[FearTheTrees]

AXE bow is competing hard with Ulstein's X-Bow design. There are some interesting journal published papers on both, and IMHO Axe bow seems to perform better in most conditions.

Example CFD analysis of Axe bow trimaran performance: https://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/4659

[blenderdt]

The main disadvantage of the X-Bow is that ships need to be very high. This kind of bow can plunge very deep so you need protection against it.

Damen's AXE bow can also be used for smaller ships but ships need to be long.