planing boat
1Planing (sailing) — ).Planing allows the boat to go faster by using its speed and hull shape to lift the front part of the hull out of the water. The boat travels on top of the water, greatly reducing the hydrodynamic drag on the vessel. The increase in aerodynamic… …
2Boat building — Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.Parts* Bow the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the… …
3planing bottom — noun (aerodynamics) The part of the undersurface of a flying boat hull that provides hydrodynamic lift • • • Main Entry: ↑plane …
4PT boat — PT 105 at high speed PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol PT , for Patrol Torpedo ), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons… …
5Coastal Motor Boat — Contents 1 40 foot (12 m) Coastal Motor Boats 1.1 Service history 1.2 Survivors …
6Torpedo boat — A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created …
7Go-fast boat — A go fast is the preferred boat of many smugglers. A go fast boat, or cigarette boat, is a small, fast boat designed with a long narrow platform and a planing hull to enable it to reach high speeds. During the era of Prohibition in the United… …
8Rigid-hulled inflatable boat — A rigid inflatable boat (RIB) or rigid hulled inflatable boat, (RHIB) is a light weight but high performance and high capacity boat constructed with a solid, shaped hull and flexible tubes at the gunwale. The design is stable and seaworthy. The… …
9Sharpie (boat) — Sharpies are long, narrow sailboats with flat bottoms, extremely shallow draft, centerboards and straight, flaring sides. They are believed to have originated in the New Haven, Connecticut region of Long Island Sound, United States, for oystering …
10American Boat Racing Association — Infobox sports league pixels = 150px caption = American Boat Racing Association sport = Unlimited Hydroplane Racing founded = 2005 motto = teams = 13 country = USA champion = 2008: Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison) Steve David website =… …
