While multihulls are naturally stable, monohulls have gained popularity because they often include stabilisers. Recognising the growing demand for increased comfort and stability, Bluegame decided to take on the challenge of equipping the BGM75 with advanced Smartgyro SG80 stabilisers, with the goal of matching, or even surpassing, the comfort levels of stabilised monohulls.
BGM75 is significantly different from other catamarans on the market, thanks to its reduced length-to-width ratio.
Smartgyro provided Bluegame with the maximum forces generated by the stabiliser, enabling the Research & Development (R&D) team at Bluegame to carry out the necessary modifications to the hull.
Smartgyro’s R&D team had to first investigate the technical aspects of how two gyroscopes could be installed and effectively operate in parallel within the two hulls of the catamaran. Sea trials were crucial to achieve an optimal parallel operation in different sea conditions, when one hull was experiencing different forces to the other, but after the numerous sea trials the stabilised catamaran’s comfort is comparable to a stabilised monohull vessel.
Bluegame and Smartgyro will continue to collaborate closely on future projects following the success of this ground-breaking development in stabilisation for multihulls.
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