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What is the difference between displacement and hull weight on s sail boat?
Displacement: The weight of the water the boat displaces. Hull weight: The weight of the hull of the boat
What is a planing hull?
A planning hull is a hull of a boat that has its weight supported more by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift or buoyancy.These boats are built for speed.
What is the average speed of a motor boat?
There are to many variables that go into that question . Boat weight , motor size , prop pitch and diameter , form of the boats hull ( flat or a v hull ).
What is a hull on a boat?
The hull on a boat is the body of it. It is watertight so that no water leaks in and sinks the boat.
How do barnacles damage boats?
Barnacles stick to the boat hull and grow creating a sort of skin over the hull. This in turn slows boat by taking away smoothness of hull and adding weight. Barnacles get knocked off and fall off , which pulls outer hull coating off allowing rot to get in.
Where is the hull identification number on a boat?
On the hull
What limits the speed of boat?
Type your answer here... Mainly engine size, overall weight, hull design.
How does the boats hull help?
the hull helps keep the boat stable, if there was no hull, the boat would go in different directions
Where is the boat of a boat?
A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.
How can wooden boat float on water but a steel boat will not?
If any object, placed on the water, weighs more than the total weight of the water it displaces, it will sink. Your Steel boat probably has a too thick hull, making it very heavy. A thinner hull, making the boat lighter, just might float your boat!
Where is Hull of a boat?
The hull of a boat is the main body that rides in the water. Engines, Decks, masts and rudders are all installed in or on the hull.
What does the hull do on a boat?
Basically, the hull on a boat keeps out the water, and displaces the water to create buoyancy, which enables the boat to float.
