RT Book, Section T1 The control of specific actuators for fast ferry vertical motion damping A1 Girón Sierra, José María Ricardo A1 Katebi, R. A1 Cruz García, Jesús Manuel de la A1 Esteban San Román, Segundo AB The vertical motions of fast ships, which have a negative effect on comfort and safety, can be attenuated using moving actuators. There is the need of a control strategy to move the actuators in the most convenient way, considering several objectives. The paper considers this problem, studying a practical real example. Experiments with a scaled down replica of a fast ferry has been done, first for modeling purposes and second for control studies. Linear control shows serious application problems. Taking this into consideration, a nonlinear control approach is devised, with satisfactory results. PB IEEE SN 0-7803-7386-3 YR 2002 FD 2002 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60863 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60863 LA eng NO IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (sep 18-20, 2002. Glasgow, Escocia). The authors would like to thank the Spanish MCYT, “Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología”, for their support (project DPI2000-0386-C03-02), the CEHIPAR staff for their cooperation, and IZAR for its recommendations. NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología NO CEHIPAR NO IZAR DS Docta Complutense RD 10 abr 2025