Reply: Modelling of a circular-section floating breakwater

The authors are to be congratulated on an interesting article. wrapped around the diametei of the breakwater for several While a number of possible improvements were mentioned turns, enabling all the forces to be transferred through fricin the article, they increased fabrication costs. A possible tion. This would increase the damping and roll added mass, improvement which may be worth considering would be the without stress concentrations or a significant increase in addition of pairs of viscous dampers. Each pair would be conconstruction costs. nected together by a common cable or rope, which would be