On 5 December Nigel Gee, President of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, gave a talk on High Speed Merchant Ships in the National Maritime Museum, Falmouth to more than 80 members, guests and members of the public. In his presentation, Mr Gee gave his view of a future of fast multihulls, ranging from high-speed catamaran ferries, through very long RoPax pentamarans, to very fast pentamaran frigates.
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