planing hull
Americannoun
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Choosing the optimum prop for planing hull boats, especially those designed to cruise at speeds beyond about 30 to 35 knots, is more complicated.
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"It's a planing hull and was designed for seakeeping and efficiency at high speeds," says Fexas.
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But the modified-V planing hull below the waterline of this yacht is a close relation to fast military patrol craft, and it handled the waters of the Chesapeake Bay on this day with aplomb.
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First launched in 1984, the 340 established the express cruiser concept on a fast planing hull.
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Her rudders are large compared with those of a planing hull.
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