Ensuring good behaviour

摘要

Bad behaviour of ships at sea is well known and, if vessels were human beings, many should be locked up. Vices include excessive motions, wetness, slamming and a tendency, particularly since the advent of certain 'vomit comet' fast ferries, to promote seasickness. If, however, vessels operating in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour areas seem a little more free of seakeeping deficiencies than most, it might just be because their designs have been tested and refined in software before they were built.