. Tests and demonstrations of high speed SWEEP freighters, vehicle ferries, and/or military combatants will then fol- low. About the Author Don Burg is the inventor of the SWEEP technology. In addition to aerospace engineering it includes design and development of the SeaCoaster SECAT (Surface
proposed by SeaSpeed SWEEP, Inc. of Miami. The following is a presentation of the design and the engineering logic behind the creation, according to Don Burg of SeaSpeed SWEEP, Inc. Wave drag increases dramatically as ships operate beyond hull speed. As such, the operating speeds of most displacement
and fuel at cruise speeds; it provides better ride quali- ties in rough seas at all headings; and it produces a minimal wake. Seacoaster inventor Don Burg took a radical new approach to SES design in the late 1980's — the result being the new Seacoaster. Based on govern- mental studies in the