Hickman sea sled

Hickman sea sled

The Hickman sea sled is an inverted vee planing hull invented by Albert Hickman. The Sea Sled is a direct forefather of the modern high speed catamaran or tunnel hull.

A new type of vessel, which promises to revolutionize water craft and which takes the same place on the water that the automobile does on land - Scientific American 26 Sep 1914

References

;Notes

;Bibliography
* Campbell, Lorne. [http://www.rina.org.uk/c2/uploads/w%20a%20hickman%20_%20final.pdf "Innovation in Small Craft Design - A Tribute"] . The Royal Institute of Naval Architects Web Site.
* Gerr, Dave. "The Hickman Sea Sled: The Best High Speed Hull Ever? (article)" "Boatbuilder Magazine" Sept/Oct 1998.
* Gerr, Dave. "Sea Sled Slides Again (article)." "Boatbuilder Magazine" Jan/Feb 2003
* Hall, Charles H. "Manufacturing Sea Sleds (article)." "Motor Boat". 10 Nov 1926
* Nelson, Curtis L. "Hunters in the Shallows: A History of the PT Boat." 2003 ISBN 978-1574886016
* Seidman, David. [http://ivb-boats.netfirms.com/Hickman_Bio.html "Damned by Faint Praise (article)."] 100th issue of "Wooden Boat", May/June 1991.

ee also

* Cathedral hull
* Boston Whaler
* Supercavitation propeller

External links

* [http://www.tahoemaritimemuseum.org/features.html "Miss Lakeside" - Genius Comes Home to Roost] , a 1925 Hickman Sea Sled
* [http://www.geocities.com/knappseasleds/sled.html The sea sledge]
* [http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4654 The Sea Sled Story circa 1985]
* [http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/13/originalHullDesign.html Original Design and Conception of the 13-foot Whaler Hull]
* [http://www.mysticseaport.org/Library/manuscripts/coll/coll188/coll188.html Records of the Mystic Shipyard]
* [http://mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll239/coll239.html John S. Barry Papers]
* [http://ivb-boats.netfirms.com/HistoryOf-SeaSled.html Inverted Vee bottom boats ~ the start of a revolution]


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