Hull (watercraft) - Hull Shapes

Hull Shapes

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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

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