Sailing with high forward speeds is very demanding to both the crew and passengers as the construction of the ship.
The operability in waves of fast vessels is restricted due to the low level of acceptance of the crew and passengers to large motions and especially large vertical accelerations. These problems increase with decreasing ship’s size.
Research carried out in the past showed that the operability of fast ships can be increased by the use of wings, foils, fins and/or flaps, which yield better seakeeping behaviour. These controllable appendages can be controlled actively. The active control of the forward speed, the so called thrust control, plays a significantly large role as well.
In this research project an anticipating control system for the reduction of the response of smaller fast vessel in waves will be developed.
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