Westamaran

The Westamaran is a pioneer type of passenger transport high-speed catamaran developed by Westermoen Hydrofoil in 1973.

The craft was highly successful and introduced a new era of passenger transport along the Norwegian coast and elsewhere.

On the Bergen to Stavanger route, there was already a high-speed service by hydrofoil, introduced early in the 1960s.

Still, passenger comfort, both in terms of spaciousness, especially foul weather handling, was better in the Westamarans, so the public liked them.

The profiles were quite like a Storm class torpedo boat cut in two, and the construction of the Westamaran built heavily on the experience gained from the Storm class.