail Performance. Camden, Maine: International Marine/McGraw Hill. p. 4.