The application of planing hulls as patrol, coastguard, survey or naval vessels have increased considerably over the last two decades, the improvement of behavior of these vessel have been an interest, especially to find the manoeuvring qualities in sea operation. Ship manoeuvrability is an important requisite to be satisfied IMO limit criteria when designing a new ship. The problem of foreseeing a ship's behaviors at sea is yet unresolved, especially for high speed craft (HSC), which no reliable procedure exists so far.
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