Express Ferry Cat 66

This boat is designed and submitted as a master thesis in “Industrial Product Design Graduate Programme” of Marmara Üniversitesi of Istanbul in 2004. Express Ferry Cat is a fast public vehicle in short-distance sea access. Considering that there was no example of a fast public transport vessel below 20 m of length operating in Istanbul at that time, this alternative project is designed. Conventional small passenger boats with monohull forms having relatively high block coefficients would not be able to achieve the efficiency levels demanded. The speed requirements took us to a certain point that this efficency could only be achieved with a new and optimised hull form. With an overall length of 65.6 ft and full beam of 26.4 feet on the planning catamaran hulls it has been designed to carry 94 passengers with a cruising speed of 29 knots full tanks. Thanks to its high draught, the vessel is designed to use existing “İstanbul City Line” terminals and no special port infra-structure is required.