Hull Shapes
Further information: Chine (boating)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:
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- Moulded, round bilged or soft-chined. Examples are the round bilge, semi-round bilge and s-bottom hull.
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- defined as smooth curves
- Chined and Hard-chined. Examples are the flat-bottom (chined), v-bottom and multi-bottom hull (hard chined).
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- have at least one pronounced knuckle throughout all or most of their length
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