The combination of a prime mover and an energy storage device for reduction of fuel consumption has successfully been used in automotive industry. The shipping industry has utilised this for conventional submarines. The potential of a load levelling strategy through use of a hybrid...

Many numerical tools are available in the yacht design domain to predict yacht performances. These are based on experimental data and well-established numerical techniques. However, being competitive sailing an uncertainty-rich discipline, there is also a need to assess the performances of a...