Hull (watercraft) - Hull Shapes

Hull Shapes

Hulls come in many varieties and can have composite shape, (e.g., a fine entry forward and inverted bell shape aft), but are grouped primarily as follows:

• Moulded, round bilged or soft-chined. Examples are the round bilge, semi-round bilge and s-bottom hull.

defined as smooth curves

• Chined and Hard-chined. Examples are the flat-bottom (chined), v-bottom and multi-bottom hull (hard chined).

have at least one pronounced knuckle throughout all or most of their length