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What do you call a boat with two hulls?
A catamaran (or just a 'cat') has two hulls on both sailboats and power boats A trimaran has more than two.
What is a characteristic of a catamaran?
A catamaran hull is one having either dual hulls or a main hull and secondary hull (three hulls is a trimaran). Like an outrigger canoe, having a dual base in the water means that a catamaran is usually more stable than a single hull. The reduction in the "roll" of the hull can result in a smoother ride.
What is a characteristic of a catamaran a hull?
A catamaran hull is one having either dual hulls or a main hull and secondary hull (three hulls is a trimaran). Like an outrigger canoe, having a dual base in the water means that a catamaran is usually more stable than a single hull. The reduction in the "roll" of the hull can result in a smoother ride.
Is a rowboat faster than a sail boat?
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Why would a bigger sail on a boat go faster than a small sail?
yes
Is a rowboat faster than a sail boat sometimes?
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Is a rowboat sometimes faster than a sail boat?
What
How did steamboats change transportation?
Steamboats were faster than sail boats.
Why does a bigger sail make the boat go faster than a smaller one?
mainly because of the larger surface area. the bigger the sail, the more wind pressure on the sail, giving you more power, more momentum, and thus sailing faster. Hope this helps~
What style boat start with c?
Catamaran, a boat with two small hulls to have less drag in the more water, so it can go faster than a boat with one big hull in the water.
Name something you can do faster in the ocean than in a lake?
Sail Surf Drown Find Deep Water
Is there a unsafe speed for a sail boat?
Monohulls have a maximum hull speed that they will simply not sail faster than - while the hull speed of a particular vessel may be slightly more or less than the estimated hull speed, based on unique characteristics of the hull, this number is still, essentially, a constant. The following formula is an estimate of that hull speed. Hull Speed = 1.34 * (LWL)1/2 where LWL is the length of the hull at the waterline. The hull speed is, we should note, the speed *through the water* - ie., if you are travelling down a wave or with a current, your speed relative to shore may be higher. A multihull boat - like a catamaran or a trimaran - is most often exempt from this limitation because they are non-displacement or "planing" hulls: that is to say, that as a catamaran goes faster, it lifts farther out of the water. At very high speeds, this can result in instability and control issues, though with larger cats it's fairly uncommon or them to actually tip over. The maximum safe speed, however, is largely one of conditions: sea state, wind speed, and the experience of the captain and crew. To answer your question another way: there's an unsafe speed for *anything* - depending on conditions and surrounding obstacles - but the dangers involved in sailing are mostly not associated with exceeding any sort of imaginary speed limit.
