The
shortlisted
designs
include
a
boat
with
suspension
inspired
by
Paris
to
Dakar
rally-winning
cars,
and
a
giant-keeled
personnel
transport
vessel
nicknamed
the
"Seahorse".
The
companies
involved
are
South
Boats
with
Ad
Hoc
Marine,
BMT
Nigel
Gee
/Houlder,
Nauti-Craft,
ExtremeOcean
Innovation,
Umoe
Mandal
and
Divex.
They
are
being
developed
under
the
Offshore
Wind
Accelerator
(OWA)
collaborative
R&D
programme,
which
aims
to
boost
the
economics
of
wind
power
in
the
harshest
sea
conditions
by
as
much
as
£3bn
($4.8bn)
for
the
next
stage
of
Britain's
offshore
developments.
The
six
companies
will
be
given…
