SHIPYARD NEWS

Shark skin boat hulls are on the horizon

16 years ago

The multitudes of organisms that attach themselves to hulls are expensive freeloaders, as the extra drag they create on a vessel’s hull means higher fuel consumption and regular drydocking.

The shark scale like pattern is made of bars and diamonds at size of 2 to 16 microns.

The multitudes of organisms that attach themselves to hulls are expensive freeloaders, as the extra drag they create on a vessel’s hull means higher fuel consumption and regular drydocking.