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DLBA Naval Architects

Jeffrey Bowles

DLBA Naval Architects is great there may not be the best for us. We are working on neering and production support for the marine industry. a monohull design that meets or exceeds the performance EBDG has brick and mortar of? ces in Seattle and Cov- parameters that wind farm developers are looking for, but ington, La., with supporting employees working remotely at the same time has a lower total ownership cost.” from across the U.S., from New York to California and

Bowles said the ? rm recently supported OceanAero with South Carolina to Alaska.

its Triton platform, a sail- and solar-powered, autonomous As the worldwide imperative for cleaner, greener vessels unmanned surface vessel (USV). “Our effort focused on has increased in urgency, EBDG and its staff of 50+ are at modifying the wingsail geometry to improve sailing perfor- the leading edge of that effort, with designs that incorpo- mance. Our DLBA team collaborated with our new coun- rate all forms of fuel-ef? cient hybrid power and alternative terparts at Leidos to create a computerized routine to re? ne propulsion options. The ? rm is actively involved in the de- the geometry and evaluated the results using computational sign of several emission-reducing vessels and are support- ? uid dynamics (CFD). We achieved great results on paper ing clients across the industry as they consider alternative and the new geometry test article is under fabrication, with fuel options for their ? eets. testing scheduled for later this year. I’m proud of this project EBDG developed the functional design for the WSF because working with sail powered vessels is new for DLBA, Hybrid Electric Olympic Class vessels, and it is supporting and we were able to collaborate with new teammates, both WSF with electrical engineering expertise for modi? ca- internal and external. It’s relationships that lead to success, tions to the JMII ferries, which will be the largest hybrid and it looks like this team’s initial effort will be a success.” electric vessels in the U.S. In addition, three of the ? rm’s hybrid-electric passenger/vehicle ferry designs are entering construction for Casco Bay Lines, Louisiana DOTD and

E B D GLLIOTT AY ESIGN ROUP

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), in business for 34 The Trust for Governors Island, and it is beginning the years, is a full-service, employee-owned naval architecture design of a new all-electric ferry for WETA. EBDG devel- and marine engineering ? rm regarded as a national leader oped a concept for a large high-speed catamaran ferry with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion and designed the ? rst IMO in innovative vessel design and offering extensive engi- 48 | MN October 2022