15. round: A -bottom hull shape is a displacement hull
16. displacement: Most large cruisers and sailboats have hulls.
17. planing: Boats with hulls are designed to rise up and glide on top of the
water
18. planing: Flat-bottomed and vee-bottomed hull shapes act as hulls.
19. planing: Most small power-driven vessels, including personal watercraft
(PWCs), and some small sailboats have hulls
20. personal watercraft (PWCs): A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive asits
primary source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or persons
sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the vessel
21. Displacement Mode: A planing hull, when operated at very slow speeds, will
cut through the water like a displacement hull in this mode.
22. Plowing Mode: As speed increases, a planing hull will have a raised bow,
reducing the operator's vision and throwing a very large wake. Avoid maintaininga
speed that puts your boat in this mode.
23. Planing Mode: Your boat is in this mode when enough power is applied so thatthe
hull glides on top of the water.
24. Flat Bottom Hull: This planing hull has a shallow draft, which is good for fishingin
small lakes and rivers, but rides roughly in choppy waters.
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